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The Samsung Chromebook Plus V2 is a mid-line, consumer-range, Chromebook designed and manufactured by Samsung. It was released in June 2018, featuring a 2-in-1 design, stylus support, and an Intel Celeron processor.

Keys on Chromebook Not Working

I have an old Samsung Chromebook Plus V2, and some of the keys not working.

What I tried:

I took the keycaps off and cleaned the inside with Isopropyl Alcohol (91%) with a cotton swab.

I tore down the whole Chromebook, then reseated all the flex and ZIF connectors. (The other functions like trackpad, speakers, screen, etc. work fine)

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The keyboard itself usually has a flexible plastic circuit with silver painted traces. If these traces corrode, crack, or the plastic rips somehow, it will break key groups (rows or columns)

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Keys T, Y, [, ], Left Control, Esc, Mute, and Lock doesn't work.

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My 1, Q, and A are sticking. Very annoying as my other Plus V2 just died, thus I went from redundancy to barely "single engine".

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