Sorry for the long description but if there are any thoughts I can try I would love to hear them.
But I am at a loss as to how to check or deal with that. My highest suspicion revolves around the cable that runs along the hinge of the keyboard, connecting it to the pins (only a suspicion, I am not sure as tilting the monitor doesn’t cause any detaching issues directly). I keep thinking it’s physical but I am not sure what the cause could be. Right after I put it back into it’s original laptop form, the issue popped up. The computer was working perfectly until after one quick site visit where I reattached the keyboard and used it as a bulky tablet.
Looking to get my files/programs in order to do a full wipe and hope for the best. Only thing I haven’t done yet is a full hard reset. Other times it actually interrupts their functionality. When it is ‘detached’ on many occasions the keyboard and mouse still work. The timing of this can be as fast as 10 seconds apart and as slow as 5 minutes apart between attaching/detaching interruptions. However the computer is now attaching and detaching constantly regardless of the conditions (moving or not moving). Moving the monitor around, shaking the laptop, gentle taps, don’t trigger any upset to the connection.
The screen can attach fine no problem and everything is working. I have cleaned the connectors (both the keyboard and computer side) thoroughly with rubbing alcohol. Also I can tell it’s the connectors because moving the laptop around or adjusting the screen pivot usually triggers the issue reliably before I clean it. If that doesn’t solve the problem right there, a hard reset (power + volume up held for 30 seconds) usually resolves this.
Usually I have to just clean the connectors and it works again. I am no stranger to this issue over my 2 years of using this computer. Recently I have come upon an issue where the keyboard keeps attaching and detaching intermittently.