Swift 3 SF315-41. Bizarre behavior inserting date & Time when certain keys pressed

Noticed odd behavior when using the laptop as it would lose window focus or automatically refresh a web page. Couldn't understand why

I was in the search element of the start menu and I saw a load of "x" being input as if the key was stuck down. Pressed esc this stopped the entry

Opened notepad to see what it was doing and I started testing each key 1 by 1

When I hit a 3 or a 4 it continuously inserts the current Time & date. Over and over again, until I press a key

I.e notepad would look like this if I press 3

317:20 16/11/2022 17:20 16/11/2022 17:20 16/11/2022 17:20 16/11/2022 17:20 16/11/2022 17:20 16/11/2022 17:20 16/11/2022

I also noticed it would start inserting the date & time if I adjusted the screen tilt

Any ideas?

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brummyfan2

Hi,

Switch off the laptop, disconnect from mains, follow the instructions in the video, leave the laptop to rest for 15Mins, reconnect AC adapter and see whether it helps.

No 2 is the reset pinhole in my snip.

(1) Notebooks - How to Reset an Internal Battery - YouTube

Eros73

Hi, I tried that it had no effect on the problem

brummyfan2

OK, give this a try, go to Device manager, expand Keyboards, right click Standard PS/2 keyboard and select Properties, move to Driver tab and uninstall the driver, reboot and let Windows install the driver.