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Your best bet is probably to ask the manufacturer but AFAIK, they don't sell keys individually but googling it will never hurt

My mother-in-law is having the same problem with her laptop, we did remote assistance and the right half of her keyboard is typing numbers where there should be letters. Anyone know how to fix it?

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q = tab
w = ws
s = ws
l = l.
p = p[
k = k,
*backspace* replaces the letter with a ]
] does the same
d in a web browser refreshes the page

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Hi All
Seems many fellow users have been crippled with the same keyboard problem .To touch on that again, I have toshiba Satellite M70 notebook. The right half of the keyboard has gone crazy.it has started behaving like the numeric keypad as we have on a conventional desktop keyboard.Ok agreed toshiba provides you with this Hot Key functionality to switch to numeric overlay keypad(Toggle switch Fn+F10 for arrows; Toggle switch Fn+F11 for numeric keypad and Fn+F12 for Scroll lock), but here the problem is despite toggling several times this problem refuses to go.I tried even interferes with the left half of the keyboard(symptoms: keypad stroke won't produce a character in a single hit, it will take some 7-8 hits in some keys;Spacebar zooms the screen.This additional hot key functionality has become a nightmare for me.I am left with no option than to use Onscreen Keyboard.SOMEBODY OUT THERE PLEASE HELP ME.Any fellow toshiba user or any person from the toshiba laptops firm itself ..URGENT HELP NEEDED

vinci u have compaq comps at ur work can you help me out then?

I have no answer but I have the same problem - this time on a Satellite A40. The F10 light flashes as the computer boots (in time with the HDD activity light) and then I get random switching on and off of F10 and F11 functions; spacebar zooms the screen etc.

Say that sounds like good news since I have the same problem (with a PC). Some keys just will fail to render. It will look like the following:

Four score andsven yearsago

You get the picture.

So what are the details on how you fixed it?

hi All!!, so I have a Toshiba Satellite...when i went to bed last night my computer worked fine. I woke up this morning and i couldn't even turn it on. I was able to get the computer on but now the keyboard doesnt work. If you hit backspace all it types are little boxes and that is the only key that does anything. I went and bought a new keyboard but that doesn't seem to be working either........same thing..just types little boxes when i hit backspace...any suggestions?!?!?

F13 ???? WHERE IS THAT? I only have F1 to F12

Hello,
I’ve been having these keyboard problems. Sometimes the keyboard will type fine and the other times, it won’t type certain keys. It’s only about 3 weeks old and I haven’t spilled anything on it.
However, that’s not my main complaint. When typing certain keys, it’ll trigger the computer to do something. For example, if I had ctrl + P, it’ll cause the print screen to come up. That’s a normal response. However, on my keyboard, all I have to do is sometimes hit “P” and it’ll bring up the print screen (usually it happens when I don’t want it to). Or if I’m typing, it’ll cause other pop-ups to come up or to X-out whatever I’m doing altogether. I’ve had to type this message twice before it worked.
I’ve run virus, Trojan, spyware scans. If it finds anything, it fixes the problem right away.
Can anyone please tell me what’s wrong and how I may fix it?

Thanks

It ever occur to you that maybe your Ctrl key might be stuck?

No that never occurred to me. But I don't think the key is stuck. It's not held down or anything. I used it just now and it's seeming to work fine. But it makes sense if it is getting stuck.

hi,

im not a techy kinda guy so i could do with some help about my laptop.

My CD/DVD drive wasnt boot up CD's so i went thorught the internet forums and was told to delete Upper filters and lower filters in the registry. which i did and was all fine i had no problems. and the cd dvd drive started working.

but then my keyboard and the touchpad including the two buttons became unresponsive. the fn and the f buttons work but all the other keys dont work. the on screen keyboard works and a USB mouse works fine.
also i noticed that the capslock button doesnt light up anymore, its like the computer doesnt realise im pressing the keys.


please help, i have all my prep work for college on it and i really want to avoid sending it off incase it has to be wiped.

i would be very grateful, cheers
dallo9