Laptop keyboard not working

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Found the solution to my own problem. Apparently, taking out the battery,
pressing the power button for a few seconds, and replacing it will reset the
motherboard, and it works fine now. I finally saw this in the Dell knowlege
base, but I thought I'd post now for others who, like me, don't know the
right place to go to find an answer.

"Nick" wrote:

> The integrated keyboard (PS/2) on my Inspiron 2650 notebook stopped working
> in the middle of normal operation. The power and standby keys work, along
> with the mouse, but no standard keys respond, even on powerup. XP says its
> working fine. Any suggestions?

I have the same computer model and problem, and this solved it completely. Thanks!