Broken keyboard key clips on laptop
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Hello everyone,
I have one of the two clips for the D key on my Compaq Presario laptop that is broken. The key no longer holds.
HP Compaq is asking for 223 euros for this repair because they want to replace the entire keyboard.
What can I do? I can't find these clips anywhere.
Thank you in advance for your help.
I have one of the two clips for the D key on my Compaq Presario laptop that is broken. The key no longer holds.
HP Compaq is asking for 223 euros for this repair because they want to replace the entire keyboard.
What can I do? I can't find these clips anywhere.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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Hello everyone, I'm joining this discussion a bit late because I believe you have all solved your problems, or at least I hope so, because charging such high prices when there is a very simple fix that takes 5 minutes and just a bit of effort is incredible, as laptop keys are not sturdy, and after my tip, they are even stronger and more flexible than the original!
So, I’m sharing my trick that I've been using for a long time (of course, notifying the client)
If you still have the intact key (that's the sine qua non condition), you remove the clip from the keyboard, the little "piece of white plastic." You scrape the inside of the key to make sure it is clean and has as few rough edges left by the broken clips as possible, while leaving the metallic parts in the hole left by the absence of the key.
In the middle of the hole where the broken key was, there is a small rubber cylinder; clean it but don’t touch it otherwise, and especially do not pull on it to remove it!
You take soft foam and cut a small square from this foam to the necessary thickness so that it does not stick up too high above the edge of the hole, and you make a slit three quarters of the way through this small square. Then you place it in the hole so that the small rubber cylinder is free in the slit of the square, but not too tight. You position the key over this foam to adjust the small square so that it is not too high and does not protrude from the key
and is invisible, ensuring the key you are going to glue does not stick up or sit lower than the others.
When all is OK, you apply quick-drying contact gel glue on the side facing the computer "be careful not to use too much," you let it rest for two or three minutes (the glue needs to dry a bit!)
Then you press down hard while placing the key on the foam until the small square is glued in the hole. You do the same operation with the key itself and press hard! Be careful not to glue the small rubber button but make sure it remains free!
Here’s a tip that I hope will help you and cost you less than a keyboard or repair. Having worked for a long time as a technician in places where ordered spare parts took months to arrive and where the equipment was guaranteed only until the door of the shop, I have plenty of tricks like this in many fields.
Bernard!!
So, I’m sharing my trick that I've been using for a long time (of course, notifying the client)
If you still have the intact key (that's the sine qua non condition), you remove the clip from the keyboard, the little "piece of white plastic." You scrape the inside of the key to make sure it is clean and has as few rough edges left by the broken clips as possible, while leaving the metallic parts in the hole left by the absence of the key.
In the middle of the hole where the broken key was, there is a small rubber cylinder; clean it but don’t touch it otherwise, and especially do not pull on it to remove it!
You take soft foam and cut a small square from this foam to the necessary thickness so that it does not stick up too high above the edge of the hole, and you make a slit three quarters of the way through this small square. Then you place it in the hole so that the small rubber cylinder is free in the slit of the square, but not too tight. You position the key over this foam to adjust the small square so that it is not too high and does not protrude from the key
and is invisible, ensuring the key you are going to glue does not stick up or sit lower than the others.
When all is OK, you apply quick-drying contact gel glue on the side facing the computer "be careful not to use too much," you let it rest for two or three minutes (the glue needs to dry a bit!)
Then you press down hard while placing the key on the foam until the small square is glued in the hole. You do the same operation with the key itself and press hard! Be careful not to glue the small rubber button but make sure it remains free!
Here’s a tip that I hope will help you and cost you less than a keyboard or repair. Having worked for a long time as a technician in places where ordered spare parts took months to arrive and where the equipment was guaranteed only until the door of the shop, I have plenty of tricks like this in many fields.
Bernard!!
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