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My dell laptop keys 1QAZ KEYS ARE NOT WORKING

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  •  UAE Technician
    UAE Technician Mar 23, 2021

    I also need suggestion on how can I fix my Dell laptop repair Dubai.

  • Larry Ng
    Larry Ng Mar 23, 2021

    UAE, no PC told, at all ,you are OP.
    most dells, modern.
    power on and hammer F12 key
    see menu (BIOS magic)
    the pick ePSA diagnostic run this first.

    if a USB keyboard (as seen on any destkop)
    does not fail , most time this means the internal keyboard is bad.

    now you know why, and what to do.

    fix can be remove keyboard, and re Plug it in
    called RESEATING the keyboard connector
    it might even be loose. causing that column to fail (it is matrix and column 0 is dead)

  • Anonymous Mar 23, 2021

    let kids play with it , it dies fast.

  • Anonymous Mar 27, 2021

    if last service tech,(hack) broke the jack inside for kbd,then it may be new MB time.
    if the last tech, forgot to put back the keyboard ribbon tie downs inside then that falls loose and fails.
    this is all hands on work, nobody can fix hardware failures in a text box. we must look inside it the PC and is a skill set and physical act.
    why not just have the PC repaired.
    hands on.

  • Anonymous Mar 27, 2021

    or simply buy a new external keyboard for $10
    and be happy.
    USB keyboard.

  • juliorock14 Mar 14, 2022

    I solved this problem by adding the English language, which in turn adds the English keyboard, which is the original keyboard of my Dell 5368

  • Larry Ng
    Larry Ng Apr 30, 2022

    1QAZ KEYS

    we all know how to change language. on any PC
    and OS windows microsoft.com has millions now reading their page on that topic, common as nails.
    what matters is , the topic

    1QAZ KEYS

    this was the topic, did you have same error?
    that error is a row of keys are dead, that implies
    bad cable or keyboard
    but gee, infected keyboard drivers too might do that.

    Julilo
    your post is off topic
    Dell 5368
    wrong PC, sorry wrong PC topic is
    only
    Dell Inspiron 1720 Notebook

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If a row is not working, in this case at an angle, it usually means either the keyboard is going bad, or the cable is not in right. Often unplugging and replugging the keyboard into the MB will fix a missing row.

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Buy USB keyboard
replace the one inside your PC, but there are 50 boards, for 50 languages. or more.
or on screen keyboard. (but in 2007 PC, there is none)
Vista has none OSKB w7 up only. not xp , not vista in 2007

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I solved this problem by adding the English language, which in turn adds the English keyboard, which is the original keyboard of my Dell 5368

  • Larry Ng
    Larry Ng Apr 30, 2022

    wrong answer Juilio, off topic.
    wrong PC and not told did you have 4 dead keys
    1QAZ
    try to say on topic,one PC and one exact error
    Microsoft.com covers language changes
    and if you have wrong keyboard installed of 50 used world wide, that is Dell problem to find the correct keyboard for you unstated country and language
    french lang. has 3 keyboards, as 1 small example.

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Or simply buy a new external keyboard for $10
and be happy.

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Use the on screen keyboard

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