It could be but it seems unlikely that just that one mysterious key would malfunction. If a key is going to malfunction, why would it be just that one? Well, it depends--- what did you mean by bath? Several folks talked about "washing" the keyboard... I'm sure they are all pulling our collective legs... and washing is a very bad plan. Dishwasher, car-wash, etc.... very bad plan. Most keyboards these days have a small circuit board with a couple of chips that you definitely do not want to get wet, or heat. Most keyboards
On Thursday 14 September 2006 20:11, Paul Abrahams wrote: these days also use some kind of a bubble dome rubber mat that is actuated by a plastic keytop that is removeable. In fact, the entire top is removeable keys and all. Under the top is a rubber bubble dome mat and under that are several (three or four) layers of mylar. Usually the layers can be pulled up one by one and cleaned if necessary; however, usually the only parts that need cleaning are the plastic keytops (fresh clean water only, no soap, no gunk, etc). Each keytop that is sticky should be individually cleaned and then the entire top should be allowed to thoroughly air dry. Here is the rub.... if you got water between the layers of mylar under the keytops the keyboard will not work. If you got one single drop of water between the layers you might have an entire row of keys not work, or you might have just one little key (Fn) not working. If you put water to the keyboard in any way, I would recommend disassembling it (carefully) and drying it out (air dry). Make sure to separate the mylar sheets so that water is not trapped between them. There are some other keyboard designs... and none of them should get wet--- ever. The capacitive toggle switches will not work properly if there is even a single tiny drop of water caught between the flipper and the board. Some bubble dome rubber keyboards use a carbonized button... if even a tiny drop of water gets trapped under that bubble dome that key (Fn) will not work. If your keyboard is silent (mostly) and you can feel a soft squishy depression when you press the key, your keyboard is probably a bubble dome keyboard. The cool thing about these keyboards is that a small water spill of a few drops from the top doesn't hurt anything as long as the water remains in the center of the keyboard... because the rubber mat is waterproof. However, if the water runs to the edge... and it will... then it will wick up under the rubber mat and between the mylar layers... most of the keyboards are not sealed to prevent this. My guess is that you have some water trapped in the keyboard... dry it out and the problem should go away. Where did you get the Dynapoint? How old is it? Kind regards, M Harris <><