Toshiba Satellite Pro 400 CDT - keyboard problem

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I'd try reseating the keyboard cable at it's motherboard plug. This
sounds like cable problem or motherboard problem.

A 400CDT is not worth replacing, you can buy entire computers on E-Bay
for under $50, and the screen is only VGA resolution. For the same
price, you can probably get a 430CDT, which is drastically better, or
for not much more a higher end 4xx model with USB and a Pentium MMX CPU.


Nick Jackson wrote:

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> I have a 400CDT with Win95osr2 installed, recently it has been behaving
> strangely
> I can't type text into text boxes, or Notepad etc
> When I double-click a desktop icon, the properties sheet appears
> Single-clicking an icon acts as if the Control key was pressed - it adds
> to the selection
>
> I can run a program by right-clicking & choosing open
>
> The problem remains if I try to get the F8 boot menu, or start from a
> floppy
>
> The 7890uiopjkl;m,./ keys do work, i.e. the 'numeric keypad' keys,
> including with Shift
>
> I have tried reinstalling Win95
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> Any suggestions gratefully received !
>
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> Nick
>

I have had the same problem, which seems to occur randomly once or twice every 6 months or so. . I luckily kept my old wire free keyboard. If I sign in using it rather than the lap top key board the problem solves it self and I then can use the lap top keyboard. I do not know what the problem is, but this always solves it?

Keith D