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Arrow keys on laptop stopped working

Anonymous
2023-12-20T12:46:11+00:00

Hello, I am using a Windows 11 Laptop and recently I spilled warm coffee (it wasn't burning hot but definitely not cold) onto my keyboard. Luckily I immediately followed the steps to save it by turning off the power and cleaning it and letting it dry for 24 hours. My PC is still functional as it was only a very minor spill however, i've noticed the arrow keys are now not working properly.

At the start, there would be times where It felt like my laptop was automatically pressing the left arrow key resulting in me constantly typing funny and getting irritated. On youtube videos it would also impact them and constantly rewind my video too. This has stopped now but it still has caused the arrow key issues.

While I can use the top arrow key to go up sentences in paragraphs and the right key to go to the end of a sentence, the left and down keys have been effected and I cannot go down paragraphs or go backwards. Everything else hasn't been impacted and it is just the arrow keys.

Any suggestions to fix it? OR if it's as a result of my clumsiness and I need to seek computer fixing?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers

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  1. DaveM121 872.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-12-20T13:21:51+00:00

    Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    This is caused by liquid damage on the keyboard, and usually the keyboard will need to be replaced.

    Have you tried carefully removing the arrow key caps to see if you can see liquid damage in those keys?

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