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Keyboard Failure

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    Laptop unresponsive keys

    I have owned this Lenovo z400 laptop for 2 years and yesterday the left shift key, capslock, G, and H keys became unresponsive. At first the G and H keys were outputting 4 and 7 respectively. Then later that day they became completely unresponsive. After looking for an answer I have tried the...
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    My laptop keyboard won't work!

    My keyboard for my laptop won't work. I was working on something until some of the keys suddenly wouldn't work. I tried restarting it but it turned out that I accidentally switched the language but luckily I turned on the on-screen keyboard and I got in. The keyboard is pretty clean and I...
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    Keys are scrambled

    Hello. I have a problem with my laptop's keyboard where it types the wrong keys for every key besides the alt, shift, ctrl, fn, and windows keys. I've tried the num lock toggle solution, system restore, and made sure the the langauge was correct but still no avail. eg. f=h, w=d, k=y, f3=w...
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    Acer Aspire V3 572-PG Keyboard not working [Ribbon Connection]

    I recently purchased a used Acer laptop and after installing an SSD the keyboard does not work anymore. I followed this thread in order to replace the harddrive and everything seems connected: http://www.tomsguide.com/forum/id-2405279/disassemble-acer-aspire-v15-572-5217.html I had to...
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    Asus Keyboard not working (at all)

    I do not have a laptop, but I saw no category for desktop computers, if I put this in the wrong area, can you put it there for me? Thanks. I have a Asus Computer with a Samsung monitor (running on Window 8.1), I plugged the keyboard into computer and the keyboard is unresponsive. We have gotten...
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    Hp Laptop keyboard doesn't work; how can I fix it?

    So would anyone happen to know how to make an hp laptop keyboard work again i just opened up mine to find none of the keys randomly working and the thing is, mine requires my e-mail in order to log in, so i can’t really check to see what’s up or even to system restore it. (which is proving to be...
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    toshiba laptop keyboard failure after 5/15 update

    keyboard and touchpad do not work after May 2015 Windows update. They work again after system restore to before update. Screen keyboard unaffected. Toshiba says problem with corrupted file(s) caused by Windows update, willing to fix for $100 subscription. Seems like a con. Suggestions, other...
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    My PC keeps automatically typing everywhere the letter “ù” or the symbol “%” without stopping

    Hello. I’m using a MSI GT70 on Windows 8. Since yesterday morning my laptop keeps automatically typing everywhere the letter “ù” or the symbol “%” without stopping. When I try to type something anywhere, like on Gmail, on the Google Search bar, on Word, or on any Forum, my computer starts...
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    Pavilion 17 e019dx key replacement

    So I had my TAB key fall off of his keyboard and can't seem to find support for it anywhere and from what I can tell it is a completely unique keyboard type. I can't find how to replace it anywhere. So I was wondering if anyone could help me out with that? As a side not my warranty expired.
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    My PC's Keyboard is having a problem

    When I click the shift, then ', the " isn't coming out. Instead, the @ is the one that came out on screen. What to do?
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    Toshiba Satellite Pro C650 mouse pad nothing working!

    Trying to fix a Toshiba Satellite Pro C650 Model: PSC09A-01W021 Once I get to the log in screen/locked screen on windows 7 Home Premium NOTHING works, Mouse pad don't work, no keys work, I've tried some solutions but nothing seems to work.. I hear what sounds like a screw that is running...
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    Samsung Chronos 700z will not boot or react to BIOS keys

    Dear community, You are my last chance to deal with this horrible head ache. It is Samsung ChronoZ 7 series - NP700Z5C-S03UK intel i7 gt 640m 4gb ram 1tb hard and 0% response. So it started from a Windows 8 met a problem called ACPI BIOS error and was restarting non-stop. Ive tried to access...
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    Keyboard and Touchpad not working

    I have a HP-Pavilion G6 laptop with AMD A6 cpu. Few days ago after I turned it back on from sleep it's touchpad and and keyboard stopped responding.I tried restarting and doing the battery trick still it did not repsond.Next I tried using USB mouse and keyboard and they work fine in windows but...
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    How Do I Disable The Internal Keyboard!?

    Hello!, My internal keyboard has liquid damaged (Coke Spilled On It) and now every so on when I play my games it bugs up and I can't control it!? My keyboard go out of control! How do I disable it, When I try to uninstall it would just re installs after reboot! I'm running windows 8.1 on a...
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    Caps Lock Problem

    For about a day or two now, MY caps locK bUtton has bEen bLINkinG ON anD OFF CAUSINg my senTENces to look like this anD mY mouSE To FREEze As WELL. sometimes it woN't respONd when I TAP IT EITHER. IT'S COMPLETELY RANdom anD EXTREMELY ANnOYINg. does anYONe knOW HOW TO FIX THIS?
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    Acer Aspire 421-E1 Keyboard Not working

    I have an Acer Aspire 421-E1, suddenly one night a few key stopped working and the keys started malfunctioning like when I pressed "L", "3" would show up, thinking of it as a minor problem I shut it down. The next morning when I booted the pc, NO KEYS WERE WORKING. Please Help, I feel I have...
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    Keyboard key not working

    Hii, I had purchased Acer aspire E1-572 laptop. sunddenly 3 keys (CAPS, A, windows_key) has stopped working. Please help me to find the default. I am using windows 8.1 professional. And i have tried to install drivers that is available on acer website..
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    some of my keys on my keyboard do not work at all

    Some of the keys on my samsung rv511 laptop have stopped working could this need a replacement keyboard?
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    Laptop is insanely slow

    So I have a dell Inspiron from like 5 years ago and when I go on it I always spend forever opening anything so I wanted to know if anyone can like skype call me some night and help (I'm 15, don't be a weirdo) or can anyone offer me a video or advice on what to do? I want to clean out the hard...
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    some key didnt work

    my c and x button didnt work on the keyboard but it still works on the on-screen keyboard.can someone help me?