I have an older Toshiba Satellite and it has some keys that do what you
say.  Sticky and needs extra pressure.  It could possibly be repaired,
but another (possibly easier, possibly cheaper?) option would be to just
replace the keyboard.  You can probably find one on EBay - or maybe even
buy it direct from Toshiba.

Tony Mayer
Sysop
The Magic FunHouse BBS
http://bbs.magicom.net


Ian wrote:
> A customer's Toshiba Satellite 2590 CDT has a faulty keyboard - there are at least two keys, the 'f' and the 'n', which only respond after heavy and continued pressing.
>
> I fiddled with the keyboard settings in Control Panel\Keyboard but there was no change - it appears to be a hardware problem.
>
> My question is this: Is this situation likely to be something that a laptop repair company could improve?  I ask because there's no repair service within 200k of my place and it's even difficult to get information of this kind over the phone.
>
> Due to the comparatively small numbers of laptop pc's in New Zealand, and particularly in this lesser populated area where I live, laptop technicians tend to be a fairly elitist bunch and pretty well charge what they like.
>
> And that's if they can even be bothered to look at the job :--))
>
> Hence my question to the group, just in case anyone has had a similar problem successfully resolved.
>
> Ian Porter
> Computer Guys Inc.
> Arrowtown
> New Zealand
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