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    6324 Broken Keyboard

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by corin555, Feb 24, 2008.

  1. corin555

    corin555 Notebook Geek

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    last night some of the buttons on my keyboard just stopped working!
    i dont know why or how, they just stopped

    for example, the spacebar, enter, right shift, b, and n buttons dont work
    all of the other letter keys and left shift do though!!

    how can i fix this?
    what happened??

    i had overheating problems before, but dont know if they are related
     
    corin555, Feb 24, 2008
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  2. tumnasgt

    tumnasgt Notebook Evangelist

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    If you remove the keyboard and re-seat the ribbon cable, that might help, it's happened to me before.
     
    tumnasgt, Feb 24, 2008
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  3. corin555

    corin555 Notebook Geek

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    ok
    how do you do that?
    i have no idea!
     
    corin555, Feb 24, 2008
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  4. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    I agree that the ribbon cable connector is the first suspect.

    I haven't got as far as removing the ribbon cable, but the preceding steps are to (i) turn off, disconnect power, remove battery; (ii) turn over and remove the screws with the keyboard symbol (one is inside the RAM compartment); (iii) turn right way up and open the display then work round the edge of the keyboard with a small screwdriver to unclip the edges; (iv) turn keyboard over (back edge towards the front of computer) and then unlatching the ribbon cable.

    There are various threads about keyboard removal, including my thread about installing turbo memory. I recall someone posted a link to a Zepto support document. Search this forum.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Feb 24, 2008
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  5. corin555

    corin555 Notebook Geek

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    ok ill try that thanks
     
    corin555, Feb 24, 2008
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