No. That is strange. Try both control keys at the same time. The keyboard controller will do a story if soft reset. (Ancient trick) On Feb 7, 2016 3:55 AM, "Joshua Judson Rosen" <roz...@hackerposse.com> wrote:
> So, this may be only marginally on-topic at best..., but.... > > I've got this weird problem with the keyboard on my laptop: I've got > a bunch of keys that intermittently become dependent on some other keys. > > Every so often, the Y, U, J, 9, comma, Enter, and Home keys all stop > working > unless I hold down either W or left Shift or Caps Lock. Then they actually > trigger (though not in a way that's useful since I'm holding down other > keys > that prevents software from interpreting them in the normal way...). > > I gather that the Y, U, J, 9, comma, Enter, and Home keys are all sharing > a signal line or something, which would explain why they all go out > together; > how holding other keys effectively routes around that damage..., I'm > clueless. > > But I think my question is: how likely is this to be caused by some sort > of debris or > corrosion somewhere (under one of the keys? on the contacts on the > ribbon-cable?), > and, if so, what would be the right (non-destructive) way of clearing it > out? > > This can't possibly be a software issue, right? > > Anyone dealt with anything like this before? > > -- > "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))." > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >
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