Comments on: Howto: Laptop Keyboard Repair

By: compugeek

compugeek — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:23:37 +0000

Thank you very much for creating this guide.
My youngest son ( 2.5 years old ) had fun with my laptop while i was away for a few seconds and when i came back - several letters were scattered on my computertable ( and missing from my keyboard ).

I was so frustrated because the “buy new keyboard” option is somewhat harder with a laptop than with a stationary, but after reading your guide i fixed my keyboard in a few mintues!

By: MassGeek

MassGeek — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:48:34 +0000

Thank’s IraqiGeek for laying this out so well. I had lost the ‘B’ key on my HP Pavilion laptop and found your site. While the plastic bits are a tad different, your closeup shots gave me the insight to piece mine back together. I didn’t use tweezers, but just assembled the two plastic parts away from the keyboard by snapping in the pivot pins with my fingers. Then it was pretty easy to hook the large outer plastic bit to the keyboard hooks, then press down and click the smaller tab to the front of the keyboard. Then you mash down the key cap and click it on. Now I can type bbbbbbbbb all I want.
Sorry about the whole invasion thing. Hopefully it will be fixed in a couple days.

By: akutger

akutger — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:21:44 +0000

Worked beautifully and quickly without tweezers. Thanks for posting this.

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By: sazwqa

sazwqa — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:49:22 +0000

Thanks a lot…. I accidently poped out my ‘C’ while cleaning and was tensed abt replacing the keyboard !

Thanks again ! You made my day !

By: Jekteir

Jekteir — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:26:10 +0000

Hey,

Thanks for the informative article.

My S key popped off my Toshiba Satellite keyboard, and I popped it back on no problem. However, it now always pops off at the top left when I hit it too far to the bottom right. None of the bracket pieces/keyboard clips seem broken, however. Do you think I should try putting a tiny bead of superglue between the cap and the soft plastic teat, so that the cap can’t pop off any more? I tried taking off my D key and it was a lot harder to get off (but looked the same inside). I’m wondering if they treat these keys with adhesive?

Thanks,

Jek

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By: IraqiGeek

IraqiGeek — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:24:48 +0000

ALTURIAN,

never seen such a piece. I have no idea what you are talking about.

Do you have pics to show what you are talking about???

By: ALTURIAN

ALTURIAN — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:09:36 +0000

I have noticed on the rubber boot that is in the spot for the ey i am missing, yes it’s the ey that you don’t see me typing from the eyboard. There seems to be a small metal piece that is attached to it that is required to contact the lower part of the board to get the character to input. Is this true for all the laptop eyboards out there?

By: IraqiGeek

IraqiGeek — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:34:39 +0000

if you mounted the brackets correctly, the key should snap on without problems. unless you have brocken the tiny pins that hold the key or mounted the bracket incorrectly, you should have no troubles at all in fitting the key back on.