Keyboard problem typing random letters and symbols

I'm having a keyboard problem, the g key, t key, and 5 key type random letters and symbols. i just spent $700 a few monoths ago to a genius [at getting my money] for a logic board after spillin somethin on it. didnt spill anyqthing time. shoot. is this goin to be another major expenditure? downloaded os x 9.4, hoping that might somehow cure it. yeah right

Hi Rob,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like your running into an issue with the keyboard on your MacBook Pro. The article linked below provides suggestions that will resolve most keyboard issues like the one you described.
OS X Mavericks: If keys on your keyboard don’t work
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13809
If other keys don’t work
You may have accidentally set an option that changes how your keyboard operates.
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Dictation & Speech, then click “Text to Speech.” If “Speak selected text when the key is pressed” is selected, deselect it or click Change Key to select another key.
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Accessibility, then click Keyboard. Make sure Slow Keys is turned off. If Slow Keys is on, you must hold down a key longer than usual before it’s recognized.
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Accessibility, then click Mouse & Trackpad. Make sure Mouse Keys is off. If Mouse Keys is on, pressing keys in the numeric keypad moves the pointer instead of entering numbers.
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Keyboard, then click Input Sources. Select “Show Input menu in menu bar.” Open the Input menu and make sure the correct keyboard layout is selected. To see the keyboard layout, click Keyboard, then choose “Show Keyboard & Character Viewers in menu bar.”
I hope this helps.
-Jason

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Hi all
I have tried to use my Macbook Pro this morning and when I type its typing the wrong letters
and symbols...................can anyone help?
Thanks
Jo

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So I called apple support and they gave me the magical key to fix this.
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Taa daa!!
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Then i did it and double check that i did it right and still didn't fix it.
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The computer will make one chime. Keep holding it. I will then shut down and make one more chime and you can let go.
Taa daa!!
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