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  Hrolf The Ganger  20 May 19 1.03pm |
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I can usually fix most computer problems but this one is winding me up. I started my laptop yesterday morning only to discover that the spacebar and some number keys did not function. Anyone got a miracle cure?
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| Stirlingsays 20 May 19 1.13pm |
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As you have tried restalling Windows and drivers if the virus checks give you no joy then perhaps a hard format is the only recourse.
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 20 May 19 1.21pm |
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Try pressing all the F* keys at the top in combination with alt or function key. Take it to the repair let’s for £20. My local one was on the bbc documentary the 2 twins did on alcohol. He was in a group of testees. He apparently is one of very that doesn’t feel the effects of alcohol and can drink copious amounts of the stuff and appear relatively unaffected. He’s an ethnic minority btw (for the liberals who think we’re 100% prejudiced) but is obviously mixing in no problem. Nice bloke.
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 20 May 19 1.22pm |
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Use tissues to catch plasma.
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mr. apollo  Somewhere in Switzerland 20 May 19 1.35pm |
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Sensible answer: (I can help more if you PM me the model). Usually the only fix for a laptop keyboard playing up that way is to "unplug it" clean the contacts and plug it back in. There may be two "plugs" but normally there is a flat cable that comes out of the keyboard that plugs into the motherboard. There should be a cream coloured hinge that lifts which allows you to remove the cable, remove clean the contacts with a cotton bud soaked in vodka or similar, reseat and close the hinge.
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| Hrolf The Ganger 20 May 19 1.58pm |
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Originally posted by mr. apollo
Sensible answer: (I can help more if you PM me the model). Usually the only fix for a laptop keyboard playing up that way is to "unplug it" clean the contacts and plug it back in. There may be two "plugs" but normally there is a flat cable that comes out of the keyboard that plugs into the motherboard. There should be a cream coloured hinge that lifts which allows you to remove the cable, remove clean the contacts with a cotton bud soaked in vodka or similar, reseat and close the hinge. So you think it's hardware? It happened with no prior warnings on startup. I will take it apart and have a look at a convenient moment. Thanks.
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| Hrolf The Ganger 20 May 19 2.03pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
As you have tried restalling Windows and drivers if the virus checks give you no joy then perhaps a hard format is the only recourse. A bit drastic at this stage.
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| mr. apollo Somewhere in Switzerland 20 May 19 2.39pm |
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Yeah I bet it's hardware, it's really just like your car, it works perfectly until it doesn't. Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
So you think it's hardware? It happened with no prior warnings on startup. I will take it apart and have a look at a convenient moment. Thanks. Read This >>>> [Link] Edited by mr. apollo (20 May 2019 2.44pm)
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| ex hibitionist Hastings 20 May 19 4.54pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
I can usually fix most computer problems but this one is winding me up. I started my laptop yesterday morning only to discover that the spacebar and some number keys did not function. Anyone got a miracle cure? don't listen to the nay sayers, these machines have minds of their own and this one obviously doesn't like you, go to the fourth dimension vortex and in this electromagnetic maelstrom the oracle will appear, pray humbly to her and he will tell you what to do
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| Stirlingsays 20 May 19 5.06pm |
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Originally posted by ex hibitionist
don't listen to the nay sayers, these machines have minds of their own and this one obviously doesn't like you, go to the fourth dimension vortex and in this electromagnetic maelstrom the oracle will appear, pray humbly to her and he will tell you what to do Is it a he or she.....When I went all she said was, 'twenty quid for a gobble and forty for a knee tremble'.
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| Invalid user 2019 20 May 19 6.10pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
So you think it's hardware? It happened with no prior warnings on startup. I will take it apart and have a look at a convenient moment. Thanks. I tend to agree that it's likely to be a hardware problem. The fact that the USB keyboard works fine further suggests that. Replacement laptop keyboards are usually cheap and relatively easy to replace. I'd buy one and try that. If it works, problem solved and you've saved yourself a lot of additional faffing about.
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| Hrolf The Ganger 20 May 19 7.23pm |
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Originally posted by mr. apollo
Yeah I bet it's hardware, it's really just like your car, it works perfectly until it doesn't. Read This >>>> [Link] Edited by mr. apollo (20 May 2019 2.44pm) Thanks again.
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