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    How do the actual keys fall off the keyboards?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by tracerit, Jul 14, 2009.

  1. tracerit

    tracerit Notebook Consultant

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    I was looking at a few used laptops and I noticed a few, more than i thought, had missing keys from the keyboard. I'm curious how does this happen so much?
     
    tracerit, Jul 14, 2009
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  2. nacholambre

    nacholambre Notebook Consultant

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    What keyboard? Where are you looking at this?
     
    nacholambre, Jul 14, 2009
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  3. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    My Studio 15's keys are extremely hard to remove. You have to get a grip on two sides of the key, using your fingernails, and twist and pull the key cap off of its connector.
     
    Mastershroom, Jul 14, 2009
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  4. tracerit

    tracerit Notebook Consultant

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    haha Mastershroom, you replied to the last 4/4 threads I made ;) Hard to miss that green frog lol.

    I'm referring to the Studio 1555's keys. Good to know they're hard to remove!
     
    tracerit, Jul 14, 2009
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  5. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Yeah, you really have to work to pry these things out. :p
     
    Mastershroom, Jul 14, 2009
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    davidkneiber Notebook Consultant

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    i dont know... maybe the owners have babies or sum thing...
    well keyboard keys pop back into place...
    as long as you have a quality laptop like IBM or Lenovo...
    not sure about dells...
     
    davidkneiber, Jul 15, 2009
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  7. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    On the few occasions where I've removed keys from my Dell machines, they popped back into place easily.
     
    Mastershroom, Jul 15, 2009
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  8. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    It's 50-50 on key replacements.

    In my experience, Lenovo's and Toshiba tend to be the easiest to put back on--Dells Latitudes are about in the middle, HP and Compaqs tend break and are therefore the worst because you cannot put them back on.

    Cannot speak for the Studios...have not run into one yet so that is a good sign
     
    gerryf19, Jul 15, 2009
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  9. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Like I say, the Studio 15 keys are really solid. Hard to remove, almost impossible to do it accidentally, and the pop back in without much of a fight.
     
    Mastershroom, Jul 15, 2009
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  10. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    I've had a Ctrl key crack off of it's hinges once, but it was because I was using a screw driver to pry off the keyboard bezel and the point slipped straight under the key.
     
    namaiki, Jul 15, 2009
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