Wrong keyboard output

Hey guys. I've got a laptop here that recently had some kind of juice (or something sticky anyway) spilled on the keyboard. The keys were jamming, staying pressed, etc... I removed the keyboard from the laptop, removed all the keys, and submerged it in a quarter of an inch of rubbing alcohol for approximately 10 minutes, sort of swirling it around. When I did this all kinds of gunk and debris came out in the wash. After putting all the keys back on, they moved freely and didn't seem to stick anymore. The thing is was that the laptop's HDD was also busted (not related to the spill) so a new HDD had to be installed and the computer reformatted. I put the new drive in and sparked up Xp... everything seemed to be going ok until I tried to start typing stuff in. Now here's the situation... 2 or three of the keys don't work at all, and several of the other keys are giving the wrong letters. I've already double and triple checked to make sure the keys got put back to the right spots and they have. But something's not right... For example my left Shift key gives me an 'N'. Any ideas?

 

I would replace the keyboard

 

I would try first "start/control panel/clock language and region and check the keyboard settings.

why i say this is that i have an AZERTY keyboard but i work in English with a PC made to work in Dutch and French, i suspect your keyboard is QWERTIOP so if you press letter Q and get an A it's the keyboard settings.

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2277/91461371nz7.jpg

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1816/qwertybu3.gif

 

that makes sense, but the problem is that Xp isn't even installed yet so it should default to a qwerty keyboard. Plus, a good number of the leys aren't working at all. I probably need a new keyboard but the laptop in question is a Eurocom M3SW (Product code M375S) so it probably won't be easy to find a replacement keyboard. I' going to try an external keyboard first too just to make sure the problem isn't something else...

 

Make a shortcut to c:\windows\system32\osk.exe for an onscreen keyboard.

It will be interesting to see if the letters appear in the correct order, or not. I am guessing they will.

Bazza

 

Yep they did. I'm using an external USB keyboard right now and it's working fine. I got a price on a new keyboard and it's 80 bucks from Eurocom. I just want to make sure it's actually the keyboard and not the connector on the motherboard or anything. I'd like to get a keyboard used or something so it's a little cheaper, but I've checked on eBay etc... and haven't come up with anything. Does anyone know of any way I could find out if there are any other compatible keyboards I could get used or otherwise cheaper?