Lenovo laptop keyboard mostly not working...

[Ken Figenus]

...well the top row F keys work so that suggests to me it may not be hardware?

Does anyone know a 'gotcha' on these (Lenovo S21E-20 ) - have tried the F keys and Fn keys as I know you can switch the track pad off and one does have a keyboard symbol but still no keyboard response. Daughter gets into it using the onscreen keyboard currently. Thx if anyone has any tips.

[Bikerjon]

Liquid spill?

[Ken Figenus]

Could be but unlikely. Was thinking of replacing it with this for her if I end up with zero progress tonight http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/lap...

[grumbledoak]

I am sure the Yoga will be lovely, but a £15.99 punt...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Laptop-Components-Repla...

[Ken Figenus]

That has to be worth a punt - didn't know it was so easy to source them. Have split a laptop before so THANKS!

[ThunderSpook]

Keyboards are usually split up in to sections, so if there are entire sections not working then a new keyboard should remedy it.

[Ken Figenus]

I had another go using the on screen keyboard (as it gave errors on an external kybd too) and its a registry issue "Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)". That brings up a lot on Google (sadly) but none of the registry fixes worked and my patience is now expired!

Thanks anyway chaps

[AlexC1981]

The processor in that Yoga doesn't benchmark as high as the quad core duo in my old desktop computer, which is 8 years old.

I know it uses a tenth of the energy and doesnt require a huge heat sink that probably weighs half as much as a whole Yoga, but still!

My nephew still uses that PC for games and it still works well with a good graphics card, so don't let my comment put you off. The Yoga will be fine for general browsing etc. I was just disappointed the performance wasn't better.

Edited by AlexC1981 on Tuesday 25th July 22:33

[Ken Figenus]

I think Yoga would be fine for homework and Netflix! Pretty tempted by this below - beefy for the £££ - especially as worried about Lenovo build quality - mouse pad gave up after 14 months so its long been on an external mouse...

https://www.zavvi.com/computing/computers/hp-15-au... Whatever we get has to be SSD/M2 and not HDD.

[ThunderSpook]

I would say either try a repair on Windows or reload Windows, but it sounds like you're actually after an excuse to buy a new laptop instead.

[Ken Figenus]

That's exactly what I would do as all her stuff is on Dropbox so its an easy re-install but you don't get repair disks these days do you. It came with no OS disk (not that it has a disk drive)! What is the solution to that? New one!

[Mr2Mike]

Ken Figenus said:

I think Yoga would be fine for homework and Netflix! Pretty tempted by this below - beefy for the £££ - especially as worried about Lenovo build quality - mouse pad gave up after 14 months so its long been on an external mouse...

https://www.zavvi.com/computing/computers/hp-15-au... Whatever we get has to be SSD/M2 and not HDD.

HP Pavillions are hardly the last word in well built laptops, it's their budget line.

[Ken Figenus]

It's not for me mate; I have a 10Tb RAID10 4.5GHz Hex core 64Gb 2800Mhz RAM M.2 SSD OS one I built . She'll be fine with a £300 jobie but happy for any recommends £300 - 400. ;)