Laptop Glitch

I use a Dell Inspiron 1525 for work. As of this morning,my "G" has decided to get wonky. Have to deliberately press hard or it does not register. Any suggestions on how to correct this? Thanks, Chuck

My first thought is a blast of air in case there's a crumb trying to keep the key from depressing completely.

Failing that, I guess I'd probably be looking for replacement keyboards. I think the keyboard is making sense of keypresses and sending that processed info along to the connector, so it's not likely to be a bad/loose connector between keyboard and laptop or you'd have other keys misbehaving. But I could be wrong about that.

Maybe someone knows something I don't about cleaning individual key contacts on a laptop keyboard.

I would agree with that assessment. Probably something blocking the key from going the full length of its travel - if compressed air doesn't do it, you should be able to get a new keyboard from Dell cheaply. Removal/replacement should be relatively simple, just the cable and connector are a little delicate.

I agree, new keyboard will probably be about $12 and are very easy to replace if you can spin a screwdriver.

Is it possible/ advisable to pull the key off and look around?

You can but have to be very careful because yo can break the plastic parts under the key.

A new keyboard will be cheap and much less frustrating than messing around with the key its self.

How to replace damaged keyboard on Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop

cwh wrote: my "G" has decided to get wonky.

Hahahahaha!

Yank er out and clean underneath. Probably something under there. Turn the computer off and use a small screw driver to pry underneath.

Yes, you can break it, but I do it all the time.