stevebt

iTrader: (8)

I have been away on holiday for the Xmas and my laptop was just put to one side, it was stored in a cold area of the house dunno if that makes any difference as when I switched it on and tried to type half the keys aren't responding. I can hold down half the keys and absolutely nothing happens.

It's an HP laptop and its about 18months old, anyone heard of this sort of thing before? Just curious if its hardware or software related.

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

Hware more than likely, I've had single keys fail due to use, but not a whole group of keys in one job lot. You might of got some moisture in there and shorted it. Try leaving it overnight open in a warm area.

The keyboards are plug and play and pretty simple to replace. eBay for a replacement and youtube (hopefully) on how to get the case apart to access the ribbon connector of the keyboard, if you weren't sure.

LEO-RS

You haven't knocked a keyboard lock switch have you? Although if some of them are working and some of them are not, then I guess not?

All Torque

HP keyboards are notorious for not working, sometimes they start back after a few hours, but as said above pretty cheap and easy to replace. I had to replace mine after 8 months CBA to take it back to get it done.