Satellite A300 - arrow keys are moving alone

Hello,
I have this strange problem with my laptop.
The arrow keys move alone either up and down or left and right and they keep moving till i press many times on shift or alt or ctr.
I need your help plz... and thanks in advance.
Husam

Hi
Where did you notice this issue? Are any special applications running when this issue appears?
To be honest Im not sure about this issue but usually something like that can be related to keyboard malfunction
Therefore you should check if the keyboard needs to be replaced
Try to connect an USB keyboard and check if the same would happen
If not, then it's internal keyboard issue.

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