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JUST IN CASE run Disk Cleanup, do a virus scan/malware scan with adwcleaner and malwarebytes, uninstall unwanted apps, and apply any pending windows updates. A good time for "cleaning house" so to speak to help eliminate potential problems. Try booting in safe mode (Hold left Shift key while clicking "restart") and see if its still dropping/adding stuff. Also, check your task manager for runaway apps.
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Not usually, and if you do it could ruin it more. Keyboards, especially thin ones, work off of tiny graphite "wires" kinda painted onto plastic. Introducing a liquid can just wash the "graphite paint" away and you'll have even less keys. Keyboard replacements are pretty cheap compared to a lot of machines, I'd peg it at around 150 maybe. Cheaper where you live hopefully. They are very simple devices with very annoying construction methods meaning at least 30 mins labor maybe more for some techs. Keyboard parts are all over ebay.
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There is the cable that connects the two That's it. 🙁 Keyboard has cable on it, clean/reinsert cable. If no worky then new kb.
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HELLOMYNAMEIS___ posted:I actually meant more like a software/firmware component that could cause this even with the new kb... But, the BIOS is already the latest version, so I guess there's nothing to be done except replace the keyboard. I'll report back on how that goes. Sure I get it! Here's a breakdown: The flat flex cable goes into the ZIF connector, gold coated pins contact the graphite wires from the flex cable to help keep the contact clean, a lever presses the cable even further against the pins. The traces from the connector go directly to a device (a chip) on the motherboard called a KBC/SUPER IO that is a blank slate when no power is applied to it. It forgets everything (by design), when it doesn't have 3 volts on one of it's pins. Remove all power from it so it forgets everything. When you give power back to the motherboard, the board writes data FROM the BIOS back to the KBC/SUPER IO. The KBC is cleanly programmed by the BIOS and can now take control from the keyboard, and thus take it's place as a KeyBoard Controller (KBC), rightfully deigned. My usual steps are: replicate with USB keyboard, unplug laptop keyboard try with USB again, ensure the cable is snug and CLEAN, replug laptop keyboard a few times, clean with alcohol reinsert more, make sure the BIOS is updated, all power is removed (bios battery too), and the chip itself is free of damage. You've done all the important bits except look at the cable. It's the ONE WEAK POINT here and has yet to be explored. The physical KB should be your next move. Owner/Lead Tech of Sagebrush Repair in Pinole, CA.
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