Let me explain the situation.
I've recently bought this from my lad as a project to fix. I do think it is failure due to being hammered gaming. I knew it prior to obtaining it.
I stripped it and cleaned the fans. A new treat of thermal paste(it needed it! It was crumbling). All good on that side. Stress tested fine. Temps sorted.
The issue is that when you first boot up(Windows 10 Home) you cannot use the letters Q nor R. No response. I log in then go to google and after press , press, press Q amount of times(maybe 20) it will respond. Q will eventually react then R will. It is slow at first then acts normal for a while.
If I hold FN key then hit Q. It will act normally. The same goes for R. Instant. regardless of the above. Log in, too.
If I toggle between W+Q or T+R quickly. Normal. Pressed in that order.
I'm thinking a broken trace/wear n tear or something along those lines the way it is acting and only a replacement keyboard would suffice.
I've done driver update path.
Commands from CMD
Troubleshooter.
Replaced the physical Q and R keys with replacements, fully. I've also cleaned the contacts with PCB cleaner. It was slightly better after this. Not much, though.
Any insight welcomed.
I've recently bought this from my lad as a project to fix. I do think it is failure due to being hammered gaming. I knew it prior to obtaining it.
I stripped it and cleaned the fans. A new treat of thermal paste(it needed it! It was crumbling). All good on that side. Stress tested fine. Temps sorted.
The issue is that when you first boot up(Windows 10 Home) you cannot use the letters Q nor R. No response. I log in then go to google and after press , press, press Q amount of times(maybe 20) it will respond. Q will eventually react then R will. It is slow at first then acts normal for a while.
If I hold FN key then hit Q. It will act normally. The same goes for R. Instant. regardless of the above. Log in, too.
If I toggle between W+Q or T+R quickly. Normal. Pressed in that order.
I'm thinking a broken trace/wear n tear or something along those lines the way it is acting and only a replacement keyboard would suffice.
I've done driver update path.
Commands from CMD
Troubleshooter.
Replaced the physical Q and R keys with replacements, fully. I've also cleaned the contacts with PCB cleaner. It was slightly better after this. Not much, though.
Any insight welcomed.
