Number keys, symbols on top row not working, only 5 and 6 can be typed. Also brightness control keys don't work. I can't type

Dec 24, 2015
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Hi,

I have a Lenovo Z50-70 laptop that's not even one year old yet, and the number keys on the top row and in the numlock pad area stopped working all of a sudden.

Everything was working fine until yesterday when I tried to enter my password to get onto my computer and it wouldn't let me enter the whole password, it would only let me type in part of the password but not any numbers. Finally after a lot of trying I was able to type in the whole password using the onscreen keyboard. Now no number keys work on my keyboard and it's not letting me type in any of the symbols/special characters that are above the numbers either.

Also the screen brightness control keys on the keyboard don't work at all either.

What can I do to fix these problems so I can type regularly again without having to use the on screen keyboard all the time?

I am not a super-tech-savvy user, however I read a lot of other articles and I tried changing the language and keyboard settings, I tried to see if the driver needed to be updated but it said it was already up to date, I tried holding down the ctrl alt and fn keys for a while as was suggested in another article, but none of those things helped at all.

Please help me to fix this problem, I never had this happen to me ever before.

I really appreciate your time and consideration, and thank you very much.

-A really frustrated user
 
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Dec 24, 2015
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Thanks for taking the time to respond to me Vakiklo, I appreciate it.

I never downloaded anything at all, and I'd rather not be downloading things now to my computer.

Now today the onscreen keyboard doesn't even work and it's not even letting me type in anything through the onscreen keyboard either.

I will call Lenovo tech support and ask them what's going on here and see what they say...although I don't think they're there today with the Christmas holiday probably...

Every day a new thing seems to be going wrong...Yesterday at least the onscreen keyboard worked, now today it won't even let me type in anything at all that way!

Help!!!!
 

Vakiklo

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Sounds like there is a serious problem with your computer, i'd call tech support and ask to send the card in for repairs free of charge There might be a factory error in there, or it could still be faulty drivers or software.
Since you are unwilling to download things, there is not much that we can do to help.

Marry x-mas and a happy new year.
Vakiklo.

 
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