People with dv6/7 "Wavy Keyboard" LOOK HERE (workaround/possible solution)

Hey guys if any of you have the "wavy keyboard" problem, I actually found out its cause. The two screws that hold the keyboard in place are pulling the plastic down at those specific points, therefore depressing the areas around the semicolon key and the A key. By removing the two screws, the keyboard is completely flat. It should be safe to leave them off as long as you're not intentionally trying to pry the keyboard off. What do you guys think? Is there a way we could use the screws and get rid of the wave?

 

I have observed the same thing. Removing the central screw straightened the keyboard. The disadvantage is that now the keyboard feels a bit loosened and as a result more aggressive typing makes it produce clicking noises. The solution is to apply double sided tape (possibly thermal tape) to attach it to the laptop body. I have done this to another laptop but not to this one yet. On the other hand applying a double sided tape will make any further removing of the keyboard harder. For now I am OK with removing one of the screws.

 

I actually forgot about the wavy keyboard until this thread comes up. To be fair, I don't look at my laptop as often because I use an external monitor, but in this case, ignorance is bliss, my friend...

 

this kind of problem is common in other brands.
same with my asus. I just loosened the screw rather than taking it out completely.


^ignorance IS bliss. people get picky with their new laptops for the first couple months,
Like that other thread where the guy pushed different areas of the laptop and heard clicking noises, like the left part of the bezel, where you would rarely touch it.

these dv laptops are assembled fast in the factory, without too much concern for fit and finish.

 

Yeah, it's actually not too much of a problem for me. I think people (including me), are just really picky about the laptop for the first few days or weeks they have it, then after a while they don't really care or mind anymore especially when they are actually using the laptop haha. But I actually managed to get the keyboard almost completely straight after reassembling it one time, with both screws in too. Maybe I just got lucky with the way I put the keyboard in I guess.

 

I have a slight dip in my keyboard as well, and even loosened the screw a bit which didn't make any difference. But to tell you the truth, I don't even notice it and it hasn't been an issue. More of an annoyance that I think of occasionally when I'm reminded for whatever reason. I can live with it.