Sony Vaio Broken Keyboard Question

Name: Vanessa

I was recently given a great Sony Vaio laptop from my professor who says she had it examined by some tech guy who broke it. The mouse works but the keyboard won’t connect to the screen. I use a wireless keyboard instead, which is a pain, but workable.

My question is this; is it worth putting money into fixing this keyboard problem? It sounds expensive and like a huge hassle.

Also, what could have happened to this poor (but awesome) laptop to disconnect the keyboard but leave the mouse/cursor fully functional?

The tech that broke the keyboard likely tore the laptop apart for some reason and either ripped the small (and often fragile) ribbon cable that connects the keyboard to the motherboard, or simply didn’t reconnect it. What I’d suggest doing, if you or someone you know is feeling up to it, would be to pull the laptop case apart and see if the cable for the keyboard is either damaged or simply not connected.

You’ll want to be extremely careful if you do decide to pull the laptop case apart, as it is entirely possible that you could break the connection to the touchpad (or trackball or whatever pointing device your laptop has) as well.

It’s definitely worth checking out, because if it’s nothing more than the cable being disconnected then you could have the keyboard functioning in short order.