Keyboard problems: some keys work occasionally.

Hey, first time poster here and I'm very glad to have found a great forum!

Alright, I just recently got an HP Business Compaq nc6000 and I'm please with it.
About a week ago however, a few of my keyboard keys work only occasionally.
I don't recall doing anything that would cause it to break
(like, spilling a drink over it, or slamming the keys extremely hard).

Also, this fact may by important, the keys that I have a problem with are 2...w...s...x.
They belong to the same 'column' where the left hand's ring finger touches.

These keys work normally at times. Sometimes they only work if I press REALLY hard on them.
Sometimes they don't work at all.

Is it posible to fix this by myself? Thanks for your time!

Did you get the keyboard with the HP, as in...it's new? If so, I would take it back & exchange it...sounds like it's a fluke of a keyboard. If you even try to fix it yourself, you'd void any warrenty on it, most likely. In my experience, when a few go, others are soon to follow. If you still have the receipt & it's been within the exchange time frame, do it. Otherwise, if it's an HP, try to RMA it through their website.
Hope this helps ya!

Yea good advise...I woud assume that those keys work on the same circuit and it appears it is on it's way out...RMA it with HP.

Hello it's the first time I post on these forums and I hope someone here will be able to solve my problem...

In fact I have the same exact problem as Veege04. The only difference is that my keyboard is kinda older than his, which means I don't have any warrenty on it anymore. It also isn't an Hp keyboard, which I guess won't allow me to use that RMA thing (actually I don't even know what RMA is:/ ). It's just a no-name company keyboard...

The sad thing though is that I managed to repair it two weeks ago only by cleaning the circuits inside the keyboard. And like the last guy said, the 2, w, s, x and caps lock buttons are indeed all connected to the same circuit. Although I thought my problem a solved it did it again tonight and cleaning everything several times didn't help at all this time.

Any solution would be appreciated. (except the -buy a new keyboard- one lol)

RMA'ing something is just returning it for a replacement.

Sounds like the only solution for you atomik is to buy a new one! lol...

You can pick keyboards up pretty cheap these days so i dont see the problem, it would be more of a hassle trying to fix the old one if the circuits are up the tree without a paddle.

Sorry but disco is right...........keyboards can be picked up for a tenner these days or a wee bit more if media or wireless.

Agreed, unless you want to x-ray the board and look for the hairline fracture that's causing the problem and repairing the run.

and then take the square inverse of the negative reciprocal of the...(blah blah blah) get it replaced! warranties rock.

lol...hindsight is a wonderful thing....

F*K*N hell,
keyboards for a tenna??? Ive got a nice alluminium silver one with nice keys and design for only £4 and thats was a rip off, look on www.ebuyer.co.uk and they go for less than a pound for a nice new one.

COME ON, Keyboards are worth nothing these days unless its some fancy bluetooth or fingerprint recognition thing, thats different.

A nice thing is to also check dates on threads. On a lighter note, hell, if I get a defective keyboard, I'm takin it back, I'm not fooling with it.