another keyboard gone rogue

[gb1503]

OK ive seen threads about keyboards doing all sorts of crazy ish... mine is simple HP G6 notebook. started having problems after i cleaned it a month and a half ago, still having issue... so it isnt water i dont think. it types a vertical row of letters example if you type j it will type jmu, all the way across the keyboard for most letters, like f will be fvr, you get the idea, but some dont work at all... ive tried all the settings and such, was thinking even though laptop was off when i cleaned it i might have pushed a key sequence that changed something im missing. any help would be appreciated, thank you in advance

 

[Laptop_Nerd]

Hi,

Please do try these troubleshooting steps that may help in solving that problem with your keyboard.
- Start by uninstalling/reinstalling the keyboard driver.
- Go to Device Manager and uninstall the keyboard driver then reboot your laptop. It will reinstall the driver automatically.
- If all these will not work try an external keyboard and see if the same problem will persist because if it will not happen you'll need to do a complete factory reset.
- Lastly you may need to open your laptop again and reseat the ribbon cable that connects the keyboard to the motherboard.
- And if the factory reset will not work the only solution would be to replace the keyboard itself.

 

[gb1503]

Hi,

Please do try these troubleshooting steps that may help in solving that problem with your keyboard.
- Start by uninstalling/reinstalling the keyboard driver.
- Go to Device Manager and uninstall the keyboard driver then reboot your laptop. It will reinstall the driver automatically.
- If all these will not work try an external keyboard and see if the same problem will persist because if it will not happen you'll need to do a complete factory reset.
- Lastly you may need to open your laptop again and reseat the ribbon cable that connects the keyboard to the motherboard.
- And if the factory reset will not work the only solution would be to replace the keyboard itself.

 

[gb1503]

very interesting and different / good ideas. ive been trying to work a restore out but there arent any prior to the incident... i still havent come up with what might have caused the problem to begin with. BTW , i have been using a USB keyboard with said laptop since it happened, with no issues... but i kept the on screen keyboard in taskbar just in case, and last night my wireless keyboard started to do it also. i opened the onscreen keyboard and saw the config wasnt standard qwerty , somehow it had changed to something else... same as my laptop, and in turn was now affecting my wireless keyboard. somehow im not sure what i did, either closed it or got the onscreen keyboard back, and now my wireless keyboard is fine. laptop still having issues. thats what gave me hope there was a easy fix... i know just enough about computers to get me in trouble, but not enough to resolve all issues. i really appreciate your time and thought on my matter... i will try the steps and keep you posted.