Some laptops are really easy to replace the keyboard. Look it up on youtube and check it out. I put a new one in a Dell laptop a while back and it only took about 10-15 mins. Some are not easy though....
lopaka On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 10:34 AM Bino Gopal <[email protected]> wrote: > So I thought it might be this and turned it all off (anything with any > toggle under Settings, Interaction, Keyboard). > > Still no dice. None of the keys listed below (backspace, semicolon comma > and right arrow and number pad slash) don't all work-well I apparently got > it to type one comma as you can see after the backspace earlier in this > sentence but not after that... > > Any further ideas...?! This is driving me crazy! It's still a fine > laptop except for this one minor but super annoying issue...! Thanks man. > > BINO > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hardware <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > lopaka polena > Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2020 1:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Weird sticky/not working keys on MSI laptop > > Did you disable sticky keys and filter keys settings ? I had a box that > did this all the time and that is what was causing it. > > lopaka > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 12:49 PM Bino Gopal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey guys, this has been going on for a while now and I'm at a loss... > > > > Certain keys on my keyboard have stopped working properly...but it's > > not as if the physical key itself is not working b/c I can get the > > character to type fine if I use the SHIFT key on it for most of them > > (that have that option). > > > > For example, my backspace key def stopped working right so I have to > > use delete. If I slam it hard a bunch of times sometimes it registers > > but most of the time it doesn't. > > > > But the semicolon key stopped working, but as soon as I hit SHIFT I > > can get a colon to type pretty easily. But never a semicolon (on > > occasion it's hard to get the colon to type too, but it eventually > > works-but the semicolon never does...) > > > > The comma never works, but the lesser than sign works fine with SHIFT. > > > > Oh and the right arrow key stopped working which is super > > annoying...the slash on the number pad doesn't work...ok this is > > weird-it does work if I hold down SHIFT...so strange...!! Ok I just > > figured out that I can get backspace to work if I hold down the SHIFT > > key! The right arrow key also starts working that way, but it does > > select text when used with SHIFT, which is what it's supposed to do in > > that case-but I mean it moves the cursor right while doing so, which I > > can't get it to do otherwise! Oh though holding down CTRL and right > > arrow does advance it by each word (which is also how that's supposed > > to work...) > > > > So the key is physically working but not being registered by the > > system...it's an MSI GS73VR 7RF Stealth Pro from 2017 fully loaded > > running the latest Win10 updates... > > > > > > So this seems like some sort of driver/OS/software issue right? Any > > ideas? Googling didn't uncover anything...any help desperately > > appreciated guys! > > > > > > BINO > > > > >
