First the bad news:  You probably still have a virus!   Formating is not  a
cure-all for virus removal, just a lot of wasted time reinstalling software.
You need to get a good Anti-Virus program like Norton, McAfee or even the
free F-Prot will do, ant test every floppy and CD you have...  your boot
floppy especially! Second, a replacement keyboard can be purchased for
about $8 US, I would not even bother trying to clean it, but I would bet
that once you fix your virus problem your mysterious keyboard problem would
cure itself.  Does the keyboard problem only occures in Windows?........
Virus! Howard Rubin, Fortaleza, Brazil

RE:  Date:    Sun, 1 Sep 2002 17:10:17 -0400 From:    Gary Blenkhorn
<[log in to unmask]> Subject: Keyboard I/O Problems

I am hoping someone can help me out.  I have a Pentium II PC Partner =
motherboard model LXB834D with an Intel 440LX chipset.  I have a Windows =
98 compatable 104 keyboard.  My daughter spilled some cola on the = keyboard
and I have not been able to resolve the problem of some keys = not working
properly including the "spacebar".  I have tried a different = keyboard and
the problems switch to different keys.  (really weird)  I = also had virus
problems and corrected that by doing a low level format = and repartitioning
the hard drive.  I then got the lateset BIOS bin file = and upgraded the
BIOS hoping that would solve the keyboard problem, but = no luck.

Does anyone know if this can be fixed or do I need to trash the =
motherboard?  Is there a good diagnostic program out there that can test =
the keyboard port on the motherboard?

Many thanks if you can help.

Gary Blenkhorn

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