Inspiron 5150 left-ctrl key

Any suggestions as to why the left <Ctrl> key on my Inspiron 5150 has
recently stopped working in combination with the following keys only:

F1, F3, F6, F8, F10, F12
Home
Tab, t, y, [, ]
b, n
AltGr, Delete

I can use the right <Ctrl> key but I'm used to using the left,
especially for <Ctrl-a> & <Ctrl-home>. It's weird being able to
navigate to the bottom of a document but not the top!

I've checked various other combinations but can't find any other
problems except that, as expected, triple-key combinations including the
above, e.g. <LCtrl-Shift-t> also fail.

--
Regards,

Steve

Likely to be a failing keyboard... Ben Myers

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:44:21 +0000, Stephen <> wrote:

>Any suggestions as to why the left <Ctrl> key on my Inspiron 5150 has
>recently stopped working in combination with the following keys only:
>
>F1, F3, F6, F8, F10, F12
>Home
>Tab, t, y, [, ]
>b, n
>AltGr, Delete
>
>I can use the right <Ctrl> key but I'm used to using the left,
>especially for <Ctrl-a> & <Ctrl-home>. It's weird being able to
>navigate to the bottom of a document but not the top!
>
>I've checked various other combinations but can't find any other
>problems except that, as expected, triple-key combinations including the
>above, e.g. <LCtrl-Shift-t> also fail.

Stephen wrote:
> Any suggestions as to why the left <Ctrl> key on my Inspiron 5150 has
> recently stopped working in combination with the following keys only:
>
> F1, F3, F6, F8, F10, F12
> Home
> Tab, t, y, [, ]
> b, n
> AltGr, Delete
>
> I can use the right <Ctrl> key but I'm used to using the left,
> especially for <Ctrl-a> & <Ctrl-home>. It's weird being able to
> navigate to the bottom of a document but not the top!
>
> I've checked various other combinations but can't find any other
> problems except that, as expected, triple-key combinations including the
> above, e.g. <LCtrl-Shift-t> also fail.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Steve

Before you get a new keyboard (you still might have to), try to reseat
the keyboard ribbon cable. Look at it this way, if you need a new
keyboard, you'll still have to do this, to replace it.

http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...rd.htm#1084976

Also, to eliminate a weird windows glitch, try a usb external keyboard.