Help! Left-hand side of keyboard doesn't work :(

[lazyguy]

Hi geekhack community,

I have been lurking around here for a few months but never posted because I am shy X_X but now that I have a problem and have no clue how to fix it I am coming out of the quiet corner to ask for help.

Getting to the my problem: I have had my Leopold 10kl blue from Elitekeyboards for a few months now and two months ago randomly the q, a, tab, right ctrl, esc, and ` keys stop working. For whatever reason, restarting my computer while spamming any one of these keys fixes the problem (don't know if spamming the key actually fixed the problem or I was just being superstitious but doing nothing while restarting never worked so yeah...) Now however my old and tried true method isn't working and I actually want to fix the problem. All I know is that it is not the cable because I have tried using a different usb cable and it did not work so I am guessing it is the controller but I don't know how to tell.

Any thoughts anyone?

[jpm804]

Have you tried using it on another computer to eliminate it's the computer? Also are you using USB or ps/2?

[lazyguy]

I am currently using USB.

Well the non-working keys decided to work again after I had unplugged the keyboard and turned off the computer overnight and rebooted the next morning. This problem is really beginning to confuse me.

[lazyguy]

Will try next time problem occurs