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General => Technical Help => Topic started by: Gillg on Saturday 03 November 18 16:42 GMT (UK)
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Help, please! My laptop seems to have gone mad and is printing an endless stream of 4s. At the moment it is resting and I can type, but I fear this may happen again. Any suggestions as to how I can stop this?
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Is there something stuck in your keyboard or possibly the 4/r key has given up the ghost.
If it starts again, hold down the shift key and see if it produces sows and rows of “r”s.
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https://www.wikihow.com/Fix-a-Jammed-Keyboard-Key
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Maybe it's my fault for nibbling biscuits as I type! Actually I do suddenly seem to be free from the 444... printing at the moment. Perhaps I have somehow freed the key, but I'll look at the various remedies now. Thank you for the links, Hallmark, and for your suggestions, Ray T.
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Ray T
Tried holding down the shift key, but nothing happened. Fingers crossed, maybe it has cleared itself. Thanks. :)
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Just put it in a case and put it in car standing laptop one end when you're driving somewhere..... Bumps on road become useful! ;D
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Gillg, it seems that you cleared the problem, but did you mean that you're getting the numbers appearing on your screen or printing to a printer? Also Hoovering the keyboard or blasting it with compressed air is also likely to help. Also just turning the keyboard and/or laptop over and giving it a good shake should help. You might even have enough leftovers for tomorrow's lunch.
Martin
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The endless rows of 4 just showed on the screen. Haven't tried printing yet. Anyway, a judicious use of my little pastry brush seems to have done the trick for now, though I'll bear in mind the various solutions offered. I did find the one which suggested taking off the individual tiles rather alarming :o. Thanks, everyone.
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After a career in IT, now retired, I never knew the secret of the pastry brush.
Off Topic, I often wonder if you could do DNA tests on the whole family by swabbing the grime off the mouse...
Martin
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Have you tried banging the thing hard several times on a a solid table? No? I thought not but it would undoubtably dislodge whatever might be stuck!
An old mate of mine used to work for a firm called “Lab-hire” and they had a rather unusual way of cleaning electrical equipment - they used to wash it with distilled water and then dry it slowly in a heated room for three weeks before putting it back on the shelf.
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Goodness! That all sounds rather violent! :o So far so good today. Am considering using a hairdryer for that recommended blas of air if it happens again. Thanks, all. :)