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As long as nothing broke and the white clip is still on the board and not attached to the key you can simply press it back on and it will snap in place. It the white clip came off the keyboard and it is not broken it is a little trickier. You have to line it up so that it slides under the metal prongs on the board itself. If either of them actually broke then you might have a problem, as I have not seen any way to replace them outside of a whole new keyboard.
If the the little plastic connector pieces are broken, you can order new ones at laptopkey.com
I work at an IT store and just recently fixed a keyboard actually. The f3, f4, f5, f10, f11 keys were all banged up and stuck. Just took them off and realigned the plastic pieces. Once the two connectors are in place, just center the key and press down firmly on all four corners until you here the click. That's all there is to it! To get the connector pieces in, attach one end first. Then get a flat, pointed tool to help get the other end it. Use one finger to hold the other end in place while doing this. Reason to use a flat object is because two fingers is too crowded. A decent computer tool set will have this. Or you can use a razor blade, box cutter, or even your wife's nail filer.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
