[thelist] way OT -- keyboard woes

Anthony Baratta Anthony at Baratta.com
Tue Oct 16 22:30:01 CDT 2001


At 08:23 PM 10/16/2001, you wrote:
>a couple of the keys on my keyboard have died from overuse
>
>i've pried the caps off to see if there's an accumulation of grunge under
>them, but that's not the problem, and it looks like there's a rubber
>thingie under the cap, so maybe the electrical contact is grungy under
>that?  i don't want to pry the rubber thingie up, in case i rip it, but
>before i take the keyboard apart from the bottom, perhaps someone can
>advise whether i should even bother -- have i just pounded the key to
>death, or can it be fixed?   by me?


Just use a decent screw driver and remove the back. Clean out all the 
crumbs and use alcohol and a cottonball to clean the contacts. Put it back 
together and see if the keys work. 15 Minute job.

Or go get a new $12 keyboard. ;-)
---
Anthony Baratta
President
Keyboard Jockeys

"Conformity is the refuge of the unimaginative."





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