So, my beloved ASUS EEE 1005HA is finally starting to age. Several days ago, it started randomly typing the letter B by itself. It has interesting characteristics:
It comes and goes in several-hour blocks.Every 60 seconds or so it starts repeating B.If I have any modifiers depressed on an external keyboard it applies them.If I press any key but B on the internal keyboard it stops for a while.The B key itself doesn't actually work during one of these spasms.And if I type normally, I get everything but B, and occasionally B is added on to other keypresses (lbibkbeb tbhbibsb).I've found at least three other reports of the B key doing it, and scattered reports of 7, C, and others malfunctioning.Replacing the keyboard doesn't fix it, according to the Internet.GearGOD proposes a bridge between traces, and recommends I use an oscilloscope to find it. If I had one, I would. So, I have ordered this from Amazon Prime, paying the extra $4 to have it here one day and many hours of typing sooner.HP TouchPad Wireless Keyboard It appears to be a very handy little device, and the price is competitive with similar keyboards. One reviewer states that it doesn't work with his HTC G2 Android phone, though, which I happen to have. Any thoughts on fixing this, or on the TouchPad keyboard?
Did you pop the key out and clean all the crap in there…?
Nope, but I'll give it a shot. I've treated it very nicely; even though it's about 3 years old it has almost no scratches (despite the ridiculously glossy design). It's also very clean.