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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
She can't afford one - the shower has broken and she can't afford another either.
External keyboard now working - going to try and get into the bios.
Laptop Issue - no keys on the keyboard are working
- Thread starter fossyant
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She can't afford one - the shower has broken and she can't afford another either.
External keyboard now working - going to try and get into the bios.
RoubaixCube
~Tribanese~
- Location
- London, UK
Here is an old guide on how to remove the keyboard
Here are some keyboards - a majority of them about £9 with free shipping
The one that has the most sales is £9.29
You should really start paying attention about 27 seconds into the video where the guy lifts the keyboard off and exposes the ribbon cable underneath. They can be fragile so you dont want to yank on it too hard. Lift the keyboard a little and check the ribbon underneath. If its seated correctly, pull it out anyway and clean the contacts with rubbing alcohol or give it a wipe down and plug it back in again.
If you've plugged in an external keyboard and it still doesnt work then I suggest trying to uninstall any software relating to the use of HOTKEYS if you have something installed. Some laptops require you to have certain sofware installed to use the FN+F1 or whatever sort of keyboard short cuts. It could be a software conflict.
If not then just double check that you havent used a hot key to disable the keyboard - This sounds extremely obvious and quite stupid i know but I assure you its happened to people that have come to me before and all it took was an FN+(Key) combination to turn the keyboard or trackpad back on. Sometimes its the obvious things that people neglect to try out and they panic
Worst comes to worst. ship it to me and i'll do the work for a medium rare dry aged steak so long as replacement parts are supplied.
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roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
I have only one suggestion, if all else fails, get a bigger hammer
Inability to use the keybaord to enter the BIOS indicates something more fundamental with the built in keyboard, assuming of course that you've ensured the keyboard isn't disabled using a function key. If the external keyboard is working then try resetting the BIOS back to factory settings.
If it continues to fail you could try taking the machine apart and checking the contacts on the ribbon cable. Look for any signs of corrosion on the mainboard at the same time. If that fails it may well be time to consider a replacement., especially if the computer is running windows 7.
If it continues to fail you could try taking the machine apart and checking the contacts on the ribbon cable. Look for any signs of corrosion on the mainboard at the same time. If that fails it may well be time to consider a replacement., especially if the computer is running windows 7.
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
Even that's not foolproof - I bought a new Lenovo laptop for SWMBO last year. It booted up nicely, but there was no combination of Fn and any other key that would get a single key on the keyboard to work.
Returned to the merchant, happily the replacement worked fine.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Where is the 'ANY' key
OP
OP
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
I've decided I'm not spending more time on it - I've got an external keyboard working so i'll send it back with that, the built in keyboard is dead. She only uses it for doing invoices, so it's only really a 'desktop'.
