# Cat sat on computer keyboard--won't start except Safe Mode

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 3, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-sat-on-computer-keyboard-wont-start-except-safe-mode/512464 "2009-10-03T17:17:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-sat-on-computer-keyboard-wont-start-except-safe-mode/512464/21 "2009-10-05T09:11:07Z")

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I hope you haven’t thrown away your old keyboard yet.

Just clean it out. Test each of the keys while it is unplugged, and be sure nothing is sticking. The cat probably just got a key or two stuck.

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