toshiba laptop help needed

Guest

I dont know if any of u know anything abou ckmputers but i.got a toshiba laptop that wont boot all the way up and when i goto reinstall windows none of the keyboard keys will work except for the keys to enter bios setup mode i cant even change the bootjng to boot from cd cause enter key wont register either just f2 any ideas?

Subject: Re: toshiba laptop help needed Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:54 am

hit F12 to bring up the boot menu - you can temporarily choose CD from there and hopefully get the rest of your problems resolved

also what about F8 to boot windows into safe mode - does that work?

Guest

Hmm havent tried those but alot of the keys wont work exspecially the enter keys supposely the laptop was hit with a virus. It tells me the last resume attempt dfailed and then gives me 2 options one to try to resume again and the other to reinstall but i cant smdo anything cause enter wont work i am stumped on this i gotta get past this part. When i goto bios to change it to boot fron cd it wont let me cause i cant hit enter

Guest

Oh ya its weird cause the f keys work the num lock key works esc works and so does the caps lock key ive tried googling but cant find the right solution at all

Subject: Re: toshiba laptop help needed Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:17 am

its highly unlikely a virus would make specific keys stop working... especially pre boot (not in the OS)

the keyboard may just be shot - plug a usb keyboard into it and give that a try cheers

if it looks like it may need a new keyboard let me know I have a source and shouldn't cost more than 20 bucks or so

Guest

Sweet thnx black ill let u know appreciate the help

Subject: Re: toshiba laptop help needed Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:52 am

You didnt happen to accidently lock the keyboard did you?

FN+F10

Guest

Never knew u could lock a keyboard illtry and see what happens for ghe hell of it. I learned something knew

Guest

Hell we both did. Nice tip Missiler.

Guest

Well tried it scott didnt work. Im gonna try what black said about a keyboard later and see what happend

Subject: Re: toshiba laptop help needed Fri Jul 27, 2012 1:53 pm

My friends computer was doing the same thing... disconnected her stock keyboard and plugged in a usb one, worked fine after that...

Guest

Hmm interesting thanks for that info jager

Guest

Hey black i hooked up a usb keyboard and now the laptop works what info do u need or where do i go to find a replacementt stock keyboard

Subject: Re: toshiba laptop help needed Sat Jul 28, 2012 6:10 pm

www.sparepartswarehouse.com

Subject: Re: toshiba laptop help needed Sat Jul 28, 2012 6:46 pm

great minds think alike - that is where I typically get my stuff from

you can also go here for diy guides for taking toshiba's apart

http://www.irisvista.com/

Guest

Thanx guys

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