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keyboard mystery
keyboard mystery
I have a very, very odd keyboard situation with my Thinkpad L412.
I run a computer repair outfit and this Thinkpad was handed over to me by a customer to recycle. But I thought it was too new for that. I upgraded the memory, processor, and hard drive. All good.
One huge problem: half of the keys don't work. Here are the keys that do work, the top and bottom rows:
1234567890-= [ but not the backspace key]
zxcvbnm,./
The keys that do not work are the middle two rows:
qwertyuiop[]\
asdfghjkl;'
Also, the caps lock and up and down arrow keys do not work.
So I replaced the keyboard with a new unit, and it exhibits exactly the same problem. Thinking that this keyboard might be off, I ordered another new unit with a slightly different FRU (45N2423) and it also has the exact same problem.
A month went by before I gave in and replaced the motherboard with the a new one that I found a great deal on. Guess what? It has the same problem.
Now I'm totally confused. I've confirmed that the keyboard replacements are US English keyboards.
Does anyone have any bright ideas? I'm all ears!
-marcus
I run a computer repair outfit and this Thinkpad was handed over to me by a customer to recycle. But I thought it was too new for that. I upgraded the memory, processor, and hard drive. All good.
One huge problem: half of the keys don't work. Here are the keys that do work, the top and bottom rows:
1234567890-= [ but not the backspace key]
zxcvbnm,./
The keys that do not work are the middle two rows:
qwertyuiop[]\
asdfghjkl;'
Also, the caps lock and up and down arrow keys do not work.
So I replaced the keyboard with a new unit, and it exhibits exactly the same problem. Thinking that this keyboard might be off, I ordered another new unit with a slightly different FRU (45N2423) and it also has the exact same problem.
A month went by before I gave in and replaced the motherboard with the a new one that I found a great deal on. Guess what? It has the same problem.
Now I'm totally confused. I've confirmed that the keyboard replacements are US English keyboards.
Does anyone have any bright ideas? I'm all ears!
-marcus
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Re: keyboard mystery
In which application(s) are the keys not working? If you access BIOS does the up and down arrow keys work there?
Ray Kawakami
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NOTE: All links to PC-Doctor software hosted by me are dead. Files removed 8/28/12 by manufacturer's demand.
X22 X24 X31 X41 X41T X60 X60s X61 X61s X200 X200s X300 X301 Z60m Z61t Z61p 560 560Z 600 600E 600X T21 T22 T23 T41 T60p T410 T420 T520 W500 W520 R50 A21p A22p A31 A31p
NOTE: All links to PC-Doctor software hosted by me are dead. Files removed 8/28/12 by manufacturer's demand.
Re: keyboard mystery
Exactly. From the BIOS these up/down arrow keys don't work, neither does caps lock, etc. When I pop in a live Linux Mint CD it's exactly the same. So it does really seem to be a hardware issue.
Re: keyboard mystery [solved]
It turns out that by removing the battery and the power supply and holding down the power button for thirty seconds managed to clear whatever bit was causing the trouble. All keys are go!
I hope this can help someone else in the future.
-marcus
I hope this can help someone else in the future.
-marcus
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Re: keyboard mystery
Thanks for coming back to post your fix. That "power clearing" routine is said to work on other problems as well but it hasn't personally worked for me yet.
Ray Kawakami
X22 X24 X31 X41 X41T X60 X60s X61 X61s X200 X200s X300 X301 Z60m Z61t Z61p 560 560Z 600 600E 600X T21 T22 T23 T41 T60p T410 T420 T520 W500 W520 R50 A21p A22p A31 A31p
NOTE: All links to PC-Doctor software hosted by me are dead. Files removed 8/28/12 by manufacturer's demand.
X22 X24 X31 X41 X41T X60 X60s X61 X61s X200 X200s X300 X301 Z60m Z61t Z61p 560 560Z 600 600E 600X T21 T22 T23 T41 T60p T410 T420 T520 W500 W520 R50 A21p A22p A31 A31p
NOTE: All links to PC-Doctor software hosted by me are dead. Files removed 8/28/12 by manufacturer's demand.
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