Recent content by MJ8121

Oh, wow. Okay - thanks for the advice.

Nope, unfortunately there's no warranty. It ran out a few months ago.

First, thank you, webworkings, for all of the suggestions! I still haven't resolved this issue, but here is another update: Over the last few days, the keyboard has improved; but, I have no idea why that has happened. It is n longer typing random strings of letters, and most keys are...

Hello. Thanks for the quick reply. I am currently stuck on the Windows login screen and it is continually typing letters into the password box, so I cannot get back in at the moment, but just a few updates for now: 1. It persists in safe mode. 2. I connected an external keyboard and the...

Hello. A few hours ago, my laptop started doing a strange thing. I was using Chrome and opened a new tab. When I went to type, it acted like I was holding down certain keys (e, i, and f, a, etc.). I restarted the computer and the problem kept up. I was able to login using the on-screen keyboard...

In case this helps anyone else, here was my solution: Running the chkdsk did not change anything (no problems were found on the drive) and I was not able to get into safe mode. I also never got Hiren'sBootCD (or the Falcon Four software) to boot in the UEFI enivronment. So, I used the...

Alright, thank you. For anyone else reading, for the Asus, you press 'delete' (or F2) and hold it while powering it on. That will take you into the Bios. Neither system restore nor startup repair was successful; so, I wanted to try booting to a USB loaded with Hiren's Boot, in order to save the...

Hello, I have a laptop that is running Windows 8 that will not boot. It is an Asus x551m. It seems to be stuck in a perpetual BSOD restart loop (code: 0xc000021a). My first instinct was to create a bootable Windows 8 usb drive and boot from that; but, there is not a chance to get into the BIOS...

Hello again, folks. I recently posted about boot problems with my Lenovo Yoga 13 (here: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3071205/lenovo-yoga-boot.html). Briefly, it would not boot and the power and battery lights would blink or stay on, but caps lock was unresponsive. All signs pointed...

Thank you for the suggestions, Laptop_Nerd! Unfortunately, the battery is internal on this model and my torx bit is a bit too big for the screws in the bottom of my laptop. So, I have to go grab some new ones before proceeding with these steps. Honestly, I'm probably out of my depth here - I...

Hello all. This is probably a duplicate of some kind; but I have scoured dozens of threads and there are often a few varying details. So here goes ... For the past couple of months, my Yoga 13 was sometimes refusing to wake up after being in sleep mode. Usually, a hard restart works; but...