Microsoft Surface Pro 8 & X: Keyboard Not Working? Unresponsive? 2 Easy Fixes!

-----My Gear for Youtube videos-----

Disclaimer: The above links are affiliate links meaning if you buy products using those links i will receive a small commission.

Also i am not responsible should anything go wrong so do at your own risk!

[rglondon]

Thanks for this. Tried everything for my daughter’s Surface and it was impacting her homework! The BIOS update worked perfectly. You made a daddy look good and you made a daughter less anxious. Can’t thank you enough!

[ferdygonzalez]

This is actually quite amazing. I tried several updates and reboots and nothing seemed to work. Not sure why this works but I'm forever grateful for the tip.

[gordonaramsay]

Great Stuff, after going through Tech support that came with my 3 month old SP8 and Typecover, updating drivers, nothing worked until I saw your video, your fix was so simple and efficient. Much thanks to you for posting this video.

[thatlebaneseguy]

Worked like a charm, thanks for the straight forward video 👍

[ctstarbeam]

Oh my god you are a saint! I was so upset it wasn't responsive, then I tried your BIOS tip and I saw my pen light go on and now the keyboard works! Thank you so much man, and great video too, straight to the point and no BS. Love it

[johnharley]

Cleaning the contacts worked! Thank you so much!

[robertgarciaremmert]

Thank you! I've been trying for 3 days! You rock!

[Iamariane]

Thank you so much!! So helpful 😅 I haven’t been using my personal computer because the keyboard stopped working

[flaviocaroppo]

Fantastic.Thank you very much for your tutorial.

[xaechireon]

Hope this video makes its way higher up to search results. Such simple fixes for bafflingly vague issues.

[CadlerCraft]

I did not expect that to work. Thank you!

[sharonhsu]

Thank you. Your tutorial is so helpful. It worked after I follow the restart and the use of alcohol wipe! Thank you so much!

[padamssm]

I tried everything that online forums and Microsoft Support articles recommended with no success - spent several hours. I ran the Surface Diagnostic Toolkit, which tested my new Microsoft Surface Pro 8+ Type Cover and reported "Third-party keyboards aren't supported" and skipped the test. You are the only person to show how to recover keyboard & trackpad functionality by going into the BIOS.

[haithamchatta]

Thank you so much! This just worked (I did both at the same time so not sure which one did the trick 😀)

[imivymak]

Thank you very much, you save my work life!

[rightpath]

Great video, because for like days it was not working but after trying your second method it started to work thank you a lot
Thanks

[wellinformed]

dang, I should have done this a lot earlier. My keyboard works perfectly now, thanks for your help!

[baelfiregonzales]

You are a life saver! The alcohol trick helped me with my keyboard problem. Thank you.

[toddbroome]

God, it worked! Thank you and Happy New Year

[uncleted]

Thank you so much. Saved me spending hours on the phone with Microsoft support.