Strange Keyboard Problem

[Steven Mills]

I have a Sony PCG-FX103 laptop which has developed a strange keyboard
problem.
It is running Windows 2000 and nothing I've tried seems to help.
The keys seem to be mis-typing.
Instead of getting 1234567890-= I get 123456789/-=
Instead of getting qwertyuiop[] I get qwerty456*] (the [ button
actually seems to act like 'return' and starts a new line)
Instead of getting asdfghjkl;' I get asdfgh123-'#
Instead of getting zxcvbnm,./ I get zxcvbn0,.+

I have tried experimenting with the Fn button and it does seem to have
some effect, but some of the keys don't produce a character when I
type.

With the Fn button held down here's what I get:

Top row:
nothing comes up from 1 to 5, then I get: 67890-= (which are the right
characters.

Next row:
qwrtyuiop[] (I get all the right characters except e doesn't produce
anything)

Next Row:
aghjkl;'# (I don't get anything for the buttons s,d or f)

Bottom row:
This row seems to work OK with the Fn button pressed.

Please can anybody help?

Thanks
Steven

 

[Pegasus]

I have a Sony PCG-FX103 laptop which has developed a strange keyboard
problem.
It is running Windows 2000 and nothing I've tried seems to help.
The keys seem to be mis-typing.
Instead of getting 1234567890-= I get 123456789/-=
Instead of getting qwertyuiop[] I get qwerty456*] (the [ button
actually seems to act like 'return' and starts a new line)
Instead of getting asdfghjkl;' I get asdfgh123-'#
Instead of getting zxcvbnm,./ I get zxcvbn0,.+

I have tried experimenting with the Fn button and it does seem to have
some effect, but some of the keys don't produce a character when I
type.

With the Fn button held down here's what I get:

Top row:
nothing comes up from 1 to 5, then I get: 67890-= (which are the right
characters.

Next row:
qwrtyuiop[] (I get all the right characters except e doesn't produce
anything)

Next Row:
aghjkl;'# (I don't get anything for the buttons s,d or f)

Bottom row:
This row seems to work OK with the Fn button pressed.

Please can anybody help?

Thanks
Steven

It looks like your keyboard scanner has gone haywire.
To confirm it, boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk
from www.bootdisk.com. If the problem is visible under
the Win98 DOS prompt then you need to have the
machine serviced.