Melvin Ashton's Samsung P28 Laptop - faulty keyboard

Now fixed by a local guy - NOT the keyboard !

Hi anyone who can help,

My Samsung laptop computer developed a

keyboard fault (during typing !),

Samsung P28 laptop - Click here to move to keyboard pictures

Characters displayed:

'Normal' Keyboard:
 On screen keyboard: Remote Access
keyboard:
123456789///-=   (ok not ok) 1234567890-=  (ok) 1234567890-= (ok)
qwerty456[ ]  (ok not ok) qwertyuiop[ ]#  (ok) qwertyuiop[ ] (ok)
asdfgh123-'#  (ok not ok) asdhjjjkl;' (ok) asdfghjkl;'#  (ok)
zxcvbn0,.+  (ok not ok) zxcvbnm,./ (ok) zxcvbnm,./ (ok)
space bar ok space bar ok (ok) space bar (ok)
222 (k)    kkk  (Ctrlk)    
///  ( / ) and jjj ( j )

THREE characters to highlight the error.
 
Note: i test ok when typed, say, after # instead of between h and k but this is of no importance
  
 
 The keyboard scanning chip, (if separate to the processor), COULD be faulty but ......

I suspect a fault with the flexi ribbon cable from mother board to the keyboard

Anyone else had this, (or a similar), fault before I try and dismantle my laptop ?

I have a service manual and have previously changed a faulty hard drive, (and upgraded from 40GB to 80GB), I doubled the RAM capacity at the same time but .....

It is not easy with my current eyesight problems but - had to do it !  Check Here for keyboard

Any help to

Melvin (Mel) Ashton
mel@melashton.co.uk please

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