HP Pavilion G6 Notebook PC, multimedia "previous, pause/play, next" (f6 f7 f8) keys not working

Hello
My Laptop is around 3 years old next month, the multimedia keys have worked 100% every single day since then, and I use them a lot to listen to music.
They have suddenly stopped working yesterday, and all my other multimedia function keys work perfectly.
In addiction to this, my bluetooth speakers pause button doesn't work on the Laptop, but works on my other devices.
I have disabled and enabled again the action keys in BIOS, removed and installed HP Quick Launch, and everything I have seen on the internet that could help, and it's still the same.
Help!
Thanks.
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