[RESOLVED] Keys confused

[Reverend]

The QUERT keys and the ASDF keys are confused. If the owner types any of those keys twice, he gets one of each letter.

i.e. press q and q appears, press q again and a appears
press w and w appears, press it again and s appears

Nothing has been spilled into the keys, it just started happening and I don't yet know the make and model of the laptop.

An external keyboard works fine.

Any ideas?

Thanks - rev

[photolady]

Since an external works fine, I would say it's time to replace the original.

[SpywareDr]

FWIW, just replaced one on a Dell Inspiron 1525 today. Cost was ~$14.50, installation took maybe 5 minutes.

[Reverend]

I didn't know it was that simple. That's obviously the way to go and doing so should expose whether or not the problem is somewhere else.

[SpywareDr]

For many laptops anymore it's usually pretty cheap and not much trouble at all. Do a search for what you want to Amazon, for example: Amazon > Dell Inspiron 1525 keyboard silver and then do the same for a video: Youtube > replace Dell Inspiron 1525 keyboard.

[Reverend]

Good idea, I'll pass it on.

[SpywareDr]