On Jun 7, 2010, at 10:08 AM, smac0031 wrote:
> I got a new keyboard, used, some of the function keys don't work. I
> think I have enough parts to make one functional keyboard.
>
> All the keys work on my bucktoothed keyboard except for the missing
> F3. The new used keyboard has all the keys but the left command keys
> and the spacebar don't work.
>
> The simplest thing would seem to me is the pry the F3 off the new
> keyboard and put it on the old keyboard.
>
> Are there any tricks to this?
>
All of this depends on what kind of keyboard you have, but there's a tool
called a key-cap puller:
<http://tinyurl.com/25ueu6d> which is easy enough to bodge up for yourself.
Mine is made from a wooden stick and two bent-up paperclips.
The real one is made from springier wire, we have one at work.
> Also, what would make me very happy is to suck all the crumbs out of
> my old keyboard.
Ahh, this is the old white Apple keyboard with the clear 'crumb display case'
bottom, right? :-)
> My shop vac was ineffective in sucking these things
> out. I think I need to open the back of the keyboard to do this. I
> notice there seem to be 4 screws with some sort of drive I don't
> recognize with my readers on.
Hmm, the Apple keyboard I have to hand is the white one with the clear case,
and it's got three hex screws.
Again, we need to know what keyboard you have.
Missing keycaps can be replaced, but non-working keys are a different thing.
You can use any old USB keyboard with the Mac, there are programs to swap the
control and command keys on Windows keyboards so you can use them as well.
Your best bet might well just be to get a new keyboard.
--
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
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