Hey.
I just noticed that my "I" key makes an eerie scraping noise when I press it. It is really annoying (for now, I have music playing). To my main question: Are there any precautions or tips that I should know before I remove the key? Thanks.
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Just pop it off evenly from one side. You probably got a crumb stuck under there
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Yeah, sometimes I can't resist a snack while browsing the forums
Thanks Brian. -
Mission accomplished, though it wasn't as easy as it sounded. Probably because I was too careful.
All I found under the "I" and the "O" key was a hair in them. Unless a crumb was picked up by the key and dropped, I don't see why it would make that sound... Oh well, it's better now and I'm happy. -
Be very careful when removing the keys. I had a sticky 8 key and had no problem popping off the 8 cover and seeing the tiny piece of sand stuck under the gizmo that levers the key up and down. Did I carefully remove the sand and leave the gizmo alone? No, I popped the gizmo off too, thinking it should come off and on as easily as the key did. Well, it doesn't. I snapped these teeny little flanges off when I tried to pop it back in and ended up having to replace the whole keyboard! It was easy to do, but cost me $78 with shipping.
Moral: Don't remove anything but the actual key and be careful that the little rubber doohickey under it doesn't go flying across the room. And don't eat over your keyboard.
7000 Series key removal
Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Hellmanns, Nov 4, 2005.