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Laptop keyboard is locked, how do i unlock it?

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Hi,

It seems that if you have left the laptop unattended for a while the keyboard locks up.

The only fix i know is to restart the laptop to get it working again.

The problem could well be a BIOS issue, try updating the BIOS to see if this permanently fixes the problem.



Regards.

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