Keyboard issues, fixable?

[tinpanalley]

I've got a Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 which believe it or not still works perfectly fine for the productivity and web purposes it is used for. It even serves as a place from which to access our music on our home network. But certain keys on the keyboard are basically non responsive and it's obviously a problem. The P key was always a bit finicky but now several others are having trouble. This is a very clean machine, we take good care of our tech gear. I just wanna know if there's anything that can be done with laptop keyboards when this starts to happen.

If not, what can one do with a laptop this old? Ebay? I refuse to just toss it. I'm in Canada if anyone knows of good places to send old laptops to.

Thanks!

[Qyygle]

Have you tried reseating the ribbon cables for the board? If you're lucky, maybe it just needs a reseat of the ribbon cable. Does the key itself have issues?

 

Otherwise, if you're up for it, just replace the keyboard itself.

Go to ebay and find a compatible keyboard replacement part (for example): Keyboard for Lenovo Ideapad Y580 Y580-US - US English 25203434 25207298 25207299 | eBay

 

Then follow the ifixit guide here: