Replacing the keyboard

Replace the inside of the keyboard with a new piece. One of the major problems with Dell keyboards is that the plastic pieces holding the keys in place become loose or broken. You can find a cheap keyboard from Papatek.com or an electronics store. Simply take apart the new keyboard, pull the keys off your keyboard, lay the plastic piece on top and replace your keys.
http://www.papatek.com/Acer-Keyboard/Acer-Travelmate-8100-keyboard.html

it is quite a common problem with acer when they age. If youve replaced all the recommended parts and its still failing, then my only suggestion would be to try to boot it up, and press alt and F10 (THIS WILL WIPE ALL INFORMATION ON THE ACER) so if you have files programms ets that you need they would be lost. Alt F10 Instructs the acer system to Factory reset. If you do this, it will go back to factory standard, so it will go through the origional set up like it did when it was first purchased and you will need to spend some time doing all your windows updates once the install has completed.

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You cant purchase individual keys-at least the manufacturer doesn't sell them like that or any store I know of. You would have to buy the whole board and replace it or find an old board to take keys off.

Disabling just a single key on Windows is possible, but it is highly unlikely that a computer technician could have gone to Control Panel to remap the keyboard.

More likely, one of the keyboard switches is broken, and the A letter is not working anymore. This happens quite commonly, and when the problem occurrs, the keyboard will be replaced.

You can find out if problem is hardware or software going to CMOS settings, and chosing to set a password. Then setting BIOS password AAA. If the A letter works in there, then the problem is software, and it can be fixed reinstalling Windows, if A key does not work in BIOS settings, then the keyboard must be replaced.

The keyboard for an Acer 5315 is not an expensive part, and can be purchased for less than $20.

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If a repair job had recently been done, and the laptop came back withthe keyboard problem, try calling back the repairman, and insisting for having the repair done at a reduced fee.

Keyboards can be purchase from places like ebay etc.... don't have to spend loads of money on new. once you do purchase a keyboard all you need to do is unscrew around four screws to be able to replace your old keyboard with the good one. The screws that need to be removed normally have a 'K' next to them which stands for Keyboard.

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Sounds to be you just got a faulty keyboard from HongKong, if your old keyboard works except the the Z and the new keyboard works only with function keys, then it sounds to be that the new keyboard is not ment for your laptop. if anything you should of had the same problems as your old keyboard. try using a USB keyboard.

If the plastic hinges and the tiny rubber press contact are still on the keyboard, you can align the key over the plastic hinge and press firmly down until you hear the key click back in place.
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You can purchase a replacement keyboard from several companies on the Internet. I purchased one from Yall Store - Use this link
http://www.yallstore.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&zenid=i053roggch9fvk8hu1r9gph9l3&keyword=laptop+keyboards
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You can use a full size USB keyboard and plug it into the laptop's USB port.

disassemble your keybr from laptop n using a tweezers to remove old pin n reassemble new pin. using it tool press new pin until "klik" sound.

Unfortunately, there is no way to purchase just one key of the keyboard. Acer does offer full replacement keyboards and they are easy enough to install. Unless you can find just the backspace key on eBay or something, you might have to replace the entire keyboard.

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Have you tried to run the Dell Diagnostics? If YES, what were the results? If NO, please run the DELL Diagnostics and tell me the results. thanks