F4 and R key act like they're the same key

screamoluvr

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Hi, I have a Razer Blade Stealth UHD 512gb laptop, and recently I've had the problem where my f4 key and my r key act like they are the same key; when I press r, the computer (in any program) take the input r and f4; likewise, when I press f4, the computer takes the input f4 and r. This makes it extremely frustrating to do any kind of paper writing or programming, as the r key, whenever I need to type it, does whatever function the program has assigned to f4, and slows down my productivity a lot. I've already tried uninstalling and reinstalling Razer Synapse and my key board drivers to no avail. This only started to happen about a month or so ago. If anyone has experienced this problem before or has ideas for a solution, please let me know. Thanks so much.
 
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Spilled anything on it? that's the most common cause for keyboard issues IMHO. You could always get a cheap USB Keyboard as a temporary fix if you can't sort it out. You could also get a Linux live install disk and boot from it to see if the keyboard works ok in Linux - that'll prove if it's a software or hardware issue.

Easiest way to do that for non linux people - get the Rufus USB tool, download a Linux Mint iso, use Rufus to create a bootable USB flash drive from that iso, set the laptop to boot from USB first and boot off the USB - no need to install anything and it won't affect your windows at all. You can find much better instuctions with google if mine are too brief for you.
Spilled anything on it? that's the most common cause for keyboard issues IMHO. You could always get a cheap USB Keyboard as a temporary fix if you can't sort it out. You could also get a Linux live install disk and boot from it to see if the keyboard works ok in Linux - that'll prove if it's a software or hardware issue.

Easiest way to do that for non linux people - get the Rufus USB tool, download a Linux Mint iso, use Rufus to create a bootable USB flash drive from that iso, set the laptop to boot from USB first and boot off the USB - no need to install anything and it won't affect your windows at all. You can find much better instuctions with google if mine are too brief for you.
 
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