The keyboard does not work. What to do?

Problems of this nature most oftenarise with new equipment. You bought a keyboard, came home, connected, and it does not work. In fact, once it is under warranty, it can be returned and exchanged for another product. However, very often the keyboard does not work because of compatibility problems with the operating system. They are easily eliminated by elementary settings.

If the keyboard does not work due to softwaremalfunction, then some manipulations in the Windows settings will help to solve this problem. First, try going to "Device Manager". To do this, go to the "Control Panel", select "System", in the opened window, select the tab "System Properties" - "Hardware" - "Device Manager".

You will see a list of all the equipment,which is installed on your computer. Find the controller responsible for the keyboard. Most likely, opposite to it there will be a yellow triangle, symbolizing about any malfunction in the given controller. Now right-click in the "Device Manager" keyboard, in the drop-down menu, select "Delete". The system will ask you again, choose the affirmative answer. After that, the keyboard controller will be successfully deleted from your computer.

Now you need to re-install it, for thisgo back to the "Control Panel", go to "Hardware Installation", find the "Next" button, after which the system will scan the connected devices and those with incompatibilities found. Most likely, she will offer to install the driver. During the scan, a remote keyboard will be found and added to the list of devices, and an automatic attempt to install drivers will also occur. In most cases, this method will help to "revive" your keyboard.

If the keyboard does not work after the previous recovery method, you should try to perform a similar procedure of uninstalling and restoring for USB ports.

Here is a small list of reasons why the keyboard does not work:

The first and most banal - the device simply broke. This happens rarely, but still happens.

For another reason, the burned ps / 2 port may affect the performance of the keyboard.

If you do not have a USB keyboard that requires additional drivers, take care of it. This option is relevant for most multimedia devices.

Also, the reason for not working the keyboard, can become a virus. In this case, stock an antivirus with fresh bases.

First check the condition of the wirekeyboard, perhaps there is somewhere there is an inflection that broke the contacts. Make sure that the device is properly connected to the computer. If you suspect that the problem lies in the health of the port, try to connect another keyboard, also use another computer to test your keyboard. Sometimes it happens that the ps / 2 port has bent pins, in which case they should be straightened with tweezers.

The probability that the keyboard does not workWindows 7, is close to zero. Even multimedia keyboards have excellent compatibility with this operating system, with all the necessary drivers installed automatically.