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Forum discussion tagged with keyboard.
  1. J

    Question Erratic key function

    System: ASUS LAPTOP VIVOBOOK E203, WINDOWS 11 23H2. For a week or so, have had trouble with erratic, on / off, from one minute to the next, key function. This happens with only a few keys, and quite consistently, the same ones. At times, the key registration will lag, and keeping the key...
  2. S

    Question Do you need the numeric pad on your laptop?

    It feels like I'm the only one in the world who doesn't want a numeric pad on my laptop. There are almost no larger models (15/16 inch) available without one. Does anyone still use the numeric pad? And for what? If it's for typing a lot of numbers, you might want to consider automation ;)...
  3. sandrom

    Question Lenovo Ideapad 330s keyboard problem

    When the keyboard's been unused for some time, some of the keys stop working and i have to click on them (or any of these unworking keys) like 100 times and eventually they all at once continue to work again. Any solutions?
  4. A

    Question Recommended keyboard (powered by a cable not battery) for Xiaomi Pad 5

    Hello, I'm looking for a keyboard compatible with my Xiaomi pad 5 on an affordable price. However, is there any keyboard around works with a cable connected to the tablet and not depends on a battery? I just want to avoid extra device needs a charging
  5. J

    Solved! keyboard wont work till after 15 minutes from start up.

    i have an asus rog g703gx. recently the keyboard stopped working on start up and will start working after 15 minutes. it stays working if i put the computer in sleep mode. i uninstalled drivers and restarted. ive done a safe boot, which after that caused my keyboard lights to stop working as...
  6. Ayni

    Question Keyboard do not work except FN keys

    Hello guys, I have a Legion 5-15ACH6H with Windows 11. My keys suddenly stoped working. Right now I am using an external keyboard which works fine. I reinstalled my keyboard driver multiple times but that did not change anything. Furthermore I opened Regedit...
  7. Daniel\|255*

    Question Vivobook 15 - Keyboard Presses Keys On its Own

    Hi! My new Vivobook 15's Keyboard behaves erratically. In the beginning, when I used to type a letter, it used to press it continuously. So, for an "r" or "m", I used to get: "rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" or "mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm". After updating the drivers and disabling the...
  8. CuriousFox123

    Solved! Keyboard keys getting pressed automatically.

    Ok. So I got a new hp laptop about two months ago and it's been working fine except for one thing. So I started seeing this issue in games. If I've been playing for a while in the keyboard, when I'm fiddling with my keys ( I was using wasd) and I pressed the D key for a while and was pressing...
  9. justjoethings

    Question Magegee MK Star Keyboard Issues

    So I got a new keyboard and its not working properly. The LED light up fine and all but the f12 row down is constantly lit up and wont change and work! My enter, right shift, backspace, f12 which on this keyboard is a calculator button but even when I press that it doesn't pull up a calculator...
  10. H

    Solved! Keyboard sometimes work, sometimes doesn't

    OK so i bought his new mechanical keyboard, and it works perfectly fine, but for some reason the keys sometimes dont respond, ill explain, sometimes when i press k (it happens to all keys) 10 times, sometimes it only presses one, i play alot of rhythm games so i hate it, please help :(
  11. Jambo72uk

    Solved! Keyboard typing extra characters

    I have a dell laptop, windows 10. I am using an external Dell wired keyboard. When I type 123, for example, it comes out 122222233333. When I type now, it comes out nooooooo, and the w is missing. Have tried to adjust repeat delay and repeat rate with no success. I have also tried multiple...
  12. mrmike16

    Question Surface 3 randomly acts like I am holding down one of th Windows keys

    Hi everyone, This is a weird one, and it will be hard to check if it's solved or not because of it happening intermittently. As the question states, my Microsoft Surface 3, both while docked and not docked, randomly acts like I am holding down the Windows key. Just a few minutes ago, I was...
  13. B

    Question Lenovo Legion 5 Keyboard Problem

    Super frustrating. Some keys are working intermittently. As I'm typing this, all of the keys are working. In an hour...the 'r' the 't' and various other keys will stop working. Laptop never dropped, always treated well. Laptop never opened or worked on. I searched for updated drivers...no...
  14. KingCarmelo

    My Number keys are redirecting me to Function keys

    I have a 68-key keyboard, which has the number keys (0-9) on the same tile with the function keys (f1-f12). Normally, I would need to press the designated FN key together with the number key in order to access my function keys, otherwise it would only display numbers. Now I think I pressed a...
  15. K

    Solved! how to fix my laptop going when i press E & my keyboard driver not installing?

    Hi, I am currently writing this with the visual keyboard. My Asus GL702VT laptop goes wild when I press the E key, making the screen black out, toggling airplane mode and typing a repeating string of random characters. I first thougt this was a driver issue so I tried to reinstall the keyboard...
  16. S

    Solved! How to turn on laptop with the internal keyboard unplugged

    Hi, I have an Acer Swift 3 SF314-52, I’ve been having trouble with the keyboard spamming keys after liquid spilled in it. I decided to unplug the internal ribbon cable and just use an external one instead. However the laptop won’t turn on when I remove the ribbon cable, when I reconnect the...
  17. C

    Question How can I connect mouse and PC to phone at the same time?

    Hello, I am an automation tester and I need a special connection between smartphone, device, and mouse. Could I connect a mouse to the phone, meanwhile controlling the phone from a PC from Android Studio via USB? I need to handle this scenario to make tests faster. Thank you a lot. ~...
  18. Frezix

    Keyboard error.

    Just got my new Redragon Draconic keyboard.It was working normal,today when i pressed key one it started typing:jiy9tofmg/rc-z7890--=98765432111234256347890kl;sd.It always types that and im confused.My little sister has typed something on it today,could that be what caused this,or is it...
  19. Jwolf17589

    Solved! Lenovo T420 Keyboard not working

    Hello Everyone, My Lenovo T420 keyboard is not working. The Power button, fingerprint reader, and mute button work. The keys, volume up/down, and all other keys are unresponsive. I do not have sticky keys applied, and have tried installing another generic ps/2 driver, but that has not worked. I...
  20. thekbw

    Question acer nitro 5 keyboard

    over time by q,w,2,3,shift, and now d key stopped working, they stopped working in that order over the course of a few weeks, ive cleaned the keys, already no luck, im trying to solve this before more keys stop working