Comments on: Keyboard

By: Repair Man

Repair Man — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:04:49 +0000

Brandi Johnson,

My cat tore off 3 of my Toshiba laptop keys, and I don’t have money to fix it because I’m only 13. So, is there any way I can fix it?

Yes, it’s possible to fix them. Do you still have all these keys?
You can install them back on the keyboard using this guide:
http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2007/03/20/key-fell-off-keyboard/

By: Brandi Johnson

Brandi Johnson — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:52:45 +0000

My cat tore off 3 of my Toshiba laptop keys, and I don’t have money to fix it because I’m only 13. So, is there any way I can fix it? The keys still work when I press on them its just really hard to type normally, right now I am on my mom’s old win xp computer to send this. Mine is a Win 7 and I got it for Christmas in 2009, I’d like a reply back if there is any way to fix my keys, I don’t think they snap back on like other keyboards…

By: Repair Man

Repair Man — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:57:18 +0000

nella61,

I just wanna ask if one of the key doesn’t work, do I need to replace the keyboard ?one of my key just stop functioning all of sudden.

If one of the keyboard keys stopped working completely, but all other keys work properly, you’ll have to replace the keyboard.

By: Repair Man

Repair Man — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:31:18 +0000

TD,

Is there a different name for the mouse pad (controller) below the keyboard? I am trying to fins a cover for it or turn it off. I am constantly hitting it with my hands and moving my cursor to different spots while typing.

It’s called touch pad. You should be able to disable the touch pad in the control panel.
Go to Control Panel >> Mouse and search in there.
If you have a Toshiba laptop you can hold down the Fn key and at the same time press once on the F9 key. This combination will enable or disable the touch pad.

By: nella61

nella61 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:38:02 +0000

hello… I just wanna ask if one of the key doesnt work, do I need to replace the keyboard ?one of my key just stop fuctioning all of sudden.

By: TD

TD — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:43:44 +0000

Is there a different name for the mouse pad (controller) below the keyboard? I am trying to fins a cover for it or turn it off. I am constantly hitting it with my hands and moving my cursor to different spots while typing.

By: Repair Man

Repair Man — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:27:21 +0000

TA,

Can I test my labtop keyboard using a PC. there a set up keyboard software but it does not explain how to set up using reg PC

Nope, you cannot do that.

By: TA

TA — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:37:51 +0000

Can I test my labtop keyboard using a PC. there a set up keyboard software but it does not explain how to set up using reg PC

By: Pamela

Pamela — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:32:42 +0000

Update:
It happened again this morning and I tried the fn and number key trick and it worked. Now, why do you suppose it makes it number lock on its own? Is that something I should be worried about and fix? Wow, I’m so grateful, thankyou thankyou thankyou! I thought I was going to have to ger another computer!

By: Pamela

Pamela — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:04:16 +0000

Well, I spilled some water on my laptop and my keyboard wouldn’t work after that, like when I pressed one letter two would come up, my computer beeped on startup. So I ordered a brand new internal keyboard from amazon and my friend put it in for me. So, sometimes it works just fine, and then other times it doesn’t. For example, the p is an asterisk, then the letters are numbers as described above in common keyboard related issues. What is going on? How come it works sometimes, (like right now) and other times it doesn’t? Also, I have restarted it, turned it off and rebooted it, like 8 times and still had the same issue. It’s like it works when it wants too. Do you have any thoughts, repair man? thank you so much!
-Pamela