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08-24-2011 at 03:32 PM
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need help - computer related, urgent
k so im pretty sure my laptop keyboard is messed up, i think someone spilled a bit of water on it
it just randomly types out things like: wwwwwwwwwww for no reason
its a sony vaio vgn-ns330D
is there anything i can do other than buying a new keyboard, what do u recommend?
help plz
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08-24-2011 at 03:34 PM
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k so im pretty sure my laptop keyboard is messed up, i think someone spilled a bit of water on it
it just randomly types out things like: wwwwwwwwwww for no reason
its a sony vaio vgn-ns330D
is there anything i can do other than buying a new keyboard, what do u recommend?
help plz
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If you think that someone spilled water on it then you should just let it dry. You can submerge it in rice to speed up the process or if it's humid where you are.
I also have to ask, the key isn't stuck right?
Edit: You'll probably want to take out the keyboard from the laptop or you'll have rice stuck in your laptop. But it's happened to my friend's macbook, except it was beer. Worked out it in the end.
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08-24-2011 at 03:44 PM
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no i dont think the key is stuck, the entire keyboard doesnt work sometimes
its been like thisfor 3 days
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08-24-2011 at 03:46 PM
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no i dont think the key is stuck, the entire keyboard doesnt work sometimes
its been like thisfor 3 days
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Oh 3 days, I don't think it's still wet then...
Have you tried re-installing the driver?
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08-24-2011 at 03:48 PM
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Oh 3 days, I don't think it's still wet then...
Have you tried re-installing the driver?
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08-24-2011 at 03:52 PM
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hard to say what's wrong but in the mean time you can buy a 20$ usb keyboard to use as a supplement until you fix your problems. (I happen to have one for sale...logitech standard keyboard...)
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08-24-2011 at 03:59 PM
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jhan disappeared ;[
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08-24-2011 at 04:05 PM
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how do i do that, thanks
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You can try and update the driver via the device manager application.
If that doesn't work then try and roll-back the driver (if possible).
If that doesn't work then try and uninstall the driver and re-install it by going to Sony's website and finding the driver there (At least I know Dell has their driver's on their website, no idea if Sony has the same).
Edit: http://esupport.sony.com/perl/select-system.pl
By the way, I'm by no means a computer expert (I consider myself average). These are just things I would try if it happened to me. I can't say that it'll actually work.
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08-24-2011 at 04:17 PM
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im computer illiterate, what driver am i downloading... i dont see keyboard
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08-24-2011 at 04:20 PM
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08-24-2011 at 04:30 PM
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im computer illiterate, what driver am i downloading... i dont see keyboard
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I don't see it either, maybe it would automatically re-install? Generally whenever you plug in something to your computer it automatically searches for and downloads whatever needs to be downloaded. So you would need to restart your computer for it to notice. But I'm not entirely sure about it. I'm not even sure it's a problem with your driver.
I'm pretty sure you can take your laptop to UTS and they would be able to help you. They helped me with my wireless connection 2 years ago. For now just do as Krusenik advised and just get a usb keyboard.
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08-24-2011 at 04:31 PM
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ok thanks, where is uts located
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08-24-2011 at 04:36 PM
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ok thanks, where is uts located
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http://mcmaster.ca/uts/
Off-topic: I find it really odd that every department (that I know of) at McMaster has the domain _____.mcmaster.ca (like math.mcmaster.ca, science.mcmaster.ca, housing.mcmaster.ca) but UTS isn't set up that way :\
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