Laptop keyboard help (1 Viewer)

[Winston T. Boogie]

I need some h6elp resetting5 my keyboard. I believe my cat someh6ow ch6ang5ed a setting5 and as you can see from wh6at I am typing5 some letters now also produce a number, for example h6 or g5 and if I h6it th6e backspace key I g5et th6is instead of th6e cursor g5oing5 back,\

so for Backspace I know g5et th6e back slash6.

H^ow do I reset my keyboard?

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

Maximum frustration level with6 th6is!

 

[Bob Gu]

Try pressing the power button down until the laptop shuts off. Wait a few minutes and press the power button to restart. It might reset itself.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

h\ h6

Try pressing the power button down until the laptop shuts off. Wait a few minutes and press the power button to restart. It might reset itself.

Th6anks Bob will try

 

[Scott Merryfield]

 

[John Dirk]

Sounds like your "Shift" key or similar may be stuck in the depressed condition. The best thing for this is usually compressed air. If the root cause is a sticky substance you can also [carefully] slide a butter knife or letter opener wrapped in a moistened paper towel through the individual rows.

 

[Tony Bensley]

Is your keyboard like the one in this very short video, by chance?


Num Lock in conjunction with the Fn Key can also cause this:


Hope one of these videos helps! Neither my current wireless keyboard nor the one on my Laptop has an Fn key, so I can't test it for myself!

CHEERS!

 

[Dennis Nicholls]

Do you have a USB keyboard around? Try using it. I have lots of spare stuff around my house for troubleshooting.