What happened here?

[DeyyuZ96]

So in less than amonth since getting this laptop I woke up to the F12 ley being like this? What did I do or what happened?

[Skiiwee29]

looks like something smoooshed it in. 

[Birblover12]

Did something small and heavy squish it? Or perhaps something very hot slightly melted it? Really hard to say.

[Bitter]

Is it bulged outward or inward?

[johnno23]

simply looks like at some point a little too much pressure was applied to the F12 key.

I am unfamiliar with the laptop but generally the keys have a flat surface that is very thin and the rigidity is created by a very small lip around the inside edge.

It might be possible to lift the key and check if that thin lip on the edge has simply buckled inwards or cracked. 

 

[ThousandBlade]

Check the screen. Maybe you closed it with something stuck between screen and keyboard.

[Mark Kaine]

Looks like the plane didn't catch the glide slope and crashed !

[DeyyuZ96]

19 hours ago, DeyyuZ96 said:

So in less than amonth since getting this laptop I woke up to the F12 ley being like this? What did I do or what happened?

Forgot to mention (and it sounds ridiculous) but I turned off the laptop the night before and headed to bed. The next day after I can back from school I pressed the power button then spotted it. I didn't close the laptop lid so I don't think something was pressing on it.

[DeyyuZ96]

19 hours ago, Birblover12 said:

Did something small and heavy squish it? Or perhaps something very hot slightly melted it? Really hard to say.

it really looks melted but I powered the laptop off completely (or I guess not as I think I have fast boot enabled)

[DeyyuZ96]

17 hours ago, ThousandBlade said:

Check the screen. Maybe you closed it with something stuck between screen and keyboard.

checked everything and nothing seems unsual.

[DeyyuZ96]

18 hours ago, johnno23 said:

simply looks like at some point a little too much pressure was applied to the F12 key.

I am unfamiliar with the laptop but generally the keys have a flat surface that is very thin and the rigidity is created by a very small lip around the inside edge.

It might be possible to lift the key and check if that thin lip on the edge has simply buckled inwards or cracked. 

 

It's an Asus ROG Strix G15 (G513RC to be more specific). 

[DeyyuZ96]

18 hours ago, Bitter said:

Is it bulged outward or inward?

Outwards as seen in the picture.

[DeyyuZ96]

19 hours ago, Skiiwee29 said:

looks like something smoooshed it in. 

I'm not sure. I haven't cloed the lid before heading to bed and I came back from school to it looking like this

[johnno23]

10 hours ago, DeyyuZ96 said:

Outwards as seen in the picture.

unless my eyes deceive me it is pressed inwards at the top center causing the outer edges to lift upwards. therefore the bulge is actually in not out. 

the surface of the key if flat would be level. 

 

If however that key has truly melted due to heat ?? then RMA as the source of heat has not vanished and right now only a key melted who knows what is next on the list of damage due to the source of heat.