So this seems like a perfect HWG list question...
I have a weird problem that just started happening a few weeks ago on the
keyboard of my LG Gram laptop from 2021...
The 9 key across the top stopped working completely (I have to use the one on
the numeric keypad to type 9).
I also can't use the left parentheses, and AFAIK there's no way to get that
symbol without using the ASCII key codes for it, ALT-0028-X, but that
apparently doesn't work everywhere like in Google Chat as I tried it to no
avail (unless some knows some trick to make it work) and I had to paste this
one in from the Character Map, which looks like it was the wrong font/size
now... :P
Weirdly enough the 7 key on the numeric keypad also stopped working too. Those
are the only two keys that aren't working AFAIK...
So I was wondering...I usually have taken my much older IBM Thinkpads apart in
the past, and esp my last laptop, an MSI gaming laptop which had a lot of
issues with the cover hinge breaking-but I stopped needing to do that back in
2020 or so and I'm not sure this LG Gram is as forgiving at being opened...
Is my only hope to take this sucker apart and see if there's something stuck in
those keys and it's some sort of physical issue causing the keys not to work,
or is this possibly some sort of software short circuit as the keys feel fine
and it's weird that those two just randomly stopped working no...?
Any help/advice appreciated! TIA!
BINO
P.S. In the past I've had issues with some of the keys, maybe even the 9 key
itself not working or sticking and repeating, but banging on it a few times
usually got it working...
