ok this is the solution. its not Fn -F9 I did Fn and Scroll Lck and now my buttons work fine again! try Fn and the scroll button located next to F12

Laptop Keyboard Problem

On my Acer Extensa 2000 I also plugged in a usb keyboard and had this problem. I found pushing the Number Lk key (F11) did not fix it, I had to hold down the 'Fn' key (bottom left) and then hit the F11 and it fixed it ok.

I am also having a keyboard issue with my M-Series Gateway lappy. When I press the 'L' key, it logs me out, and when I press 'E' it opens 'Computer'. 'U' opens 'Ease of Access' and 'R' opens 'Run'. I think a few other keys open some other windows shortcuts, but without it right here with me, I don't remember them all. However, for three or four months, the problem could be solved by starting the on-screen keyboard, double clicking the windows key, then double clicking it again, and just copy/pasting the letter 'l' when needed. The rest of the keys would work as normal. .I tried a USB keyboard, with the same results, and I also bought a new keyboard, which also produced the same results. However, Windows 7 came out, and I tried to upgrade it, only to find that Gateway had installed something that disallows any OS besides Vista to be used on their computers. When I put Vista back on, however, the problem seemed to be solved. It had wiped my harddrive, but I had backed up what I needed so it wasn't a problem. Three days later, the problem returned with a vengence. My friend who is good with computers suggested that I should try cleaning under the keyboard, and since I'm kindof a clutz, I figured it was a good idea. I took out the alcohol and cotton balls, and did what I thought was a good job (apparently I didn't do much). I put the keyboard back and found that I had accidentally disconnected it, but itstead of trying to plug it back in, I tried the USB keyboard again and it worked. For one day. Now my control panel dissappeared, along with Ease of Access (no On-Screen keyboard fix) and the problem is back with a vengence. Any solutions besides buying a new lappy? This is my last chance haha.

Hi! I have an Asus F3Sseries and some months ago i had to send it to repair due to a problem in sound. When i had it back, the key used for ">" and "<" didn't worked. If i clicked on it, it would work as "~" and "^". I searched if it was a language not well set, but everything was ok. Now, i dunno what to do. It's a hardware problem and only in a repair shop they can solve this or is there anyway to me to solve it?

Any Ideas??

I'm having a similar problem, but its not quite like those that have been mentioned. My laptop is about 2 years old and has always been in good condition. I went away for about a year and boxed it up where it remained untouched until I returned.

Since then, I cant type the letters 't' or 'y' as they show up with the two letters beneath them, ('t' comes up as tg and 'y' as yh!) and vice versa. All the other keys work fine. a friend advised me to buy a can of compressed air and really spray these two keys to clean them, but does anyone know if that sounds like a likely solution or is it something more serious? I've pasted this sentence again so you can see how frustrating it is before I to back and delete all the extra letters!! please help!! thanks! BTW its an 'e-system' laptop and standard ps/2 keyboard.

-I'm yhavintg a similar problem, butg itgs notg quitge like tgyhose tgyhatg yhave been mentgioned. Myh laptgop is aboutg 2 yhears old and yhas alwayhs been in tgood conditgion. I wentg away for aboutg a year and boxed itg ip wyhere itg remained untgoucyhed untgil I retgurned.

Gateway Keyboard Problems

In response to :

"The Reason for this accident is because, you are trying to adjust the the Brightness on your screen, you accidently hit Fn- F9 instead of Fn- F8.............. I recently had a problem with my laptop gateway 6750 and my keyboard was crazy I had half of my keyboard not working after many hours of searching and frustration I found the solution, and I found it here on techspot.com I was already thinking of buying a new laptop thanks techspot.com I thankx guys."

My keyboard on my gateway laptop has recently been turning on the the numlock on it's own upon bootup about every 2-3 days. The problem is that not only is it doing it on it's own (i have no reason to and have never pressed fn + scroll which is what turns on my num lock) but that pressing them again will not turn it off.

I'm sharing my problem because I have been using a temporary solution that may help out others of you who's keys are typing the wrong thing, and it doesn't require the use of the keyboard.

When I boot up if my keyboard isn't working properly I simply navigate to device manager and uninstall the keyboard. This will prompt for a reboot in order to finish. Do so. Upon reboot windows finds the keyboard through plug n play and installs it, this requires another restart. After the second restart, about %80 of the time, viola, keyboard restored to working order. I hope that helps some of you having the same kinds of issues.

Now my second reason for posting this is because I would like to know if anyone has any ideas why my keyboard is perfectly fine for a couple days, and then does this? It's obviously not the keys or it wouldn't be working fine after the uninstall/reinstall. My 2 guesses are windows having problems with the version of the driver (though I have dl'd and installed the driver straight from gateway trying this as a fix,) or that there's a problem going on with the board where the laptop connects internally, whether it's the connection, the board, the keyboard, I'm not sure, but something keeps causing it to do this and i really don't have a good place to start diagnosing. Any suggestions?

keyboard problems

it scrolls by itself like tabs stuck, enters on it

Keyboard problem

I have a gateway laptop with the 'r' not working. Rest everything is fine.
Can anyone help.
Thanks in advance

There is probably some dirt or debris under the "R" key. If you are very careful, gently pop off the "R" key cap and use canned air to blow out the dirt. Snap the key cap back on

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Thanks tmagic650 but I tried this and there is no change. What other options could I look into
thanks

Replace the keyboard