How to Fix a Laptop Does Not Recognize the Keyboard

This guide explains how to resolve a Laptop Does Not Recognize the Keyboard, starting with the most likely causes and moving through practical troubleshooting steps.

1. Reactivate the keyboard for the Laptop

When the Laptop encounters errors related to the keyboard, they will try to automatically correct the error, but if they do not fix the error, then force us to correct the error manually.

Step 1: You Right Click This PC and select Manage .

Step 2: Then, you select the tab Manage Devices to see the devices on the computer. You right-click on the HID Keyboard Device items to select Uninstall device .

Step 3: Then, you select Action -> Scan for hardware changes to reactivate the keyboard on the Laptop.

Finally, you will see the Keyboard item reappear. Now restart your computer to test if the keyboard is working.

2. Clean the keyboard

During use, our Laptop gets a lot of dirt in the keyboard area and dust is the biggest enemy of all electromagnetic devices. Because of that, you should try to keep your keyboard clean, especially under the keys. When the keyboard on the Laptop has no signal, please use a blower or a cotton swab to clean your keyboard and try to see if they work or not!

3. Update Driver for Laptop keyboard

Laptops are made up of many different components, so for them to communicate with each other, the manufacturer needs drivers. Keyboards on laptops are the same, they also need drivers to be able to send signals to / from the computer system. During use, unfortunately your keyboard has problems related to Driver, maybe you should update them.

Step 1: You Right Click This PC and select Manage .

Step 2: After that, select Device Manager and select Keyboard to view the Driver items inside. Now, you turn to right-click on each item HID Keyboard Device and select Update Driver to update.

4. Restart the computer

The feature "Restart the computer - Restart" is a way to fix all errors on the Laptop computer quickly and effectively. You can use this method to restart components and that includes rebooting the keyboard and laptop. However, when you turn off the computer, wait for 3-5 minutes, then restart it, but stop it again.

5. Remove Virus on computer

Viruses on the computer are also one of the main factors causing the disconnection of the keyboard and laptop. Currently on the market there are many different tools and you can choose any tool to remove viruses on your computer.

If you are unsure how to remove Virus, you can read more in this article!

6. The keyboard is loose / damaged

If the above software intervention does not solve the problem of the keyboard not recognizing, your laptop may have loose the keyboard connection jack or the keyboard is broken. For errors related to hardware like this, you should bring the product to fix, it will be safer and more effective.

Good luck!