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wil93

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From: Italy

Registered: 2013-09-15

Posts: 72

[SOLVED] Some keyboard keys not working sporadically

Lately I'm having issues with my laptop keyboard.

Some keys (like: CTRL, SHIFT, `, -, =, "Home", "End", I think also the digits, and probably others) sometimes just don't work. I hit them, and nothing happens. I hit them again, nothing happens. At the third or fourth time they "wake up" and start working again without problems.

I tried an external keyboard and it does *not* show this issue.

I tried to remove the laptop keyboard and put it back ensuring that every cable was set correctly, but the issue is still there.

Could it be a driver issue? (Since it happens only if I type a lot of text and then try to put a minus there, while it doesn't seem to ever happen if I just use those "problematic" keys over and over again).

Last edited by wil93 (2016-03-03 12:35:22)

wil93

Member

From: Italy

Registered: 2013-09-15

Posts: 72

Re: [SOLVED] Some keyboard keys not working sporadically

Nevermind. I've tried replacing the keyboard and now I don't have this issue anymore.

Still, it's weird that just some keys would stop working (and only after some time spent typing).