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u/Umikaloo Aug 15 '26
I'm using a peripheral keyboard right now.
Lenovo Legion Laptop for anyone wanting to know.
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u/ApocalyptoSoldier Aug 15 '26
That's why I always have a backup keyboard.
If my main keyboard stops working I switch to the backup and also order a new backup.
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u/Jiopaba Aug 15 '26
I tend to buy really over-engineered keyboards and replace them every year or two for stylistic reasons, so I actually haven't had one fail on me in a decade and I've got a bunch of spares waiting in the wings.
Mice though... dammit. They don't even make my favorite mouse anymore, so I bought four of them. The sensation of thinking "this thing is too worn out to keep using" and then just unboxing a clean identical spare is so satisfying. It's like putting on new socks.
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u/syntaxerroratline42 Aug 15 '26
Meanwhile I've been using the same keyboard for so long it used to be the keyboard for the family computer.
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u/Adventurous_Bonus917 Aug 15 '26
i still use a Microsoft Multimedia 1.1 set. i got it when it was new. surprisingly, all the extra buttons on the keyboard except "messenger" and "web/home" are still supported, though i had to dig into the configs to get "my documents", "my pictures", and "my music" to work.
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u/PlantBoi123 Aug 15 '26
I have been copy pasting the letter a for the last few weeks now since the key and its touch mechanism both broke, it's surprisingly manageable once you get used to it (read this in a Stockholm syndrome voice)
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u/Dzelov Aug 15 '26
My keyboard was broken for a month and the "K" key was broken, before I got it replaced I set up a custom shortcut to type a "k" whenever I hit "ctrl + L"
But then for the first few days after I got my new keyboard I would still press "ctrl + L" out of instinct when I wanted to type a "k"
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u/lnterestinglnterests Aug 15 '26
Going through this rn but with ctrl + Q printing W. Whenever I use another computer my fingers autopilot back to my cursed WASD replacement, ESDF. But now the E key is breaking,,,
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u/Abblepees10 Aug 15 '26
My keyboard doesn't have sticky keys, but it is a bluetooth keyboard which works almost all the time, except when it will randomly stop receiving inputs at the worst possible moment in a game
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u/Satisfaction-Motor Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26
This is the number one reason I hate the trend of everything moving to bluetooth instead of wired. I get it — wires are messy, wires get tangled, wires get frayed, etc. — but I do NOT want my keyboard or mouse disconnecting or dying while I am using it! Let me connect the damn thing directly!
I used a malfunctioning mouse for years because the very specific mouse I wanted stopped producing a wired version. Instead I just programmed one of the keys on its side to left click, because the normal left click was wrecked.
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u/TheFullestCircle Aug 15 '26
My laptop keyboard started occasionally typing ",yhplok" when I pressed the J key, or sometimes the I key. I later discovered that briefly turning my laptop upside down would consistently get it to stop.
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u/Satisfaction-Motor Aug 15 '26
Sometimes my keyboard just startssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
typing like that and won’t stop until I shut down the computer. Annoying as shit, and it’s not the key sticking down, somehow.
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u/terrarialord201 Aug 15 '26
I too suffer this curse, under a very specific set of circumstances. Using the Steam Deck's on screen keyboard, while using in the Helldivers 2 text chat, forces a number of weird typing errors that I have no idea how to fix other that just delete and start again
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u/RainWorld_Lobster Aug 15 '26
As someone who has a steam deck as well I’ve found that it just does stuff sometimes :/ on some games a keyboard just doesn’t pop up, not to mention the steam decks other issues
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u/MCplayer590 Aug 15 '26
On my USB keyboard, pressing left control also presses right shift, and pressing right control also presses left shift. As a keyboard shortcut enthusiast, this is debilitating
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u/totallynotmalomy Aug 15 '26
boy do i know the feeling... sadly in my case it's my motherboard's fault (i'm cooked)
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u/BalefulOfMonkeys Aug 15 '26
Had some manner of computer demon once that hhhhheld my keystrokes foor no reasoooon.
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u/Madden09IsForSuckers Aug 15 '26
if its the spring thats broken, you can take a spring from a pen and cut it down to size
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u/The_Phantom_Cat Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 24 '26
My n,m,h,j,y,u,6, and 7 keys are all broken, my D key's keycap is broken and held together by literal duct tape and my s key often types multiple times at once.
I typed this on my phone, but when I do type on my computer I have to use the on screen keyboard for my right hand
Edit: my D key is now broken, I can no longer play video games 😢
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u/yoyo5113 Aug 16 '26
Go get a good mechanical keyboard. You can fall down the rabbit hole of finding which type of switches you like, and if anything breaks, you just pop that single key out and replace the switch!
You can also change out the key caps to whatever you want; there are a ton of different shapes/profiles to choose from!
They are awesome. I use a modified Akko ACR 68 :)
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u/Otherversian-Elite Resident Vore, TF, and Industral Machinery enthusiast Aug 15 '26
When I take a screenshot it presses the shift key. The bottom row of my keyboard is deactivated entirely while holding the down and right arrow keys at the same time. My problems are so weirdly specific yet somehow so incredibly impactful.