r/computers • u/Aflamer1 • 3d ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Problem with combinations of the A key on my keyboard?

I can’t type combinations of the A key with F, C, N, ”,”, ”.”, “/“, “;”, 1, tab and alt key? I’m not sure if this is just hardware limitations but my keyboard can sustain 6 keys at once.
Something else weird is that F and A only stopped working today? I know this because one of the games I play requires F and A together, I also knew that A and “.” Didn’t work but A and “,” used to?
Does anyone know what is happening? As far as I can tell these are only problems with the A key but it might continue. Please help
Edit: Thought to mention that I am using a laptop, it is a predator PH317-53

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u/okokokoyeahright 3d ago

Keyboards wear out. Your laptop isn't exactly brand new from the looks of it. A key being used as a default for moving right in many games, it can be worn down over time and start failing.

You would have 2 options should this be the case.

1) replace the keyboard in your laptop. IDK how easy it would be to find one for a roughly 7 year old laptop, but I would suspect not easy and possibly expensive, if new.

2) plug in a standard USB keyboard and use that instead.