Unstable keyboard fl90

HI, I've just received my fl90-s from zzf and have finished putting it together... Everything is running great but it seems like my keyboard is not properly fixed in the middle area near the f6-f8 region..... When I press there I can feel an empty space as if the keyboard wasn't resting on the frame... And since the power button cover is supported by the keyboard the whole thing is kinda wobly... And if I press strong enough there I can hear a clicking sound as if it was grabing a lock or something but if I remove my hand I goes back to its previous wobbly state...

 

i don't know if yours is the same as mine, but mine has some keyboard flex, around the f2-f4 key, mostly. about like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj9amA0BKYc&NR=1

i'm not sure if it can be fixed- but if anyone has a way to take care of this, i would be interested in a solution as well!

huh... this video shows one with a pretty stable keyboard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydsIRIWEnzQ

go figure.

 

It exactly what's on the video... I think it can be fixed by replacing the center screw by one one with a larger head...

 

wow. what a mess. the keyboard itself is bowed. which wouldn't be so bad if there were more than 2 screws holding the top down. the entire midsection of the upper keyboard is bowed up pretty badly.

it might be possible to put a washer or something on the mid screw to hold it down, but there is little space between the keys and the edge of the board so it's hard to get it right without the f9 key catching on the washer. that is besides the fact that the plate with the wow buttons and what not will not fit correctly with a washer in there to hold the keyboard down...ugh.

i wonder if there is a better keyboard available for this machine? one that is straight, i mean...

 

I was thinking about using some sort of ring larger than the screw that'll sit between the screw and the frame so that when you thighten the screw it locks the keyboard in place... I tried using a staple but it almost gouged me....

The keyboard is fine, it just that it need more fixation points... On my old Acer the keyboard had one screw in the middle and the left and the rest was secured by plastic thing that clipped onto the frame when you pressed the keyboard firmly...

 

hehe. i have been trying the same type of thing. but when that screw is not all the way in- the faceplate can't get all the way down. there is a little tab that i might just sand off the faceplate so that it can sit flush when the middle screw isn't completely in because of the washer. yikes.

well, i clamped that sucker down. the faceplate isn't quite flush, but i think it's more stable than when it was being pushed up by the keyboard bowing in the middle. i may dremel off the tab on the faceplate someday to make it flush. the keyboard is still not totally stable, but it's much better. i even notice the greater stability while typing. woot!

also- remember to cover that lcd when you are working. it's easy to accidentally scrape it with a screwdriver or something.

 

iI see....

 

I was messing around near the area of instability on my keyboard and I found that gently/slightly pushing down on that shiny part above the F1-F4 keys made my keyboard there WAY more stable. it kind of clicked into place when I pushed it, almost as if it wasn't snapped all the way down. I'll take some pics to show you what I mean if you'd like.

 

Please do so.

 

Right in the middle of the circle is the spot I pushed down and it snapped into place. Remember to do so gently, I hear some of the monitor cables are below so be careful.

 

it probably latched in there. if they are like the clevo's they have small spring clips that hold them in place

 

I'm talking about this part, the green circle....

 

Try lightly applying pressure to the area and see if it snaps down. Don't jam it down, but slowly apply pressure. If your finger starts to bend because of pressure on it, your pressing to hard and it probably won't fix your problem.

 

I can hear a snap but it doesnt stay there, the keyboard push it upward.... I was replacing the screw in that area wwith something with a larger head.

 

i think what is happening, is the faceplate is snapping into place and holding the keyboard down better. when my faceplate is all the way snapped in, it helps with the instability- but i put a washer on the middle screw that holds the keyboard in the middle and the difference is night an day. booya! haha... even though the keyboard is now held down in three places at the top- the f1-f4 keys are still a bit flexy, but not bad.

what i am wondering is- are there two keyboard versions for this machine? vbi and something else? if you look at these two videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj9amA0BKYc&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydsIRIWEnzQ

one keyboard is flexy like mine and another looks solid. hmmm... anyone know the answer? the wow buttons are different too.

 

I think the buttons might have something to do with it. Like the heat activated ones versus the standard buttons.

 

well one of those is a fl90 and the other is a ifl90

 

sure- but are the keyboards different? they are obviously built off the same barebone, aren't they?

 

mabye not they have different buttons up top maybe that adds stability? who knows

 

I fell from my bike pretty hard today with the laptop in backpack: still working perfectly and no scratches thanks to the sleeve and the keyboard flex disappeared.

 

wow. awesome. but forgive me if i don't try your method.

 

lol that's pretty dangerous.... But that makes me think that the keyboard can be clipped...

 

Stuff like this never happens to me.

 

Lol it was my lucky week, but i figured out that pressing the region under the screen work too.