laptop keyboard problems

tclvngr said:

I have an Inspirion 1200. WinXP.
Everytime I type the laptop types extra letters. So that it looks like this....edvedrfytikmed IK typ;ed the olqap;tolp; typ;edws edxtrfqa oledttedrfws. laptop is only 2 months old...Please Help!

tclvngr

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Try to reseat you keyboard cable and use the link's below to download the latest driver for your touchpad, as the touchpad sometimes causes the problem.

If you are from the eu
http://support.euro.dell.com/uk/en/...283&devlib=17&fileid=R81989&file=107745&p=FTP

USA
http://ftp.us.dell.com/input/Tp2ua14i.exe

Latest bios update ( flash bios )

http://support.euro.dell.com/uk/en/...&dev=8275&devlib=1&fileid=R103209&file=133167

choose :::ownload Now Using FTP


If none of these do a diagnostics on the keyboard.
pressing the power tap f12 every second and choose the diagnostics option