Bueller...? The list didn't die since New Year's Day (the last thread that I saw), did it...?! 😝
-----Original Message----- From: Hardware <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bino Gopal Sent: Friday, February 23, 2024 10:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [H] Weird keyboard problem on LG Gram laptop... So this seems like a perfect HWG list question... I have a weird problem that just started happening a few weeks ago on the keyboard of my LG Gram laptop from 2021... The 9 key across the top stopped working completely (I have to use the one on the numeric keypad to type 9). I also can't use the left parentheses, and AFAIK there's no way to get that symbol without using the ASCII key codes for it, ALT-0028-X, but that apparently doesn't work everywhere like in Google Chat as I tried it to no avail (unless some knows some trick to make it work) and I had to paste this one in from the Character Map, which looks like it was the wrong font/size now... :P Weirdly enough the 7 key on the numeric keypad also stopped working too. Those are the only two keys that aren't working AFAIK... So I was wondering...I usually have taken my much older IBM Thinkpads apart in the past, and esp my last laptop, an MSI gaming laptop which had a lot of issues with the cover hinge breaking-but I stopped needing to do that back in 2020 or so and I'm not sure this LG Gram is as forgiving at being opened... Is my only hope to take this sucker apart and see if there's something stuck in those keys and it's some sort of physical issue causing the keys not to work, or is this possibly some sort of software short circuit as the keys feel fine and it's weird that those two just randomly stopped working no...? Any help/advice appreciated! TIA! BINO P.S. In the past I've had issues with some of the keys, maybe even the 9 key itself not working or sticking and repeating, but banging on it a few times usually got it working...
