In laptops, a keyboard is the main input device. It’s interface between a user and a laptop.
In most laptops the keyboard is connected directly to the motherboard via a flat ribbon cable.
In most laptops you can remove the keyboard as it explained in the following three steps.
When some keys on your laptop keyboard stopped working properly, it’s possible to fix the problem by reseating the keyboard connector on the motherboard as explained in this article.
Suddenly it may happen that a group of keys on your Pavilion laptop (the most typical example is “G”, “H”, “Backspace”, “apostrophe”, and “F4″) becomes intermittently insensitive. In some cases the problem only occurs when the notebook has been turned on for 10 minutes.
A thrifty solution – reseating the connector.
A key popped off the laptop keyboard. Do you have to replace the keyboard now? Can you install it back on the keyboard without taking the whole laptop to a repair shop? Yes, you can fix this problem at home without buying a new keyboard or paying a lot of money to the repair shop.
This guide has step-by-step instructions for installing the “bad” key back on the keyboard. The instructions were created for a Dell laptop keyboard but will work for many other brands too.
Just in case if your keyboard is completely different, you can use this key repair technique.
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