Toshiba Satelite A105 keys stop working

gamer1 · 05-11-2009, 05:45 PM

Hi. I recently just started having problems with my laptop. I dont know what happened I didnt spill anything on the keyboard. I cleaned under the keys and that didnt work either.

It started with the page up button i pressed it and it wouldnt do anything..now its alot more buttons and this is all in just 2 days. Do I have to get a USB keyboard or is this a virus?

**TriggerFinger** · 05-11-2009, 10:54 PM

I would try another operating system (like Ubuntu or Knoppix live CD). If it works in a linux live CD environment then for sure it is NOT hardware (possible virus or Windows driver). However if it behaves the same way in both linux and Windows then you need to try a USB keyboard or consider keyboard replacement.

05-11-2009, 05:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
gamer1 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1 OS: windows XP	Toshiba Satelite A105 keys stop working Hi. I recently just started having problems with my laptop. I dont know what happened I didnt spill anything on the keyboard. I cleaned under the keys and that didnt work either. It started with the page up button i pressed it and it wouldnt do anything..now its alot more buttons and this is all in just 2 days. Do I have to get a USB keyboard or is this a virus?

05-11-2009, 10:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,847 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Toshiba Satelite A105 keys stop working I would try another operating system (like Ubuntu or Knoppix live CD). If it works in a linux live CD environment then for sure it is NOT hardware (possible virus or Windows driver). However if it behaves the same way in both linux and Windows then you need to try a USB keyboard or consider keyboard replacement. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE