How to Connect Keyboard to Laptop & Desktop Computer?

Have you got your new keyboard? Well, it’s time to find out how to connect the keyboard to your laptop or desktop.

First, you need to find what type of connectivity it has, whether wire or wireless. Don’t know about your keyboard? Here is an article for you in which I explain about finding the keyboard’s brand, model, and specs.

We have two ways to connect a keyboard to the computer – wire and wireless. The wired keyboard connection is the old way and yet it is efficient.

Now we have four possibilities: wired keyboard connection to laptop and desktop and wireless keyboard connection to laptop and desktop. Let’s find them all.

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How to Connect Keyboard to Laptop?

To connect a keyboard to your laptop, your laptop must have either a USB port or an inbuilt Bluetooth feature. Here is a guide for you to find the Bluetooth feature’s existence on your PC.

Every laptop must have at least one USB port, so there is nothing to worry about. In case your laptop has USB ports.

Let’s find out how you can use a USB port on your laptop.

Steps to Connect Wired Keyboard to Laptop

In this process, you don’t need anything much except a wired keyboard and a USB laptop.

1. Open your laptop and turn it ON
2. Now, take the wired keyboard and hold the USB port in your hand
3. Just see where the USB port is on your laptop
4. Make sure the wired male USB port is in the right direction before inserting.
5. After insertion, you’ll hear a sound from your laptop, which means a new device has been connected.
6. If your keyboard supports RGB, then it will lighten up. That’s it. Now you are connected to a wired keyboard on your laptop.
7. Just wait for a minute, and the Windows operating system can download the suitable drivers to your PC to work your keyboard smoothly.

How to Connect Wireless Keyboard to Laptop?

We have various options to connect a wireless keyboard to a laptop. A wireless keyboard doesn’t mean completely wireless, but it can work with both wire and wireless.

These are the 3 ways we can connect an external keyboard to a laptop.

• Through wire or cable that comes up with the keyboard from the manufacturer
• With the help of Bluetooth connection, we can connect a keyboard to a laptop
• 2.4GHz Wi-Fi connects the wireless keyboard to a laptop

Now, let’s see all of them in detail.

Connect Wireless Keyboard to Laptop Through External Cable

1. First, take the cable from the keyboard package and check for the type of port
2. Most wireless keyboards come with type-C connectivity. Now, check for the type-C port on your laptop.
3. Plug the cable at both ends to both the devices (one end to the keyboard and another end to the laptop)
4. Now, make sure the keyboard is in wired pairing mode. Then the system will indicate that the keyboard was connected to the laptop.
5. Now everything is ready to use.

Connect Wireless Keyboard via Bluetooth

1. For this step, you need to have a Bluetooth-featured laptop
2. Turn ON Bluetooth on your laptop and then turn ON Bluetooth mode on your wireless keyboard
3. Now, on your laptop, find the keyboard name, click on it, and then pair it to connect
4. Make sure your wireless keyboard has enough power to work. Then, only it will show on your laptop’s available devices.

Connect Wireless Keyboard and Laptop via Wi-Fi

1. Enable Wi-Fi on your laptop
2. Now, put your keyboard in 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi mode to pair
3. After that, you can find your keyboard name and model on your laptop
4. Now, click on it to pair and connect
5. Start using your wireless keyboard on your laptop

How to Connect Keyboard to Desktop Computer?

In desktop computers, we have more possibilities compared to laptops. However, if you want to connect a keyboard to your desktop PC then just follow these steps.

You can find USB ports on a desktop computer at the top, front, and rear side positions. I recommend you choose the rear side in most cases because it is the place where you can get the standard connection.

• Useful read: What is keyboard ghosting? (A helpful guide)

Steps to Connect Wired Keyboard to Desktop

1. Find out whether the keyboard is wired or wireless. If it is a wired keyboard, take the plug in one hand
2. Now check for the common port on your desktop computer, whether it is a type-A or type-C port
3. If the common port exists, plug the keyboard’s cable into the CPU.
4. After the insertion, you’ll immediately hear a sound that the device was connected.
5. Then, wait for a minute for the required driver installation and start using it.

How to Connect Wireless Keyboard to Desktop PC

Connecting a wireless keyboard to a desktop computer is the same as connecting a wireless keyboard to a laptop. You can check the above section ‘How to connect a wireless keyboard to a laptop’ to find that.

Sometimes, you can’t find a type-C port on your desktop PC, in that case, use another method to connect. However, these are the 3 possibilities for you to connect your wireless keyboard to your desktop PC.

1. With the help of an external cable, you can connect your wireless keyboard to your desktop PC
2. By using Bluetooth feature and
3. With Wi-Fi connection

If you are using your keyboard heavily, then I suggest you use an external keyboard, whether it is wired or wireless, at your convenience. 

For a laptop, you should go with a wireless keyboard, and for a desktop PC, you can choose a wired keyboard, which is specifically best for gaming.

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I think you can now understand how to connect a wired or wireless keyboard to your laptop and desktop computers. You can use a USB hub if you don’t have enough USB ports on your PC’s motherboard.