#my keyboard key isnt working i dont know why its the w key any help please? the keyboard is hot swap

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shut haven
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If the "W" key is the only one not working, it's most likely got a dead contact.

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When you press a key down, it makes contact with a conductive piece of metal. When this breaks, it will not allow that key and sometimes keys around that key to work.

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You can't

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is it a laptop keyboard or a plug in keyboard?

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If you really want to try and save it, you'll have to take it for repair. You yourself can't fix this.

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If it's not a fancy keyboard, it would make more sense in buying a new one.

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I cannot answer that as I don't know. You'd have to ask.

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I personally don't trust best buy as most of their techs don't know what they're doing.

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You can try bestbuy, but I call it scambuy for a reason.

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Kinda the same issue you have

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I pulled off my laptop CTRL key [still worked]
They wanted $600 for it.
The laptop costed around $300.

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I cannot speak for all of the stores, the one that was extremely scammy got shutdown.

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you could also try finding a local mom&dad shop with good reviews.

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I've never been to that part of NY. It's also been several years. It's up to you to go to bestbuy. Just don't expect much.

cyan tree
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Why not just buy a new keyboard whoa

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Ah so the switches are not making any contact

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Remove the switch check the pins

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See if it’s not bent

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The contact that is

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On the switch

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Well compare with a known working switch?

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And you know the difference

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Great and?

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Switch seems perfect?

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So it’s the pcb part

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Check the contacts on the pcb

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Make a picture of the pcb part

shut haven
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@cyan tree if the board is cracked it would be more than the W key not working.

cyan tree
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If the pcb is scratched it could have bad contacts or broken contacts

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Best checked with a multi meter

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Yeah you might want to get a keyboard nerd in here 🤔

shut haven
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visually, it's fine.

cyan tree
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Yeah no idea what the troubleshooting steps for a switch cap is

shut haven
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Keyboard keys can suddenly stop working. It just happens.

cyan tree
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Go follow those steps check with a tweezer and that software if the pcb works

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Ok 👍🏻

shut haven
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My ex-friend managed to kill a bunch of keys on his. He kept hitting it hard enough that the contacts broke.

cyan tree
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Yeah that’s why you check with the software and tweezer to see if the keyboard makes a signal to the usb

shut haven
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you don't have to hit it for it to die. He just sped up the process.

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?

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Like I said, if the contact is bad, the only fix is to replace the contact.

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nope

cyan tree
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well rip PCB

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happens

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🤷‍♂️

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only solution is to check the contacts and get it out of the board

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And check the connections toroughly google more about how to fix a connection and learn how to solder

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not responding in dms

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Sorry, im proper 🙂