u/kitkatbatman

So, roughly a week ago the W key on my Lenovo legion 7 stopped working. Took the keycap off, cleaned underneath it, seemed to get it working again. Unfortunately I had broken the keycap hinge taking it off, so I had to order a replacement (thank you Aliexpress?). Came in yesterday, I managed to get it put back together. Seemed to be working. Yay!

Nay. Gave one of my games a spin today, and what would you know, it’s stopped working again. Although, this time I discovered something bizarre. If I use it in quick succession with another key, it works?? Like pressing “w” on its own does nothing. Quickly typing “ewewewewew” will work. I don’t know anything about computers so no clue why it would do that.

Things I’ve tried: blowing canned air under the key. Reinstalling the keyboard driver. Beating the heck out of the key. Turning filter keys on and off. Did some thing that was supposed to test if the keyboard was working right. I’m going to do some more troubleshooting but that’s where I am right now.

I’ve reached out to a friend in tech and have yet to hear back, so for now all I’ve got my computer-illiterate self and the internet. If anyone has any advice please please help me this is driving me nuts.

So, roughly a week ago the W key on my Lenovo legion 7 stopped working. Took the keycap off, cleaned underneath it, seemed to get it working again. Unfortunately I had broken the keycap hinge taking it off, so I had to order a replacement (thank you Aliexpress?). Came in yesterday, I managed to get it put back together. Seemed to be working. Yay!

Nay. Gave one of my games a spin today, and what would you know, it’s stopped working again. Although, this time I discovered something bizarre. If I use it in quick succession with another key, it works?? Like pressing “w” on its own does nothing. Quickly typing “ewewewewew” will work. I don’t know anything about computers so no clue why it would do that.

Things I’ve tried: blowing canned air under the key. Reinstalling the keyboard driver. Beating the heck out of the key. Turning filter keys on and off. Did some thing that was supposed to test if the keyboard was working right. I’m going to do some more troubleshooting but that’s where I am right now.

I’ve reached out to a friend in tech and have yet to hear back, so for now all I’ve got my computer-illiterate self and the internet. If anyone has any advice please please help me this is driving me nuts.