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CatoniC

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From: sleepys

Joined: 2015-08-21

Posts: 512

How do I fix a keyboard ;-;

The "o" key on my laptop broke off, i tried fixing it but it didnt work so i took a key that i didnt use often, and switched those two:
(Sorry if the picture is too big)

And so i was missing the "-" key. Then all of a sudden, my "i" key fell off... I tried taking off the "]" key off since i dont use it much. And now I broke 2 keys.

I was like...Hm maybe the "Alt" key will have two of the retainer clips. AND I TOOK IT OFF BUT THERE WERE RETAINER CLIPS THAT DOESNT MATCH THE REGULAR ONES. I FORCED THE ALT KEY BACK ON BUT NOW IT DOESNT WORK. NOW I BROKE 3 KEYS. Someone help ;-;

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Zoey2070

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From: Shakuras

Joined: 2015-02-15

Posts: 5,504

Re: How do I fix a keyboard ;-;

okay, let me tell you a thing, mostly because i know this subject first-hand due to my own stupidity

laptop keyboards and desktop keyboards are made of entirely different kind of switches, u feel?
w/ desktop keyboards (and by that i mean external ones, including mechanical ones)

so w/ external ones you can just pop off keys and put them back on with little fuss

but on laptops they have a more compact and slimmer design so they break pretty easily because of the disgusting clips because most people aren't just tearing off keyboard keys
so u probs can't just get it back on and have it work 100%. i can't tell the exact kind of thing ur keyboard is b/c of the crap image quality but my school laptop had scissor-switches which, once broken, are like... so hard to fix. but i kinda macgyver'd it with tape.

basically the tl;dr of it is this:

taking it to a place to get it fixed is ur best bet

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Re: How do I fix a keyboard ;-;

Moved to Off-Topic. Q&A is for EE Q&A only.

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Re: How do I fix a keyboard ;-;

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