

I’ve also been trying to remap another key to the power button but hasn’t worked. I could buy another keyboard for £30 but I’m not even sure that’s the problem so don’t want to waste money if I might as well get a whole new laptop. The battery is also pretty degraded, only holding 20% of its original capacity so I don’t know if that could be the cause. A fresh start can clear out temporary bugs that might be affecting your PC. So far I’ve tried a few methods on the internet - taking the battery out, holding the power button for 30 seconds, putting the battery back in but nothing and given that the button still works to power off it isn’t a problem with the plastic button pressing down underneath. Dirty keys Damaged hardware How to Fix It When a Lenovo Keyboard is Not Working Try these steps in order, checking after each step to see if your keyboard is working: Restart your Windows computer. The power button does however work to shutdown or sleep the computer once on so I don’t understand the issue.

I can still force start it by attaching the AC when adjusted in BIOS but clearly not ideal when there isn’t a power source available. My Lenovo thinkpad x230 power button has stopped working to turn my computer on after a shutdown.
