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Just thought I gave an update for what it is worth. 😀 I copped out on researching I/O drivers and re-installing them. Had been working with combination of external USB keyboard or Windows On-screen Keyboard for some time, but finally decided the loss of mobility was too much when using notebook for serious…

I'm redy to pull my hir out! So here I m, typing this out s though nothing hs gone wrong. nd you cn see tht striking the offending keys does not register. I did this eperiment on Windows Notepd, nd relized tht fter numerous presses of the offending keys, they would strt to register gin. So, I m going to lterntely press the…

I didn't spend time researching chipset and IO drivers, so I resorted to the simple actions below: Uninstalled all keyboard devices in Device Manager Uninstalling the last standing device triggered a Windows restart Upon starting up, Windows appeared to re-installed all the keyboard devices I uninstalled ealier This didn't…

Here's an update. The trick I attempted didn't give consistent results. Still had incidents of keystrokes not registering. So far, it would appear that tilting the entire laptop left and right before setting it down again would re-activate the offending keys. 😕 I managed to type out the previous sentences on the keyboard,…

Thanks for calling out on the model, @billsey. You are correct - my model isn't the SF314-54. Was merely referring to that post for ideas. The model I have is SF514-54T, manufactured in April 2020. Btw, the trick(?) I attempted didn't work. I couldn't get the key press to register consistently. I suspect the keys might…

Hi @billsey, Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I have had some time on my hands due to year end / new year holidays, and made another attempt to resolve. The keys are working again. Will see how long the workaround lasts, and update here. 🙂

I have had some time during the year end / new year holidays to do trial & error on fixing the 3 non working keys. My hope was that the problem was due to loose connection - anything else would have required parts and further disassembly which I wouldn't have had time to work on. This post (Swift 3 SF314-54 keyboard…

For the record, I am experiencing this with a new Acer Swift 5, bought new in 2020. After just 2 years, keys 'A', 'X', 'Alt' stopped working. And as @navidk99 mentioned, repeatedly pressing on a faulty key seem to "re-activate" the keys. Another trick was to press down hard with a finger on the gap between 'C' and 'F', but…

Hi, I have the same problem too with my 2.5 y.o. Swift 5. Problem started just past the 2 year mark. 'A', 'X', 'Alt' keys do not work on the start. Thought it might be a contact problem - got key press to register if I had my finger down hard on the gap between 'C' and 'F'. That worked, but a real inconvenience as you can…