Dell Vostro 1000 Laptop keyboard

sabelu

Hi my Dell laptop keyboard keeps stalling missing letters etc randomly not all the time any ideas of a solution?

Altahost

How old is the laptop?

sabelu

Just over tWo years

macman

Replace the keyboard, not a major job.

motorguy

macman wrote: »

Replace the keyboard, not a major job.

+1

There should be loads on ebay.

sabelu

Where to get a new keyboard how much and how to fit?

Altahost

From the explanation, this is an intermittent problem so replacing the keyboard may fix it but then again may not.

I would change some data feeds by changing the language char set to this keyboard

I would also test it on something that doesnt ask the keyboard to many questions like notepad.

I think this problem is OS based.

You could also uninstall the keyboard and driver from device manager and restart. Let the OS update it.

motorguy

To the O/P - do the keys work if you hit them repeatedly OR firmly? Do you notice any lag (slowness) on the screen between when you hit a key and when it appears on the screen?

That will give you the best indication of whether its keyboard or OS.

Personally, i think its keyboard - dust and dirt gets under the keys.

As i said before, keyboards should be easy sourced on EBAY.

sabelu

Altahost wrote: »

From the explanation, this is an intermittent problem so replacing the keyboard may fix it but then again may not.

I would change some data feeds by changing the language char set to this keyboard

I would also test it on something that doesnt ask the keyboard to many questions like notepad.

I think this problem is OS based.

You could also uninstall the keyboard and driver from device manager and restart. Let the OS update it.

Have followed your advice and will take it from here.

Altahost

sabelu wrote: »

Have followed your advice and will take it from here.

All the advice here is okay. I would just want to remove all other options before I went down new keyboard route.

Here to help if you need it.

good luck