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    I'm going Freaking Nuts

    Discussion in 'HP' started by spawn1980, Jan 9, 2010.

  1. spawn1980

    spawn1980 Notebook Guru

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    I had a HP 6930p that I build from parts. My problem is when my laptop is running for a while my keyboard stops working. No it's not the keyboard because I bought another to find out its fine. and it's also not the Mobo. The problem is the heatsink is touching the keyboard and causes it to malfunction there was suppose to be a keyboard shield but I can't find it separate from the $80 keyboard kit.. Is there a alternative that I can make just to keep the keyboard from touching the H.S...

    This is the actual picture of the shield from the $80 Kit below.
     

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  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Some paper?
     
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  3. spawn1980

    spawn1980 Notebook Guru

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    Wouldn't that catch on fire??? :eek:
     
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  4. KLF

    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    If your laptop runs so hot that it can actually catch on fire, you have more problems than just the keboard not working :D
     
    KLF, Jan 9, 2010
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  5. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    go to the local hardware or home improvement store and buy/beg them for a small scrap of tyvec home wrap. Tyvec home wrap is for a fact non-conductive. If you try to use an old floppy disk sleeve, well, those things **are** conductive and you'll likely cause damage to the machine.
     
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  6. spawn1980

    spawn1980 Notebook Guru

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    What if I use a flat piece of metal or some type of hard plastic just like the actual hp keyboard shield. Do you think it would work?
     
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    no metal, think short circuits. if the original piece is plastic, use plastic.
     
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    chrixx Product Specialist NBR Reviewer

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    Tape it over.
     
    chrixx, Jan 9, 2010
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    spawn1980 Notebook Guru

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    Hey guys'
    Can one of you direct me to a store or site that would have THIN heat resistant plastic that I can put under my keyboard 4"x4"
     
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  10. Jay_d

    Jay_d Notebook Consultant

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    goto a hobby shop or something and get a sheet of lexan plastic
     
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    I got a piece a Plexiglas that resist temperatures up to 200 anything past that then it would start to bend. That should work right?
     
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    probably too thick. use the tyvek I suggested.
     
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  13. yuio

    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

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    paper didn't work? all you need to is stop if from conducting. paper has to be over 100C to burn. which is well below where you computer should be.
     
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    on the same vein as paper, maybe use cardboard?

    I don't know if you need this piece of material to be stiff, but if not, you can try a plastic CD sleeve.
     
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    Paper, as Ray Bradbury reminds us, generally burns at 451 degrees Fahrenheit.

    But if you subject paper to constant heat, it will become brittle, carbonize, and at that point it can flash-over or simply disintegrate.

    Don't be cheap or silly. Get something suitable for purpose. I'll bet you had a spare 45 minutes this afternoon that you could have spent getting some non-conductive Tyvek instead of asking if this scrap or that left-over will work.
     
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