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Laptop keeps typing letter P by itself
I have a Dell Inspiron 15 which was upgraded to windows 10.
The issue i am having is that when it gets to the login, it types the letter P repeatedly in the password without anyone touching the keyboard.
At first i thought it was a keyboard issue, so i removed it. Same problem occurs without any input devices connected, i also disconnected the touch pad and the wireless mouse.
One piece of hint to this issue is that if i press F2 to get to the bios, the problem doesn't occur. It seems to do this only after POST.
Anyone has any idea how i can fix this?
Thanks.
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July 31st, 2017 08:00
Well... i found the answer... just unplug the power and remove the battery for a couple days. That did it for me.
Dell-Brad L
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July 31st, 2017 09:00
If you press F12 and goto Diagnostics or any of the other boot options, or perhaps even a command prompt and not the BIOS, does the P key issue occur there?
Also, what model Inspiron 15 is this on? There should be a 4 digit model number.
Best regards,
Brad
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July 31st, 2017 14:00
Thanks for updating the post, and I apologize for not seeing your reponse detailing the fix before I posted. Not sure how I missed that... regardless glad to hear!
Best regards,
Brad
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September 30th, 2017 07:00
I have exactly the same issue of 'p' with my Inspiron 15 (upgraded to Windows 10 from 8 ). I have tried both removing the battery for several days and also Diagnostic from F12, but nothing helped. Also, as my touch pad was not working, I have disabled that and inserted an USB mouse. But no help with 'p'. Most importantly I am currently traveling with my laptop and need to perform many things :(
Laptop service tag:
For model no., the only 4 digit no. I got is 3878.
Please help.