Losing keys, losing my mind

[jwazevedo]

I have a six-year-old Samsung N150 (Win 7) that I dearly love and don't want to toss. Last week the Enter key stopped working. I used KeyTweak to remap another key to be Enter. Later I tried deleting the keyboard driver and rebooting, and then the key started working fine, and I thought that was the end of it. Today, the Enter key has stopped working again. Plus, the Delete key is dead, as is the Down Arrow and the Page Up. I tried the old "deleting the driver and rebooting" trick, but that didn't work.

Thought the thread prefix says Hardware, I really can't say it's hardware related. It could just as easily be software or drivers, I suppose.

Any thoughts on troubleshooting this?

Thanks,
Jerry

 

[Cycloid Torus]

Check into 'keys for sale' like:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-N15...hash=item2326b9d107:m:mnkdmqpKQK03o1BQt7h14FA

 

[Cycloid Torus]

You might also see if YouTube has tutorial on "cleaning keys" etc, etc

 

[Tmagic650]

You may be able to have the entire keyboard replaced fairly cheaply

 

[jwazevedo]

Thanks for the replies.

UPDATE I plugged in a wireless keyboard, and it worked fine. So, this pretty much indicates a hardware issue, right?

I'll try the cleaning option next.

Best,
Jerry