365xd keyboard error 301

[jrw]

Ok...I couldn't use the keyboard before but the machine never returned an error(only b, n, h, g, and the down arrow worked), and the trackpoint works fine, so I tried cleaning the sensor membrane inside the keyboard with a little bit of water to see if that would fix the problem. After letting it dry completely, when I start it up, I get an error 00 301, which I know is a keyboard error. The error screen that shows up with the test and restart buttons, and I click test. I then test the system board, which every few times I try it, returns an error. It also beeps once every second. Is this a stuck key, or is it some other, much worse problem?

note-when I cleaned the sensor membrane, I was working under the assumption that someone probably spilled something on it (a couple spots on a few sensors had a little bit of what looked like rust on the part that attaches to the circuit on the membrane).

[tfflivemb2]

It sounds like one of the keys might be stuck.

Take your index finger and slide it across the top of the keys like a piano keyboard. This will add a slightly angled pressure to each of the keys and hopefully the "stuck" one will release.

[jrw]

Thanks forr trying to help, but I somehow ended up back where I started (before I cleaned the keyboard membrane). When I tried doing what you suggested, the stuck key would change every time I turned the laptop on. After leaving it off for a couple days, the errors are gone, but only those five keys work, and I'm thinking it might be the keyboard. I think it might be pretty much dead.

Also, a question that's a little off-topic: Is there a driver or TSR for DOS that lets you use your mouse to click keys on a virtual keyboard?

[dsigma6]

there was something about hitting ctrl-a in ezsetup if thats what you mean. its on here somewhere. it brings up a keyboard onscreen and shows when theyve been pushed.