Keyboard acting strange... caps lock problem...

SonnieP · 01-18-2006, 06:35 AM

Ocassionally I'll be typing and all of the sudden my letters are in all Caps without the Caps lock on. Even my number keys type the symbols instead of the numbers. I can lock the Caps key and the letters are then lower case but number keys still type symbols... *^$^$&$#

Actually it's almost as if my Shift key is stuck... because everything is typing as though I was holding down the Shift key.

Any ideas what could cause this? Is there a couple of keys I could hit accidentally that would lock the shift key?

**DCIScouts** · 01-18-2006, 06:59 AM

Your Shift key is stuck, the Caps Lock has no impact on the number keys, so that's why the numbers are coming up as symbols... Either try taking off all the keys and cleaning the keyboard, or just buy a new one...

SonnieP · 01-18-2006, 07:07 AM

Well it's on a laptop and a new one at that... been doing it since I got it, but only occasionally.

I have taken the shift keys and caps keys off and checked them closely but they appear to be clean.

I have also taken them off when it was stuck on shift and didn't notice anything wierd.

Seems like most of the time to get it unstuck I hit the shift key and the j key... but I can't say that's what has always got it unstuck.

It's not like it is physically sticking but as though I've accidentally hit some combination of keys typing too fast and entered some code for the shift key to lock.

**DCIScouts** · 01-18-2006, 07:10 AM

I'm not aware of any combination of keys to turn the shift key on. If it's not that old, I would just send it in to the manufacturer, hopefully it should be still under warranty. It could also be the circuit board underneath is faulty somehow...

SonnieP · 01-18-2006, 05:10 PM

It's still under warranty.

If there is not any code to turn on shift lock then it is probably as you say, a faulty circuit board.

01-18-2006, 06:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
SonnieP Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: L. A. (Lower Alabama) Age: 46 Posts: 130	Keyboard acting strange... caps lock problem... Ocassionally I'll be typing and all of the sudden my letters are in all Caps without the Caps lock on. Even my number keys type the symbols instead of the numbers. I can lock the Caps key and the letters are then lower case but number keys still type symbols... ^$^$&$# Actually it's almost as if my Shift key is stuck... because everything is typing as though I was holding down the Shift key. Any ideas what could cause this? Is there a couple of keys I could hit accidentally that would lock the shift key? __________________ ... SonnieP ... Cedar Creek Cinema* Home Theater Shack ...

01-18-2006, 07:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
SonnieP Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: L. A. (Lower Alabama) Age: 46 Posts: 130	Well it's on a laptop and a new one at that... been doing it since I got it, but only occasionally. I have taken the shift keys and caps keys off and checked them closely but they appear to be clean. I have also taken them off when it was stuck on shift and didn't notice anything wierd. Seems like most of the time to get it unstuck I hit the shift key and the j key... but I can't say that's what has always got it unstuck. It's not like it is physically sticking but as though I've accidentally hit some combination of keys typing too fast and entered some code for the shift key to lock. __________________ ... SonnieP ... Cedar Creek Cinema Home Theater Shack ...

01-18-2006, 07:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
DCIScouts Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Age: 26 Posts: 5,103	I'm not aware of any combination of keys to turn the shift key on. If it's not that old, I would just send it in to the manufacturer, hopefully it should be still under warranty. It could also be the circuit board underneath is faulty somehow... __________________ In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr. The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. -Joe Martin FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 Posting and you - CF Edition Cheers CF

01-18-2006, 05:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
SonnieP Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: L. A. (Lower Alabama) Age: 46 Posts: 130	It's still under warranty. If there is not any code to turn on shift lock then it is probably as you say, a faulty circuit board. __________________ ... SonnieP ... Cedar Creek Cinema Home Theater Shack ...

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01-18-2006, 06:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
DCIScouts Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Age: 26 Posts: 5,103	Your Shift key is stuck, the Caps Lock has no impact on the number keys, so that's why the numbers are coming up as symbols... Either try taking off all the keys and cleaning the keyboard, or just buy a new one...