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Question

"t" key not working! unless together with "shift"

May 8, 2017 12:34PM PDT

Hello! I noticed yesterday that my "t" key doesn't work any more. It doesn't work on either my laptop keyboard, external keyboard or the on-screen keyboard. HOWEVER, i does work if used together with "shift" as a capital letter "T".

I've read around for solutions for 2 days now but can't find anything helpful.

I've already tried to:
Power off, unplug all wires and hold the power button for about a minute.
Clean out the keyboard.
Uninstall HID keyboard device drivers and reboot.

Any idea on what this can be?

Cheers, Nick
Asus G750JX-T4133H

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This doesn't look like hardware.
May 8, 2017 12:55PM PDT

Did you install some keyboard mapper / keyboard mapping program?

To check: boot into Safe Mode.
If still wrong, boot into some Linux disc or stick (free to make) and try there.
Only if it's still wrong in Linux, it's a hardware issue.

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Tried it
May 9, 2017 1:28PM PDT

I booted in safe mode which still gave me the problem. I didn't install anything close to the bug apart from maybe an update.

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I'm on keyboard number 3.
May 8, 2017 1:32PM PDT

On a ASUS ROG G51JX bought in 2010. The machine is fine, just my son worn through 2 keyboards.

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Update and "solution"
May 9, 2017 1:25PM PDT

Update:
I unfortunately couldn't find a solution for this.
I noticed that the "t" worked for about 30 seconds after reboot so I guess it got in some kind of conflict with the system or a program. This took too much energy away from me so I ended up reseting windows.

Even though this was far from a solution to the problem, atleast it did get rid of the bug...