On Saturday, June 4, 2005, at 10:41 PM, Meg wrote:
Hi Peter and James,
re: getting the keys back on..... :)
Are you talking about the thin metal rod that's used to keep the key
travel perpendicular? On this keyboard it's used for the shift keys,
the space bar, and probably the Enter key (any key that's long enough
to be tilted if pressing it on one side or the other)? If so, they
can
probably be put back together easily from the outside (without
disassembly), but they're tricky.
So is the "secret" for these to simply lift the wire bar up until it's
straight, then try to (delicately) put the key back on and hope for
the
best?
<snips>
the "trick" is to install the rod on the key first, then
insert the metal bar "feet" into the little tracks provided for them
(the tricky part - you can't see very well), then seat the key in the
switch and push it home.
Got them all in! Great trick. Thank you so much. I also used a
small
slotted screw driver to help seat the 'feet' into the little tracks.
Thank you for helping me become successful.
Boy, you're right, you can't see very well. Ano trick...put the enter
key in
before the shift key under it. I had to re-do it as I couldn't line
the enter
key up with the shift key in place.
<<<Keyboards, especially newer ones, have been engineered to the nth
degree and have eliminated all "fluff" from the design, and it's fairly
easy to break things in this process. Don't force it and you should be
OK. When you get it right, it just "goes on". The little tit (can I
say that here? ;) on the bottom of the key that goes into the switch
tower is especially prone.
Oh, groan. Those little black plastic things that the metal bar seats
into pop out easily...and yes, land on the floor.
I haven't encountered those yet. On the ones I've seen, the bar
attaches directly to the key and just pop in. Sounds like you had your
hands full.
Happily tho, I found
them and got them all back in okay. My neck hurts like the dickens;
but I'm typing with ease once again.
<<<Hope this helps.
It surely did...a whole bunch. Thank you again,
Meg
I'm pleased to have been of some help. 8^)
- Peter
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