A Keyboard is one of the component which available in Personal Computer (PC) or laptop that susceptible to be broken. Many problems can attack this component, it started from the button input a wrong character, unworked part or even didn’t work at all. Generally, to fix something that broken we need to know what is the cause or the basic problem such as fulfil by dust, splashed by water, and soon. But fortunately, most of us get the same problem that is the keyboard which didn’t work suddenly without we don’t know the reason exactly. Actually there are some ways to fix laptop keyboard not working before you go to service center the laptop or computer.
8 Ways to Fix Laptop Keyboard Not Working
Now I will share the 8 ways to fix laptop keyboard not working, this ways you can try in Macbook. Here are the ways that you can try to fix your keyboard:
1. Restart Your Laptop
Restarting your laptop is being the first way that you have to do before trying another way. It has been proven that by restarting a laptop it directly can solve many problems on the operating system. if it could not be restarted, you can press a power button in a second until the light of your laptop is turning down. If you have restarted but there is no any change or your laptop keyboard not working. Take a look at the other ways
2. Check on the Num Lock
Second one, sometimes the cause of unworked keyboard causes by our own mistake. It happens just because we activate the Num Lock by pressing a combined certain button. So that when the Num Lock has active, the character which appears will different with the button that we press. To non-active the that Num Lock button please press “Fn” and “NumLk” button on your keyboard at once. For several kinds of laptop, you need to press “CapsLk” and “NumLk” at once. If both of those combinantions are didn’t work you need to contact the customer support of your laptop producer to inform you how to non active the Num Lock.
3. System Restore Treatment
If you are sure that your keyboard is not running well after download and install some program, take a look on system restore. For Windows 8 and Windows 7, click Menu, then search “Recovery”. And for the Windows XP, click Start – All Programs – Accessories – System Tools, then choose System Restore. By doing this system restore your laptop will be back on the last condition before you install or download that problem program. Several programs that installed after that program has been installed will be removed. So that, back up first your important data before you doing that.
4. Wrong Driver
The next way to fix laptop keyboard not working is the driver. A mistake in a driver will also cause the problem of the broken keyboard that can not work pretty well. Based on PC Mag, it happens just because you just installed a software on a third side, attack by some virus and etc. To check it, you can open the Device Manager then look at the keyboard side. If there is no a yellow triangle, it can be sure that the keyboard driver has a problem. You need to download the newest driver keyboard in a site of your own laptop product. You can also try this way if your keyboard are not detected by laptop.
5. Clean up Keyboard from Dirt and Dust
This is one of the most often problems that makes our laptop keyboard not working. Dirt and dust located on the every single space of the keyboard button so that it is covering the component inside. The longer one your laptop, the much too the dirt. The easy way to clean it up by tilting and flipping your laptop from 45 to 75 degree while shaking it. You can also use a special cleanser for your own keyboard such as small vacuum to remove the dust.
If your keyboard didn’t work just because splashed by water, you need to dry the inside. Put off the button, clean up the cicuit board by using smooth fabric or cotton buds that have been poured by alcohol. Putting off the button of the keyboard actually is a bit hard and need a special expert. If you haven’t mastering it well, so you don’t need to do that cause I just worry that it will make it worse.
6. Put off the Battery
If the several buttons on your keyboard is not working well, try to reset it. By doing this way, it will make your laptop back to the last condition as normal as before. Here are the ways:
- Shut down your laptop.
- Put off the battery and the adaptor, let it in a minute.
- Press and hold the power button in 60 seconds.
- Put on back the battery
- Turn it on again.
- A released connector
A keyboard problem which not detect can be solved by installing the driver, but if your keyboard is still can not detect, it probably a big problem happens on the connector, such as broken, blending, rift, or even release.
7. Use Keyboard USB or Wireless
If all the ways you have done but it haven’t worked well too. Then you need to bring it up to the IT expert means that service it. If it still in guarantee, usually you don’t need to pay the fixing. But if your guarantee has been finished, so you need to pay the fixing and for the new keyboard.
If you think that you fix it in an expert with a high price, you just need to fix the USB keyboard first. The USB external keyboard can be used directly by connecting it to the USB port or even you are too refer to the wireless keyboard. Wireless keyboard function as to be used a simple Bluetooth connection and didn’t take a lot of space
8. Use On Screen Keyboard
The last way, If your laptop keyboard not working is using on screen keyboard. If you have no time to buy new USB keyboard but you really need a keyboard to type, you can try to use an on-screen keyboard. To use it you can follow these steps. The firts click Start and then choose Program – Accessories – Accessibility, then choose On-Screen Keyboard. If you want easy way, you just type Keyboard on Windows search and then you will see On Screen Keyboard menu. The function of this On-Screen Keyboard is same likes the ordinary keyboard. But you have to operate it with a mouse or touchpad. Even it was so complicated but it would help you sometimes.
So those are the 8 ways to fix laptop keyboard not working for Windows or Macbook. Thanks for coming and please share this article and follow my Fans page or Google plus. Hoping that you can understand it and good luck and have a nice trying.