Peculiar SHIFT problem. Selective malfunction - English Keyboard, Toshiba...

stubborn_d0nkey

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...Satellite A505-S6980? This is a very interesting problem, though a minor one. My right shift button works perfectly, except when I want to type ":" When I try to type that I have to release the shift button before the ":" button. This, as stated, doesn't occur for any other button. The left shift button works without any problems. Any fixes?

Background info:

Laptop
Toshiba Satellite A505-S6980
Purchased:
6-7 months ago
Keyboard
English "104 key US keyboard with 10-key pad"
Previous keyboard issues:
Several weeks ago a bit of water was sprayed on the keyboard. For 10-15 minutes several keys were effected in the way that you type one key and it types that symbol and an additional symbol (example. pressing "c" would give you "c3") I turned off the laptop for several hours and the problem was fixed (not that much water was spilled in). However neither the shift key nor the ":" were affected (it was the only keyboard problem I've had since I got the laptop, which is why I mentioned it even though it didn't affect the keys in question)
 
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