Hi. I've serviced older systems like this in my time and it's a little fiddly, depending on how the key came off, the mounting bosses may have bent or been damaged.
as it's an early macbook, the best thing is a keyboard replacement. if you were in the UK I could source a replacement keyboard for about £35 and thin installing it, besides further testing and cleaning of the fans, etc. a macbook strip down is not as easy as it may look as you have to use special apple tools for certain areas including spreading the case and disconnecting certain parts to remove the keyboard. you have to look after kit like this as even when second hand, it's still worth a lot of money and apple parts still command a high price tag. an option for you would be to acquire an apple USB keyboard or apple bluetooth keyboard and use that as the primary keyboard. lew On 7 Apr 2012, at 21:39, Brent Harding wrote: > Hi there. I have an older Mac Book, the one I posted about getting its plug > in the car door, and at times, I think some of the keys don't register as I > think the keyboard may be starting to wear out. One problem I have is kind of > self-inflicted, but this thing has probably been out of warranty for a couple > years now. When I got it, there were what felt like those stickers you might > use to put prices on items on each key, and those got slippery and yucky > feeling over time so I removed them, but the left arrow came with it's > sticker, and I couldn't get it back down. Unfortunately, in Wisconsin, the > Apple Stores there are would be several hours of driving, so I'm not sure how > one could put a new left arrow on. I think the little rubber thing came up > with it when removing the paper thingies, but it kind of works just resting > there. Is this easily fixed, and what would something like that cost if I > took it to some generic place that happens to work with Mac stuff? I never > used to type a real lot with this thing, but having a work experience coming > up, a bad keyboard might not be such a good thing. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
