Old age or dirty. It is usually possible to take most them apart and clean the keyboard and underside of the buttons with a dump cloth, then a dry cloth.
BTW it helps if you say what brand of machine you have.
BTW2 Its not DV3 nor is that a model type. It is a stylised DVB - Digital Video Broadcasting. All DVB boxes have that symbol.
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October 2013
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