I was typing perfectly fine and then all of a sudden they stopped working on my laptop.(I'm typing on a crappy external keyboard right now) I don't know why this happened at all however idk if this effects anything but my computer over heated twice yesterday but was fine after that for a long time with no issues i put a fan on with it to keep it from over heating again. I checked and there is no dust or anything in the keyboard all looks clean. I tried rebooting the computer even took the battery out popped it back in. What can fix this? please help I need this computer for work its desperate i keep it working. You will either need to run with an external keyboard that is better than the 'crappy' one you have or swap out the keyboard on the laptop in hopes that its the keyboard and not the KB Controller that got cooked from the overheat. So there is a CHANCE that swapping out the keyboard on this laptop you can still have the same problem, yet a USB or PS2 keyboard depending on the age of the laptop uses a different controller and may work fine.I can't really roll with an external at the moment. You can TAKE a chance on buying a replacement keyboard for it and swapping it out, but sorry to say there are no quick fixes for a problem like this, and due to the nature of the system overheating leading up to this, there is no guarantee that swapping out the keyboard would cure it. However if the keyboard is troubled, swapping it out with the correct one would fix it.

Question I have is, would your employer buy you a new computer to use for work?

If you are self EMPLOYED you can buy a new one and write it off as a business expense also. Quote from: acoustichead on June 19, 2014, 05:01:08 PM

I can't really roll with an external at the moment.