Mar 28, 2016. #1. Laptop Keyboard Problem. Acer Aspire V3-571G. Recently whilst playing a game ( Dota 2 ), out of nowhere a whole bunch of my Laptop keys stopped working, when I realized after using an Ability key and it didn't work. I thought it was a game bug as there was a recent huge update ( 900 MB ), but turned out after troubleshooting c) Find and double-click Keyboard driver from the left panel to uninstall d) Right-click on the drive, and click Uninstall. e) Windows will prompt you to confirm the device’s removal. Click OK to remove the driver. f) After the uninstallation is complete, reboot your computer as soon as possible. Still you can go for this easy method before you try any other step if muddled with the thought -why won’t my keyboard light up! Step 1: Check whether your keyboard is having a keyboard icon on the left side. Then press the Spacebar and the Function Key (Fn) at the same time. Step 2: Now Click F12. Step 3: Select the F5 key. HI GUYS, So recently my swift 3's keyboard's backlight stopped working out of a sudden and I started panicking and turns out all you gotta do is press the F8 button and it'll turn on again! There's an A and some light rays on the F8 button. Yes! that worked for me, thanks to @greenpea15 for the help! Few weeks ago….some parts of my keyboard suddenly stopped working while the other parts are.. What could have caused it and what's the solution? - Acer Laptop. Go to the taskbar and click on Start. Scroll to find Settings and click to open. Enter “webcam” in the search field in the upper right corner. Select Webcam privacy settings. See if the “Let Uninstall the keyboard driver. 2. Reboot the computer (without reinstalling the driver). 3. When it restarts, it should reinstall the driver on its own. If this doesn't work, you may wish to try connecting/reconnecting an external keyboard and see if it works fine. The driver will be automatically installed after the computer restarts. To test if the keyboard is working properly. Use the keyboard troubleshooter. Type and search [Troubleshoot settings] in the Windows search bar ①, then click [Open] ②. In the troubleshoot window, select [Keyboard] ③ and click [Run the troubleshooter] ④. So the E key decided to stop working properly and I have to mash the key for windows to register the input. Mashing the key will either not type anything or double the input. At first I thought it might of been the keyboard itself since it was 4 years old (orion spark g910) so bought a g915 to replace it. Sometimes, you may suddenly find the Keyboard on your computer beeping, but not typing any words. This issue in most cases is triggered due to accidental pressing of certain keyboard shortcuts. The easiest way to fix this problem is to switch OFF the Sticky Keys function on your computer by pressing the SHIFT Key 5 times. nGSwoP.