Dell laptop keyboard

Dis kina futstrating...woke up only 2realize right half of my keys
dnt work properly..for example the key [k] cums up as [5], L =3,
m = 0, o =6, j = 1, .....it goes on and on

ve used adware, gone to bios 2reset to factory settin...NOTTIN WORKS..

Let me type somting as example so uc

5 a0 t5red 6f the 2eyb6ard = [I AM TIRED OF THE KEYBOARD]

HELP PLS.....

1. Ensure that the Num Lock LED is illuminated

2. Press and hold the <Fn> key or the Fn + F11 key combination.

3. Press a few keys on the embedded keypad.

4. Note whether numbers appear on the screen.

I am having the same problem.

the FN and f11 fix works, but only works for a few minutes and then fails.

I try to do it again and no luck.

I will hook up an external keyboard, and then it either works emidately after hitting fn and f11 the fix works.

BUt then a few minutes later, it fails again.

Sometimes the fix works, sometimes no, and having the external keyboard seems to make the fix work more often.

Please help.

I had a similar problem, and was able to fix it:

My laptop keyboard (Dell Inspiron 2650) stopped working suddenly, but an external keyboard would work. The num lock was stuck on, and function-f11 did nothing.

I just shut down, unplugged the AC adaptor, removed the battery, and held the power button to discharge. When I restarted, num lock was on, but function-f11 worked to turn it off, and everything worked.

Your Number Lock is on.
I don't have the laptop you have, so don't know if this will make sense, but you must turn "num lk" off. On my system, I must hold the Function (fn) key and the num lk at the same time...then the letters should type letters instead of numbers
Post again if you have further questions

Welcome to Dev H, lbgoral.

Please note that the last post was a year and a half ago... the problem has long since been solved one way or another.

Thank you for your contribution, though... anyone finding this thread through a search will benefit from your post.