Interesting way to fix keyboard traces. I've never done that but will look next time a keyboard goes bad. With unsalvageable keyboards I cut up the transparent sheets and use them as small notebook covers. They have a cool high tech look. With the spare keys you can play fun spelling games with kids.
On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 at 11:56, Tim Tisdall via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 at 11:40, Alvin Starr via talk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have an asus of a similar design and the keys actually pop off. > > > > They were a pain to get back together but you may be able to pry off the > > power button and clean the contact. > > > > This may be of some general help. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txx05fh41z4 > > I actually did pop off the key yesterday and spent about an hour to > get it back on without breaking it. I didn't see anything that needed > cleaning and the rubber "cup" that acts as a spring seemed to be glued > and not removable. That video seemed to show a better way of getting > the key caps back on, though, so I'll definitely refer to it next time > a key cap pops off (I have one slightly broken key because I wasn't > careful enough in the past). Thanks! > > I've fixed a keyboard in the past where the wiring is basically a > traces on multiple plastic sheets. A keypress in registered when the > traces on the two different sheets make contact through holes in > another sheet where the buttons are. With the keyboard I fixed, I was > able to separate the sheets and fix the trace with some conducting > paint (you can buy it at an auto repair shop to replace the heating > lines on the back window of a car). However, almost every newer > keyboard glues those sheets together and makes it impossible to clean > or fix those traces. The one I have seems to have a metal backing and > melted plastic rivets holding it together. > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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