Weird keyboard problems....

[Dan Garthwaite]

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" <rozzin at 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?
>
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