Comments on: Howto: Laptop Keyboard Repair

By: LondonLaptopRepairs

LondonLaptopRepairs — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:34:29 +0000

Very good guide dude, but when you hjave 1 or 2 keys missing, then your left with no choice but to replace the keyboard.

I’m yet to find a company which sells individual keys for laptop keyboards.

By: Londonlaptops

Londonlaptops — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:30:53 +0000

Very handy guide, especially for delicate keyboards

By: pahan

pahan — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:50:43 +0000

wow, thanks for perfect manual of keyboard repairs!

By: KyubiNoKitsune

KyubiNoKitsune — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:55:06 +0000

Okay, I’m leaving this message in hopes that my problem can be fixed.
I found this guide helpful, as I’m a very heavy typist. My keys have been wearing out lately since my PC is nearing its first birthday.
Last night my space bar stopped working.
It appears that the spring on the right side, the side where I type, is a bit worn down.
The only thing I wish this guide had was a description on how to take the keys off without breaking the bracket off.
I tried to repair an acer key once, and I broke the bracket while taking it off. Luckily that was my f5 key.
Now, I’m confident that if I can just get the key off I can fix the problem.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.

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.

By: Fixing dead laptop keyboard keys >> Inside my laptop

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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