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I spilled coffee on my built in laptop keyboard. As a result, some of the keyboard keys are no longer working. What's worse is that sometimes it gets crazy and some keys are clicking spontaneously. I bought an external USB keyboard but I'm having trouble getting it to work while the built in keyboard is randomly activating keys. I tried uninstalling the keyboard driver using the device manager but when I restart windows re-installs the default driver automatically. I do not know how to disable the built in keyboard. I tried installing the wrong driver but then the keyboard got even more crazy. Can I just try to remove the built in keyboard?

Update: I downloaded DevManView which is an alternative to device manager. It successfully uninstalled the driver (or disabled it I really don't know) but still the keyboard is working. For instance, it keeps clicking on the key 'c' spontaneously. So the question still remains: how can I disable my built-in keyboard? I do not need it. I would be happy to disable it permanently. Please advice.

Thank you

Astroguy13
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Normally the keyboard wiring is unique by laptop manufacturer and sometimes there is other functionality on the keyboard (special functions for the laptop.

I do not recommend removing the keyboard as you / we do not know what it might do when starting, or even if it will start without its own keyboard.

Keyboards are normally inexpensive relative to the cost of the laptop, so I suggest you replace the keyboard.

Since you spilled coffee on the machine, I suggest you take it to a local repair shop and make sure there is no other damage.

If fixing the laptop is not feasible (time limitations) you may need to replace the laptop with a new one.