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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Caught somewhere between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace...
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Replacing the keyboard on a laptop???
Has anyone done this? I have a Dell that my son and I share, the "o" key came off and the brackety thing that holds it in place is broken so it won't go back on. Very annoying as "o" is such a common letter...I did a quick search last night and found a replacement keyboard for $25, the instructions on how to replace it seem simple but I'm wondering if it's really that easy or will we get it opened up and find major complications...
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Utah
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Its fairly simple and straight forward.
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: usually sunny SoCal
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the hardest thing to do for me was hooking the ribbon cable up to the new keyboard.
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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I have a Dell, and when The Boy-Rahn ripped off the 'A' and 'S' keys off I had to replace it. Dell sent me a new one with instructions and tools necessary to do so. Piece of cake. ![]() |
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Kansas
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This is pretty much a daily occurrence for me at work. We have a couple of laptop carts that we cart around for the kids to use, and 3-5 graders have a tendency to remove keys.
It's really straightforward. It sounds a lot more intimidating than it actually is. It's a process that takes maybe 5-10 minutes tops. |
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ashburn, VA
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When I ordered a replacement laptop keyboard from Dell, it didn't include instructions, and a Google search turned up more or less what I needed. The part that was left out was that there were 3 or so screws on the bottom of my laptop that needed to come out....once I figured that out, it was quick and easy.
Note: I did it at my parents' house because the Oz-monster would have made a very easy task into something else... /tk
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
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Depends on who's keyboard it is. With Dell, they got rid of ZIF sockets a long time ago, or at least all the ones I've seen. So, it's basically just plugging a cord into a little socket that's pretty straight forward. Some others have ribbon cables (*cough*HP*cough*) that you have to be careful not to break. Basically, remove the keyboard screws, pull up, unplug, and plug in and you're good.
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Head Cheerleader
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Caught somewhere between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace...
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Cool, thanks guys
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Troy, Mo
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Takes me about 30 seconds.
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