#4579997 - 09/14/21 12:36 AM
keyboard quits working
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coasty
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my keyboard has started random events where nothing shows on the computer monitor when I type on the keyboard. i have unplugged it from the usb port and plugging it back in which fixes the problem for a while, it started after a big windows update.
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#4580010 - 09/14/21 03:58 AM
Re: keyboard quits working
[Re: coasty]
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Yeah, auto updates are becoming questionable at best.
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#4580077 - 09/14/21 07:13 PM
Re: keyboard quits working
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Mine was doing this after I spilt dinner juice on it while skyping. It worked for a half hour then started shorting out and repeating keypresses. I then proceeded to implement the "pound the crap out of it" method of repair, sending many keys flying through the air and across the room. A few days later I plugged it in and it worked fine again and was able to find all but one key... Where the "home" key is remains a mystery. I was a bit sad because I really liked that keyboard, almost nine years old, and worked otherwise fine save for random glitches here or there.
I bought a new mechanical keyboard.
You should probably not try and repair yours as I did mine.
Last edited by Mr_Blastman; 09/14/21 07:14 PM.
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#4580080 - 09/14/21 07:52 PM
Re: keyboard quits working
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Sounds like it has COVID.
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#4580208 - 09/15/21 11:57 PM
Re: keyboard quits working
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thanks, i hooked up an old Z merc gaming keyboard, and it is working so far. feels good with a bit of back pressure.
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#4580272 - 09/16/21 03:14 PM
Re: keyboard quits working
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What the heck is "dinner juice"? LOL I was afraid to ask. 
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#4580277 - 09/16/21 04:15 PM
Re: keyboard quits working
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What the heck is "dinner juice"? Heh heh heh. That could absolutely be construed as something of the... saucy variety.  Alas, the juices weren't risque in nature. I had a plate of red beans and rice with kielbasa and a large side of peas and held it up to the camera so my daughter could see what I was eating for dinner. There, I made a mistake and tilted the plate a bit too much and the "dinner juices" trickled off onto the keyboard below. I thought they had only wet the corner, but as I found out shortly thereafter they had doused portions of the mainboard below the keys. Interesting that it worked fine a few days later. Seems the table salt mixed in with the fluids transitioned back to insulator as the liquid dried. I still haven't found the home key. 
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#4580557 - 09/19/21 07:24 PM
Re: keyboard quits working
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now it works here, but won't enter my password in quick books...?
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Exodus
by RedOneAlpha. 04/18/24 05:46 PM
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