Laptop keyboard randomly missing letters

Merkin

Please move Mods if this is in the wrong forum. I have a Compaq laptop which has been working well until the last few days. I have spilt nothing on the keyboard but yet random keys seem to be sticking and/or not working. To give you an example, unless I batter down on the keyboard this is what happens:

My keyboard desnt really seem to bworking poperly in that it seems o be missing alot of letters. This seems to b done on a random basi wih no particlar letter nsistently sticing or orki.

As I'm using this laptop for working (which involves copywriting) this recent problem is a total pain in the Swiss! Is there a good way of cleaning my keyboard at home or what could be causing this problem?

Thanks in advance for any help or wise words!!

bonzodog2

I would change the keyboard, not hard to fit. Or get a USB external keyboard.

Merkin

Really? When it does what mine is doing does it normally mean the keyboard is on its last legs?:(

bonzodog2

Well you can check its not a software problem with a USB KB; if you don't have one they're only 6euro in Tesco. Laptop keyboards aren't really designed to be serviced, and you'd probably get one for 20euro or less.

duckysauce

or else try reseating cable going to the board

Merkin

How do I do that Duckysauce? Can I do it myself or would I need to get a professional to look at it? Cheers

duckysauce

Merkin wrote: »

How do I do that Duckysauce? Can I do it myself or would I need to get a professional to look at it? Cheers

nope should be straight forward enough youtube the model , there should be videos there , or google model and there should be guides. Make sure you take out the battery before yo do anything . Any hassle post model here and someone should be able to point you in the right direction.

Merkin

Thanks so much! Will try it and come back to you.