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Anonymous   05-02-2005 at 02:59:56 PM

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I have a Compaq Presario 2100 series. The keyboard has suddenly
started typing gobbledy gook. Some of the keys don't work. Some of
them will display a different letter or group of letters. I tried
reinstalling the driver, but to no avail. I now use a keyboard that
plugs into the mouse/keyboard port. And it too is occassionally just
stopping working for no reason. I can unplug it and plug it back in
and it works again.

I'm more interested in getting the laptops keyboard working, does
anybody know if this is a software problem, or is it hardware?

Is it difficult and/or expensive to replace the keyboard of a laptop?

Thanks for any advice.

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Anonymous   05-02-2005 at 10:39:57 PM
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Sounds like a hardware problem, and, unfortunately, all of the keyboard
circuitry is on the motherboard. The actual keyboard is nothing more
than a passive switch array.



benmarkwell@gmail.com wrote:

> I have a Compaq Presario 2100 series. The keyboard has suddenly
> started typing gobbledy gook. Some of the keys don't work. Some of
> them will display a different letter or group of letters. I tried
> reinstalling the driver, but to no avail. I now use a keyboard that
> plugs into the mouse/keyboard port. And it too is occassionally just
> stopping working for no reason. I can unplug it and plug it back in
> and it works again.
>
> I'm more interested in getting the laptops keyboard working, does
> anybody know if this is a software problem, or is it hardware?
>
> Is it difficult and/or expensive to replace the keyboard of a laptop?
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>

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PhilG   05-03-2005 at 10:57:30 AM
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Maybe the Num lock is on?


<benmarkwell@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1115049596.595866.8270@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> I have a Compaq Presario 2100 series. The keyboard has suddenly
> started typing gobbledy gook. Some of the keys don't work. Some of
> them will display a different letter or group of letters. I tried
> reinstalling the driver, but to no avail. I now use a keyboard that
> plugs into the mouse/keyboard port. And it too is occassionally just
> stopping working for no reason. I can unplug it and plug it back in
> and it works again.
>
> I'm more interested in getting the laptops keyboard working, does
> anybody know if this is a software problem, or is it hardware?
>
> Is it difficult and/or expensive to replace the keyboard of a laptop?
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>

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