#5658 NORM Ship.2: Sticky Alt or Control Key

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#5658: Sticky Alt or Control Key
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  Reporter:  davidpfarrell  |       Owner:  wad      
      Type:  defect         |      Status:  new      
  Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  Ship.2   
 Component:  hardware       |     Version:  Build 650
Resolution:                 |    Keywords:           
  Verified:  0              |    Blocking:           
 Blockedby:                 |  
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Comment(by kop):

 Replying to [comment:41 joemck]:

 > ...There's also a separate problem mentioned in this thread: Quickly
 pressing and releasing a key occasionally leaves it in the "pressed"
 state. Pressing it again unsticks it.
 ...
 > Also, mashing multiple keys doesn't make all of them register, and often
 makes one become temporarily stuck.


 These problems sounds like my problem report of ticket #5772.

 I only came across the problem while running the diagnostic, although I
 don't know that's the only place it shows up.

 I was definitely pressing and releasing keys rapidly.

 If this is different problem, a software/hardware keyscan problem or
 whatever, then anybody should be able to reproduce it inside of 5 minutes
 by running the diagnostic and rapidly pressing and releasing keys.

 (Although they seem closely related, the mashing multiple keys without all
 of them registering may or may not be a different problem than the 'stuck
 key on rapid press/release' problem.  I didn't notice the key-not-
 registering problem when I found there were keys sticking.  Just a
 thought.)

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