What do you exactly mean by "shorted or not"?

But like, what's your opinion? What are the odds that the problem could be solved without the need to unsolder the controller, or is that probably the only option, which leads to, as you say, "no easy work-around"?

And I also had at first the thought to swap the whole keyboard. I suppose I could DIY that, but if, as you say, the issue is probably in some controller, which I highly suppose is located on the motherboard itself, then a keyboard replacement wouldn't really bring anything, am I right?...

Is there any know to be working fix for that, or how do these problems usually get resolved?...

Hello, I have an "ASUS ROG Strix G713QR" laptop, and for approx. 3 months I have the following problems:

1. Laptop keyboard doesn't work
2. The backlight on the laptop keyboard doesn't work
3. The x2 side LEDs (red) on the laptop don't work

The power button works, the touchpad works, and all the USB, HDMI, Ethernet, etc. ports work.

I already tried to reinstall all the drivers and reinstall Windows. So I don't know what to try anymore that is software-related.

But I am strongly aiming that it is somehow a BIOS-related problem,...

Hi my name is Nico and I´m from Austria, happy to join the community, and I hope I find helpful tips/hints and trick!