The keyboard on my laptop seems to be typing by itself:
- It sometimes types characters like
134
, whether by itself or when I hit certain keys. - Repeating characters may appear unexpectedly.
- The system volume may change by itself, or windows like the Print dialog or Web browser may appear.
This can happen without any input or as I type, and may occur more often when certain keys are pressed. Sometimes, the keyboard fails to respond altogether. This is happening regardless of the software involved.
Is there a ghost in my keyboard—is my keyboard broken?
A sample of text from the keyboard might look like this (normal QWERTY...ASDF...ZXC...
sequence is expected):
QWERTYUIOPASDF)(G@*HKLZXCVBN QWERTYIOPASDFGL!#ZXCVB13 QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVB!#N qwertyu41iopasdf19g13h28j113k4113zxcvb4n qwerty4u1iopasdf0g7h1jklzxcvb13m qwert13uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuiopasdf87091134ghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh13jk13zxcvb14
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