Shift F key not working

[sparkybird]

Hi everyone

Hope you can advise me if this is a solvable problem or if the key board is bust - it's only a month or so old.

When I want to type a capital f, I usually do it by holding the shift and f keys at the same time. However, when I do this I get nothing - not even a blank space. Instead I have to do caps lock then f.

None of the other letters have this problem

Thanks

SB

 

[Monsterminty]

Borrow a keyboard from a friend and see if that works.

 

[sparkybird]

Thanks for quick reply. The keyboard is a remote, so I just tried the laptop key board and that is fine. So I'm reckoning that my new keyboard needs to go back!

Cheers

SB

 

[dave.m]

Try the keyboard plugged into the laptop or another computer and confirm that it is misbehaving. If so return it!

dave

 

[sparkybird]

Hmmm. good suggestion Dave. I just tried it on my husbands laptop and it works fine. Not sure why this is? Should I still return it or is there something I can do to fix the problem?

 

[sparkybird]

OK more to report.

I think it might be to do with the usb hub as I just tried it in another usb port on my laptop and it's fine. Odd though that it doesn't work in the usb port that I plug the hub into, although my other devices do??? Baffling?? Maybe I'll hold of returning it and see how it does


SB

 

[sparkybird]

Hmm, its definitely not the keyboard. And now its not recognising Shift f in any usb port.

Is this a problem with the ports? All my other items work fine in them and why only is the f affected??? If I j=use the shift key on the right is seems to work but not if I use the one on the left my (preferred one)


Any ideas??

 

[xr4x4]

My a key on my keyboard is completely shot.

Any ideas how I can get my a back?

 

[Monsterminty]

replace the keyboard xr4x4