On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 6:04 PM, MBR <[email protected]> wrote: > I can definitely vouch for Jerry's statement, "you cannot remove ALL cat > hair from a years old laptop keyboard. Ever." A few weeks ago the "x" key > on my keyboard became intermittent. For most people, this is merely a > problem. For us Emacs users, an intermittent "x" key is an unmitigated > disaster! > > So just last week I examined things more closely and found LOTS of cat fur > under the keys. Compressed air was useless. Luckily I found a website with > instructions on how to remove individual keycaps from my laptop's keyboard. > So I pulled the "x" keycap off and picked out bits of cat fur with > tweezers, and then with the keycap off and most of the cat fur removed, the > compressed air was much more effective. Since there was fur crossing keycap > boundaries to adjacent keys, I then gave all the keys surrounding "x" the > same treatment. My "x" key now works reliably. > > However, no matter how hard I tried or how long I spent, there was ALWAYS a > little bit of cat fur I couldn't get out. > > Mark Rosenthal
Would an external USB keyboard have helped? Scott > > On 4/25/2012 7:35 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote: >> >> On 04/24/2012 09:27 PM, David Kramer wrote: >>> >>> I cleaned a lot of the cat hair out of my computer, so it no longer >>> has R25 insulation ;) I say "a lot of" because I have determined you >>> cannot remove ALL cat hair from a years old laptop keyboard. Ever. I >>> also blew out the fans, etc. That should make it run cooler. The >>> keyboard sure does feel and sound different. >> >> I think the biggest win here is the fans and filters. >>> >>> - Just an hour ago I took out the 2x1GB sticks and installed 2x2GB >>> sticks. According to the BIOS after the system takes its tithe I have >>> about 3.35GB for me. I'm sure that will make a huge difference. I >>> bought for my wife's laptop (a D830, since she bought hers a year after >>> mine). >> >> Looks like a 32-bit system. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2411/4957 - Release Date: 04/24/12 > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
