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So my laptop keyboard is fucked-

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:29 pm
by sunset_gun_Archive
Changing the keyboard on my Thinkpad is pretty easy....I don't know a thing about Compaqs though.

Browse some forums. I am sure somewhere there is some fat kid is just dying for the chance to help "Steve" figure out how to fix his laptop.

So my laptop keyboard is fucked-

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:38 pm
by bassness_Archive
I replace laptop keyboards at work all the time. It's very simple. A few screws to remove and a connector to disconnect from the motherboard. One thing that isn't the problem is the driver. I'm sure you can find a keyboard online for less than $50.

So my laptop keyboard is fucked-

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:48 pm
by barndog_Archive
it's sort of a hack, but for the meantime you could just disable that key on your keyboard. Here's a link to a page on how to do it

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000949.htm

I think you can remap the character value to some other key if you need it. Beats getting a new computer.

So my laptop keyboard is fucked-

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:51 pm
by scott_Archive
FMajcinek wrote:I'm guessing that the only "essential data" on Steve's laptop is about a million hands worth of notes and info in his PokerTracker database.


And videos of people getting facialed. He loves him some facials.

Steve, here's the two things I would do.

One, pry up the offending key and look what if anything is jammed in there. The keys pop off and pop back on. It usually takes a minute to study the springing/key-holding mechanism to understand how to pop it back in right, but sometimes you can just put it in exactly the right place and push it down and it pops itself back in.

Two, you can get an external USB keyboard to use with it, in a pinch or just to use in general. Laptops are pretty much always better with an external USB mouse hooked up (seems weird at first but pretty quickly becomes apparent how much better it is than the onboard mouse.

And of course the replacement keyboard thing is an option, too. But there's a fine chance that all you need to do is pop off that offending key and find one of Todd's toenails under it and there ya go.

So my laptop keyboard is fucked-

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 5:23 pm
by frelnamp_Archive
This may or may not be helpful

http://www.applefritter.com/node/19402

So my laptop keyboard is fucked-

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 5:38 pm
by turnbullac_Archive
If all else fails, can't you also get an extra keyboard that plugs into a USB port?

So my laptop keyboard is fucked-

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 6:18 pm
by alandeus_Archive
Have you tried blowing?

So my laptop keyboard is fucked-

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 6:20 pm
by houseboat_Archive
Go with the USB keyboard. I fucked my laptop royally with boiling hot coffee one (1) time and beer two (2). Keys got stuck, so retard that I am, I just pulled those keys off, and anything that they were stuck to for good measure.

Laptop works okay, but something is probably rotting somewhere beneath.

So my laptop keyboard is fucked-

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 6:21 pm
by lemur68_Archive
alandeus wrote:Have you tried blowing?


It's not a Nintendo cartridge.

So my laptop keyboard is fucked-

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 6:23 pm
by big_dave_Archive
lemur68 wrote:
alandeus wrote:Have you tried blowing?


It's not a Nintendo cartridge.


how come when i touch my mushroom, i get bigger