Received replacement T135 with flexible keyboard

I bought a pair of T135's at Christmas. Mine works fine but the one I bought for my daughter had a spot on the lefthand side of the keyboard that flexed a lot. I sent it back to newegg and just received the replacement today. I verified that it was a different machine, and it has essentially the same flex in the keyboard. My T135 has a solid keyboard, the T135 that I tried in bestbuy has a solid keyboard, but the 2 that I've received for my daughter have flexible keyboards. I'm not sure what to do now but I don't want to try getting another one or sending this one back to Toshiba for repair. I think I'll let her use it for awhile.

I've posted about this before- on the lefthand side of the keyboard there is an area around the ERTDF keys where you can press lightly on the key and the whole keyboard will flex a little before the key itself depresses, so the keyboard deflects under a very light touch. I would have thought that the keyboard itself would be made of a normal circuit board material and could not possible deflect that much unless it was cracked. Keyboards must be made of a more flexible material now and there is nothing under this particular spot to support it.

 

Am glad to hear you were able to get the fix!

Yes - manufacturers are trying to shave off as much weight as they can of late (or so it seems to me) ... and the keyboard is one of those areas that seems to be affected most often.