If you don't have any luck cleaning up the keyboard, there is a new model of this keyboard, and unless you need the touchpad (which the new one doesn't have), the new one is a nicer keyboard too.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002ONCC6G -Mike On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 6:56 AM, Stefan Monnier <[email protected]>wrote: > The "n" key on my "USB Ultranav travel keyboard" (a thinkpad keyboard > for desktop computers) started to work overtime while I was away. > Now just placing the finger on the key with a very light pressure is > enough to send "n" to the application, even though the pressure was not > enough for the spring-resistance to give in (i.e. it did not "click"). > > I often rest my finger on the "n" key (yup: I don't touch type), so > I end up regularly sending a bunch of "n" (thanks to auto-repeat) to > whichever application I happen to be looking at. > > I figured it could be some crumb-like thingy stuck under the keycap, but > no amount of compressed air seemed to make any difference, and the > mechanical feeling of the key is completely normal. > > Any idea if that's something I can fix? Is there some trick to removing > the keycap without harm? Would looking underneath the keycap help me > figure out what's going on? > > I love that keyboard and they're discontinued (I found a few ones sold > around the net, but they seem to all come in non-US layout), so any help > to keep it in shape would be very welcome. > > > Stefan > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
