keyboard continuously inputting "g"

I spilled water on my laptop a few days ago, and I've dried it out as best as I can. Now, it turns on fine, but whenever id put my cursor somewhere to type, it acted like I was holding down the letter g, and I can't put anything else in. I found a guide to reset the keyboard, which may or may not help, but at this point, whenever I boot up, it brings me to either the windows error recovery page or the windows boot manager page, neither of which I know how to bypass without using the keyboard.

Its a dell inspiron 1545 with windows 7, and I've only replaced the adaptor and hard drive so far.

 

It sounds like the "G" key is either stuck or has shorted out to where it is continuously entering data (gggggggggggggggggggggggggg).

There may still be traces of water that are causing the "G" key to short out as well as other wet areas. Try the following:

* Buy a canister of "Damp Rid" moisture absorber (about $4 at Home Depot or Lowe's). Remove the battery. Place the screen/lid in the up position. Put the notebook on a cake rack (to allow air to circulate) in a trash bag on a desk or table with the canister of Damp Rid and seal the bag throughly with a twist-tie. Let it sit about 72 hours. The Damp Rid should absorb any moisture hidden in the nooks and crannies.​

If all else fails (and you don't want to spend big bucks), you may be able to override the built-in keyboard in the BIOS and buy/use an inexpensive USB desktop keyboard (about $15 at Walmart, Office Depot or Best Buy for a decent Microsoft or Logitech wired USB model).

Good luck - hope this helps.

 

Thanks. Neither are really ideal because of the time (and money, even though its not much), so ill keep looking, but if I can't find anything better I probably will try the damp rid, there very well may not be anything better than that.

 

Hi,
I would suggest stripping your machine down.. i.e... removing battery/all the access panels to Ram ect... remove your keyboard and leave your machine to stand for at least 72hrs (leave your lid open to allow for air flow) here is a run through of how to remove your keyboard...

1.)http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1545/en/SM/centrcnt.htm#wp1179905

2.) http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1545/en/SM/keyboard.htm#wp1179891

here is the complete service manual...

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1545/en/SM/index.htm

iain.t :major

 

That's something I probably should've mentioned, the first two screws they said to remove are both stripped. One just keeps spinning as I screw it, the other is pretty much a circle on its face at this point. Any ideas or am I screwed? (sorry, couldn't resist)

 

You need to use a screw extracter as described here...

http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-a-Stripped-Screw

You need to get these screws out and replaced, in the service manual that I linked in the last post will have the details of the type and size of screw needed for replacement , ebay is usaully a good place to buy these from,just be patient with them they will come out!!!.

iain.t :major