You might try carefully cleaning the keyboard with canned air or a special vacumn attachment. I have a 520C which I like and just had some minor work done on, but I have a passive-matrix screen with some weird lines in it. Also, the hinges have been fixed, but the bottom plastic piece on the screen is missing. You might try a very soft brush with very thin bristles and use it very carefully. Maybe, you could turn the machine upside down carefully and very carefully tap it on the bottom. Good luck.
Gary on 4/5/02 8:04 PM, Seth Hurwitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've got a 520c that has had some upgrade work done, some successful and > some not so. A few years back I upped the ram to max and installed a > 100mhz PowerPC. Great decision. More recently, I took it to someone > recommended by a not-so-knowledgeable friend, along with a 540c screen > (wanted active matrix and the passive screen was developing problems) > bought on eBay and a 500 meg replacement hard drive. They did the work > and I picked up the blackbird without closely examining it (big mistake) > as I was in the middle of a bunch of projects. Well, some time passed > and I wanted to take the computer on the road and noticed the "end cap" > for one of the battery bays was missing. Then I noticed the keyboard > keys were sticking a bit and felt very stiff, and to top it all off, > there was a small hair stuck somewhere in the screen! It had been so > long I didn't feel like I could take it back and complain, so again I > put it away (after jumping up and down and cursing). But I'd like to get > the keyboard back to it's nice feeling and get rid of the hair (!). And > oh yes, I found the end cap! It was lodged _inside_ the battery bay! I > removed it by loosening the bottom screws and prying it out with needle > nose pliers. My question is, and sorry to rant so long, does anyone have > advice for checking/fixing the keyboard? I'll just start unscrewing > stuff and go in with some compressed air to try to take care of that > hair. Thanks!! > > Seth -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
