How To Repair Computer Keyboard With Some Keys Not Working
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- Опубліковано 8 січ 2014
- It's pretty easy to fix a computer keyboard most of the time. Usually is just needs to be taken apart and cleaned. Several keys on my desktop computer keyboard weren't working very well. They wouldn't work unless I hit them harder. So I took the keyboard apart and cleaned it and got it working again. This keyboard is from my Compaq PC.
YOU HAVE TO LET IT DRY COMPLETELY BEFORE YOU REASSEMBLE!!! IF THE KEYBOARD DOESN'T WORK AFTER DOING THIS, TRY IT AGAIN! AND LET IT DRY COMPLETELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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for those who are still having trouble
your key may not actually be broken or have dust in it, try using a cotton swab to realign the rubber silicon underneath the key. my r key was misaligned and when i put it back in place it fixed the issue.
didnt work
All i had to do is push the key down and move it around. Thanks :) (My O and L keys were not working.)
It does help for a time then it's right back to being misaligned again. I hate membrane keyboards disguised as mechanical keyboards...
@@Velossitee i threw that old one out and bought a k70 on black friday.
Early in my IT career, I shared an office with a hardware tech who was responsible for maintaining and repairing many hundreds of terminals. When a keyboard failed, he would swap in a working one. When he had saved up a load of nonfunctional keyboards, he would take them home and wash them in his dishwasher. After letting them dry for several days, he would bring them back and put them into the spares store as working replacements.
Now all my keys are not working, thanks to this.
mine too ;(
my.spaceare.ot.workig.ay.more
me
Yes bro
Same here
Worked for the ctrl key of my Logitech MK700/710, and keyboard just works 10 times better all around. Thanks for the encouragement. Dang, that keyboard has a lot of screws.
Due to the lockdown for corona virus, I work from home and was struggling to replace the keyboard because of some keys not working properly. I watched this video end up fixing my keyboard issues! Thanks for the video!
Is you use water to wash
hi, is this really working? i'd like to try it
Yes it is really working!
@@venkateshyuvaraj8536 yes, you are right,i too fix my keyboard issue
@@ghousigamugunthan2446 yes
6 years later, and still a valuable video. Worked for me August 2020. Thanks
thanks!! my keboard 'X,R,O' are not working...after this video i cleaned it...now 'X,R,O,5,P,K,U' not working...so helpful
lol lol lol 😂😂😂😂nice one
your baaaaad
my whole keyboard is not working
lololool
swastik parashar i am sure he is having a phone .😂
This video was very helpful and helped me fix my keyboard. Before about half of the keys didn't work anymore but I followed the steps here and now it works again like new.
rofl- i knew the voice sounded familiar, when i clicked on that google link, which lead me here...
keep up the good work, mate.
This video was great. I had a couple keys that would nt work after spilling diet coke on my keyboard. Took the keyboard apart, cleaned everything, especially between the layers of plastic, and it works great. Its not really about the money as I had already bought another keyboard but about having the ability to fix it if needed. Thanks much.
In my keyboard, there are 3 sheets of plastics like on yours, but they are glued together all around the borders. Any idea on how to separate them? I tried a screw driver on a side that there was nothing printed, but I'm afraid it will remove the printed pattern. I was thinking about applying heat, but I don't know if it may deform the plastic. Thanks for any input!
for anyone that tried to follow this video and ended up with a broken keyboard instead of fixing it, try and put the membrane contacts properly like on the top right of the keyboard on 2:58 (pause it) also don't forget to put the metal bit that keeps the contacts in place because that's the important part to making it work again
That's right. Bad bad bad idea. At the top right you see a rubber on pressing onto the PCB. I wonder why they didn't solder this? Because it is not metal right? What material is used on those white paths? I measured a few hundred Ohms resistance along those lines even when a key is pressed. It seems really unusual to have a conductor also behave elastic.
@@brad8122 graphite? explains why it would wear out
@@milijanovcic4479 you are delusional
You did not see Graphite over there!
take this guy to the infirmary.
@@brad8122 This saved me lol. I was putting the contacts on top of the rubber instead of underneath it. So they werent even touching anything but rubber... duh! Thanks!
Clean the electronic leads on the little circuit board which has the three led lights sitting on the top right hand corner. If the leads have darkened due to dust, it will have a hard time picking up electronic signals from the circuit membrane. A pencil eraser is a nice thing to use and it worked like a charm for me.
Very helpful, spill some lemonade on my keyboard (SPILL) and some keys weren’t working and after watch your video and try it it work again thank
Just followed your instruction and it worked!!! i have my letter M back... thanks to you.. And nice heads up on the screw size, mine have different sizes... you save me from buying a new one... again many many thanks
thank you sooo much my p and delete keys werent working but after doing this they do know kudos to you man
Worked thank you.My whole keyboard stopped working after spilled water. Repaired next day.Y’all make sure its to dry it up
Brother, I was about to throw away my keyboard until I saw your video. It works!!! Thank you sir!
It worked perfectly,if you are doing this make sure you are very careful and working in a clean environment,you don't want your keyboard getting dirtier than it already is
swapnil datar have you tried taking it apart at cleaning it?
RJ The Bike Guy what if some keys on a laptop doesn't work? like for example.on my laptop, when I click the ''o'' key, this is what comes up ''to'' and when I click the ''t'' key, this is what comes up, ''to'' and when I click the full stop key, ''.'' this is what comes up ''g.'' and this is on a laptop, please help, I don't know whats going. on!!Look, everytime I write a word with ''t'' or ''o'' I am backspacing. the extra letter it gives me, for example, i'll write a normal sentence now''My cato dtoesnto like dtog.s tohato atotoack herg.''^^^^See what I mean, from this I cant type properally, This is on a laptop!! please help
Sounds like something more than a dirty keyboard which goes beyond the scope of this video which is actually aimed more at desktop keyboards. It could be a bad connection or some circuitry is messed up and parts will need to be replaced.
RJ The Bike Guy my ey keybord is not working
RJ The Bike Guy do you know how to fix a broken wire inside the keyboard? the wire inside my keyboard is cut .
albert luarez jr. Probably just go buy a new one. Used keyboards are dirt cheap.
Very helpful video....my a, z, 1 and q keys were not working.... After watching this video ,I did as per suggested. Now they are working properly. Thank you!!
those re mine too idk how to fix this tho
Wow! This is amazing. Some of the keys of my keyboard were not working since lot of ants got into it. This video helped recover me my keyboard. Thank you so much🙏
Gross lol
Wow it must be fun in there.. ew
trhis was so use full thank you and i hope you have a awesome week
I have opened keyboard to clean the keys many times but I have never cleaned between the 2 membrane sheets, thinking it will erase something important. Is it ok to clean between the 2 membrane sheets using IPA solution?
i have a major problem.
i owned a laptop...
Then you buy a keyboard and plug it in to your laptop. Same woth mouse
Kiss your self
Dude with is your lap
Thanks! Went from 1 key not working to the entire keyboard shot to hell. I followed your exact steps.
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Then you suck at repairs/cleaning, have someone else do it? I've done this several times, though peeling apart the membrane isn't necessary.
Too many people think they are worthy of offering their opinions. They really need to STFU if they don't have any constructive input other than "you suck" and then bloviate about how great they are. Their offerings do nothing to further humanity.
Sawdust Caesar same thing happened with me 😂 time to buy a new keyboard 😒
hahaha me 2 dude now only 4 keys r working
Is touching with dirty hand inside between the two layers of the membrane (below the rubber buttons sheet) cause fatal defect??? Or it can be corrected by cleaning with towel ???
My logitech keyboard's few keys stopped responding suddenly and your tip worked like charm. But, I couldn't understand what was there. I cleaned the plastic button sheet but I couldn't see too much dust. Something very minute must have caused the problem. Keys started working after cleaning. Many many thanks and thumbs up for your video 👍🏼
It is weird.. maybe while you were jostling the keyboard around trying to open it they fell off.
Thank you so much man, my keyboard become new again.
Thanks for this posting. I just pulled a bunch of keyboards out of the White House dumpster. Someone pulled off the right keys.
Thanks RJTheBikeGuy!! Your video helped me save my Keytronic "classic ll" keyboard, the culprit was a big 'dust bunny' on the foam black bar next to the small circuit board inside the keyboard. I suspect the 'dust bunny' was infringing on the connections needed for functional keys. After taking my board apart & cleaning it gently but thoroughly it works perfectly now, so thanks for your informative & helpful video. **Peace**
Hi, do you use dry or damp duster for cleaning ? No alcool for contacts ? some are random in my case...
and I add: there are some bad electrical contacts between this contacts and the printed circuit..how to clean it ?
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO PROVIDE THIS CONTENT LOVE YOU SIR
thank you so much man !! i loved your help. i was tensed for upcoming due assignments for semester final in this lock down situation. and now i fixed my A,Z,Q and ESC keys. thanks a lot man !!
After countless vids just showing how to pop a key and clean under it this vid was actually useful
I couldn't even explain my problem to google it was so bad. When I pressed 2 it was f1 when I pressed 5 it input '54b' etc... I followed this and it's all fixed, appreciate you fella.
Thank you for making this video, I actually opened my keyboard and saw a disconnection in the circuits, preventing me from pressing the E key and all of the above. Took some aluminium paper to re-establish the connection on the circuit since it's a conductor and fixed it this way, I hope this helps people having the same issue. It is actually very easy and you don't need to be an expert to do that :)
The same is happening to me right now. I don't know why but I can't press W,2 and 3 while I'm pressing "D" at the same time, is like a problem with the "D". How did you paste the aluminium paper in the circuit?
MY cableof my keybord i mean the cable have been cuted idk what i do if you know tll me plz
@@hi_to_games9017 i know its pretty late but u can try to reconnect wires by stripping tye shielding and connecting the wires with matching colours
@@Kiujind you can use scotch tape
@@Z-PriZ oh ty i alrdy buy another one but not michanecl now iwell reaper michanicl
YOU SAVED MY G510 THANK YOU!!!
Thank you very much, I fixed it! But guys I'm strongly recommend that if you clean the inner membrane of the keyboard make sure you use TISSUE or any kind of soft things...DON'T USE RUFF THINGS....LIKE IF IT'S WORK 😎
A voiceover of you fixing this keyboard was used over footage of gameplay from an ad I got for an App. Did you permit this?
No I didn't. I am not sure what that is.
Dude thank you alot i did everything you did and I fixed my keyboard ,thanks alot
How did u breaks it
noticed the major problem is likely moisture between the plastic sheets [3 on my machine], used barely moist alcohol cloth, no paper, let sit for couple of hours or use hair dryer with coolest setting at least 15" from sheets, if contact still doesn't work use a vinyl pencil eraser to lightly scrub the contact points {wipe with alcohol cloth again}, DO NOT TOUCH CONTACT POINTS WITH YOUR FINGERS. The rubber plastic sheet is to provide the return or push back up of the keys. It will provide some protection from liquids (don't count on it) and slightly more protection from dust particles. Routine vacuum cleaning from the top of keys will lengthen the frequency between internal contamination.
thank you so much! this fixed my problem I have been having with my keyboard :)
I'm fan of your bike videos, but you repair keyboards too. tysm rj
When I did this and put it back together, all my keys stopped working :' )
I repaired my key board. I followed your steps and clean everything and the keys which were not working now all are properly working !!! Thank you Sir!!!!
Eek I know mine though working needs a cleaning. I have been holding it face down and gently tapping it once a week I could not believe how much crap came out of it. Thanks for this awesome and extremely helpful vid
Thanks man! It really worked!
My 12347890 key wasn't working yesterday.
Then after watching your tutorial, I just fixed it. Now I am typing with my same key board.
^_^
I cleaned my mechanical keyboard for the first time yesterday and now my left control key doesn't work. It's the oddest thing. It doesn't work when it's hooked up to my mac OR windows 7 box now. I'm completely stumped, tried re-installing drivers and everything.
Adam Olympia Clean it again. Check the contacts like in this video.
Adam OlympiaYou probably accidentaly destroyed some tin "road" When you cleaned it.
***** You know what, I bet you're right :( I wonder if I can fix this with some solder?
Well, Im gonna repair my keyboard today (I failed the cleaning too) So I will tell ya If It works:)
Reverent Reign It was my favorite keyboard that the left CTRL broke (DAS Keyboard - built like a tank so I figured it would last a lifetime :( ..I may try to fix it soon. In the mean time I picked up a Razer Blackwidow ultimate keyboard from walmart. I need to start leaving a dust cover on the it when not in use. . . QuarteX: Good luck on your fix attempt. Please let us know how it goes.
i folloed the the video and noe my other key are not roking :[
same
lol I hav th sam problm
mine is good but my shift button is stuck now xd
@@MateusGamer7 ew
Trust me i came to this video cause left side of the keys were not working e.g. a,q,1,shift, ctrl, esc. While watching your video i smacked it here and there to see if it started working again. Surprisingly enough it DID!!
This is the method i saw my dad and mostly all the seniors citizens used to apply whenever something stopped working. Funny it still works.. lol
same buttons of my keyboard stopped working
So happy now !!! all keys are workin now and i am typing the comment using my keyboard only !!!! thanks alot !!!!
THANK YOU!!! I just got a desktop keyboard with a U key that only responded when I pressed it really hard. Disassembled the keyboard and sure enough there was a tiny little hair right on top of the round circuit dot for that key. Removed the hair, reassembled everything. key works flawlessly now. You wouldn't think a hair that tiny could cause so much trouble!
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Thanks this helps a lot! I got a new keyboard now for $10
what?
ok
Me to
Does this also fix rbg lighting?
Hi thank you for this toturial mate, my keyboard keys are not working after i watch this video i clean up my keyboard and now its working fine.
Now no key is working please help
HAHA XD
how did you type then
Fusion_PlayZ mobile maybe? Not that hard
Pls buy new one
this reply is late but basically you have something miss aligned or you short circuited the mother board both are very easy to do or you put the many layers under th membrane back in the wrong order
I was lil bit skeptical as there are many people saying that after following the procedure their keyboard stopped working!
My "B" key wasnt working at all... As I was about to buy a new keyboard, there was nothing to loose doing some experiment, right?
I followed the video to open up my keyboard. Then instead of using any liquid, I just used a soft brush to clean off the dusts in between those two plastic layers. I saw a small dust grain attached on the "B" key spot at one of the two layers. Using my finger nail carefully removed the dust. Now the key board is fully functional again :D
Mine worked too theyre just not being careful
Excellent video & advice. Spilled pure water on my Dell L100. 3 keys did not recover after 5 days. Disassembled & found no remaining water. Removed stubborn Mylar circuit deposits. 3 keys still do not work. Conclusion: I should have disassembled & aired it out immediately after the spill.
hi, i have a logitech g15 keyboard and the spacebar letters s n & m keep continuously coming as only these keys are working or something i don't know. what do i do?
Omg so funny when i open up my keyboard it have so many debris i used my keyboard like 10 year then i look it so manyyy debris! xD now my CTRL key work
Yes that was my problem even but when I opened my keyboard again to fix the ctrl key the whole keyboard stopped working
After i open the keyboard and start this, instead of fixing 1 not working key, everything stopped working. Theres a light on numlock, means its just the keys itself stopped working, not the cables
Btw i was typing on my iPad
This comment is old. But any solutions?
My keyboard A and C key were not working... just cleaned it according to your video...and now it's on track...thanks alot for sharing this...
this helped so much thank you!!!
OML! THANK YOU! You just saved my life. I spelt milk on mine and if I tell my mom she is going to kill me. Ima do this when she goes shopping
Bruh 😂 did u fix it
i’m telling your mom
Guys i think he died
i was ard for me o find is anks
mer oo .
lolimtryintofixmyspacebutton
im trying to fix the button under q
1 hate th1s ke bard
WHY O I HVE THI PROBEM
AH! My rubber dome matrix keyboard keeps repeatedly typing keys after I only press them once. I cleaned it thoroughly and wiped down the matrix but it still has the same problem. No keys are sticking and the matrix looks clean. Keytester tells me, say I press H, it will keep pressing H. Same with spacebar and all other keys. The matrix does not split into two pages like yours does, or maybe it is stuck? Should I try prying them apart? The keyboard is a Redragon Vajra s101 keyboard that came with a great Centrophorus backlight mouse. I don't understand what is wrong with it! (I'm on mobile right now.) It says plug and play on the manual, no drivers need to be updated so it must be a problem with the matrix or connecter nodes! Everyone is just telling me to buy a Mechanical keyboard instead but I just spent money on this thing...
Thanks bro, lots of love!
i hulk smashed my keyboard cuz i got mad of the lag i am getting
LOL
yeah.same.here
Same, and the sad part is, I just bought my keyboard 2 weeks ago ;(
same
My problem is that after I cleaned my keyboard A S D are not working
Same for me w dosent work sometimes
Thanks a lot. It works like a charm now 👍
Thank you very much.. I was just about to go and buy a new keyboard ...Now all fixed thanks to you.....
This is a great way to fix it, but if you rub off a line of the circuit anywhere, some keys will stop functioning. Also if you bend the plastic too sharp/too much and it leaves a mark, it might leave some keys to double-click or repeat itself. I have Steelseries Apex Raw and I have cleaned it and repaired the circuit many times, if you want a durable keyboard choose mechanical over membrane.
Be gentle.
Yeah i have a steelseries apex too. After cleaning some keys stopped working.Guess i have to fix them :)
what do mean by that? like if cut the circuit? because one of the lines on my keyboard has oxidized a tiny bit and I brushed it off. the line is still there. its just slightly less wide.
Well... at least I found a bowl of spaghetti under there:>
so in my case my laptop keyboard is missing an s and a c these keys both used to work properly anywaysby applying pressure to the metal contact. Now the s key completely stopped working while the c key, while in the same state, works wonders
I am still stuck on step one after playing around for about 45 minutes. How do you separate the bottom and the top cases? You made it look so easy. I found all my screws and removed them, but I am stumped how to get purchase between the top and bottom cases to pop those tabs out of place.
They all come apart differently. Sounds like hidden snaps in there.
RJ The Bike Guy
Thanks for the words of encouragement. On my second attempt, I wedged expired credit cards between the top and bottom cases as I worried each of the sides free. Eight credit cards and three edges later, the keyboard's case made a satisfying pop sound and finally came apart. Thanks again.
@@XalphYT They hide those snaps! Good news is they go together much more easily!
This is a cleaning guide. There´s nothing whatsoever bout fixing in here...
He fixed the ZXC keys by cleaning the membrane.
Nope. My keyboard didnt work at all but after this it works almost perfectly now
everybody knows this thing........
tell how to repair that keyboard in which no key is working.......
for me wqhen i presasa ssa key sa letter or number sappesarsa before it like thisa
sa 21 xz wq sa
Dino Boy bruh i think you are using a broken keyboard. XD
Dino Boy same that happens to me 2
Step 1: Throw old keyboard in trash.
Step 2: Buy a new one
Step 3: Plug new keyboard in
Step 4: Profit
Thank you my friend ^^ !!! just fixed my keyboard using this ^^ !!!
Coffee and keyboards don't mix well and I need to keep working. It took me about a 45 min to pull it apart, clean it and put it back together verses driving around getting a new one. Thanks, saved me mucho time.
I am 11 years now and I fix everything’s by myself and helping my parents
when i opened it there is one part where i have missing connection . a litlle bit the problem is i don't know what to use to restore connection
Thank you so much... The video was so helpful. All the keys are now working.
Fantastic. Worked like a champ. Have wireless Logitech. Normally I break stuff. But it worked. Thanks a bunch.
I have wireless logitech keyboard too my man. Some of the arrow keys and alphabet keys aren't working. Will this method work for me? Thanks if you reply.
3:36 are those 2 plastic sheets supposed to be stuck together, or it's ok if it's separated?
I think your not supposed to separate them because if you separate them you have to put them back exactly how the sheets were sticked together so if you wanna clean between the sheets don’t take them apart.
the same problem is happening with me ri8 now and i have cleaned the membrane too but still i am unable to press those... any further solutions
Usefull. Just taking it apart and putting it up really can fix some minor errors
Can someone help me out... I tried taking apart my corsair k55 but theres this click thing right in the middle that just wont give. Therefore i cant seperate the layers..
Thanks...To my surprise this actually worked for me. The "O" and the "I" key would not work even after removing the caps and cleaning so l took off the bottom and found that rubber piece was folded at one end but didn't think this would be the problem for only 2 keys.I straightened the rubber piece and put it back together and tried it anyway and to my surprise all the keys actually worked
Great video, it has saved my keyboard from the trash 👍👍🙂
Nro can u gimme a tip for how to unscrew screws in a hole,cuz mine new gaming keyboard's screws are like that
what do you call your wipe at 4:00, like a plastic or what ever (dont judge me im just asking or curious )
It's a microfiber towel.
@@RJTheBikeGuy K, tnx ^^
i was cleaning my keyboard and some key didn´t work after that. Now i also clean the membrane and they work, thanks!
Tell me how to clean those key which is not automatically rise up, is their any process to remove individual key and clean them
Thanks. I tried however it didn't work for me. I only have one non-working "L" key. I think its data tracks are damaged or something.
many thanks! my second space and / keys wouldn't work and now they working top notch
tysm i just needed to clean my keys,now they all work THAMNKL YOU SUBBED
After the first time i tried it it didnt work but as i tried it a second time it fixed it thank you :)
i buyed a new keybord and after t like 5 days but when i like ype or hold the key it dont hold for me and when i type it types twis (double) so i hope i can fix it :)
Can anyone help me?
I own a Logitech G510 Gaming Keyboard and a couple days ago, my Play/Pause, Stop and - (on num pad) stopped working all of a sudden and I am unsure as to what happened and I can't find any threads or articles about a similar issue.
Will cleaning the contacts for the membranes inside the keyboard possibly fix this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.