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  • Junk Parts
    Court Jester
    • Jun 2006
    • 8953
    • USA
    #1

    Bust Lappy Keyboard

    OK its a Dell C640. I was removing the keyboard to reinstall the CMOS battery. I popped the key with the windows logo on it off the keyboard. All four little tangs are still intact. Just how do I put it back on the keyboard? Its just another dumb moment for me!
    "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
    Mark Twain

    "I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way."
    John Paul Jones

    There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.
    Rod Serling
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    • ratdude747
      Black Sheep
      • Nov 2008
      • 17136
      • USA
      #2
      Re: Bust Lappy Keyboard

      i have fixed that before. it require careful work wit the fingers though. hard to explain in words.
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      (Insert witty quote here)

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        • Junk Parts
          Court Jester
          • Jun 2006
          • 8953
          • USA
          #3
          Re: Bust Lappy Keyboard

          My finger are dumb as dirt so I will toss it in a bag in the box as per your request. Thanks RD.
          "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
          Mark Twain

          "I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way."
          John Paul Jones

          There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.
          Rod Serling

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            • dood
              Deputy dood
              • Mar 2004
              • 2462
              • USA
              #4
              Re: Bust Lappy Keyboard

              They generally just pop back on, unless you've pulled everything off the board, in which case it's harder to do. I've got a whole box of them at work, so if I screw up the little metal tabs on the board itself, I generally just chuck the keyboard and throw a new one on.
              Ludicrous gibs!

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                • shovenose
                  Send Doge Memes
                  • Aug 2010
                  • 6575
                  • USA
                  #5
                  Re: Bust Lappy Keyboard

                  i have had varying stages of success. if the little lever things are intact, you have to stick one in, then lay the key down and press the other one in. the delete key on my hp laptop i no longer have came off, and i never figured out how to put it bck on. but the esc key on the same laptop was a cinch to put back on...
                  then again ibm didnt even put windows keys on their laptops for a period of time-so theoretically you dont need it

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                    • seanc
                      Badcaps Legend
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 1319
                      #6
                      Re: Bust Lappy Keyboard

                      Originally posted by shovenose
                      ibm didnt even put windows keys on their laptops for a period of time-so theoretically you dont need it
                      Unless like me, you rely on keyboard shortcuts. No Windows key, or it's in the wrong place, no sale.

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                        • shovenose
                          Send Doge Memes
                          • Aug 2010
                          • 6575
                          • USA
                          #7
                          Re: Bust Lappy Keyboard

                          yeah i know i use the windows key. thats why i dont use that laptop anymore (besdies the broken screen hinges)

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                            • Wizard
                              Badcaps Legend
                              • Mar 2008
                              • 2296
                              #8
                              Re: Bust Lappy Keyboard

                              Don't fret. I had popped off the keycaps on many notebooks.

                              Make sure the rubber dome is still there and look carefully at the key cap you will see 4 claws in pairs and carefully place this on the little nubs and press firmly down. You should hear clicks.

                              Cheers, Wizard

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