I had a similar problem on my Toshiba with the 's' key. I gently pried up the key and found a small piece of plastic preventing the key from fully depressing. Once the plastic was removed, the key worked as normal.
You may also want to try (with the laptop powered off) shaking the laptop from side to side and upside down to see if something is lodged under the key and if loose may drop out. If it's something sticky or gooy, you'll have to remove the key and hopefully with a mild dishwasher solution remove the sticky substance. Rinse with clean water and make sure all water is removed before powering up. With desktop keyboards that had a soft drink or coffee spilled on them, I'd emerse the whole keyboard in warm soapy water. Rinse with clean water and use a hair dryer to dry off the water. Keyboard back to normal. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:08 PM To: Profox Subject: [NF] Laptop keyboard showing signs of failure I must comment too much. <g> The '&' key is starting to stop responding. The rest of the laptop (Dell Inspiron 5100 -- 3 years old) appears to be fine. My thought is to get a can of air and blow out the keyboard as it sets. Other tips or suggestions? tia, --Michael -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" <snip> _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
