Satellite Pro A40 Caps Lock power with many keys on and off

Hi guys,.

I have a Satellite A40 and it has become a pain. First the caps lock keys not working, has no importance. Then I realized that if I pressed ctrl + C caps work come, now ctrl c z x c m and v all do caps on or off.

You can not use!

I use an external keyboard, which I think will work. Have you tried some form of downloads of this site but it is not changing.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

PS I have no games on it.

Hello

Well, it's not easy to say why this dysfunction occurs.
You can try to use the System Restore tool. This can help to set the operating system to the beginning.

Also if it helps doesn t, I would recommend to recover the operating system with the supplied restore CD. (Please make a backup of your files.) If the problem still the same after this procedure so I think it's a hardware malfunction and you contact the agents of control services.

Good bye

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