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Day: July 21, 2006

How-to Fix A Laptop Keyboard

July 21, 2006 by Eliot 35 Comments

laptop keyboard

The keyboard on [IraqiGeek]’s aging Averatec started to fail after two years of use. He didn’t want to pay $60-80 for a replacement. Instead he decided to dissect a cheap membrane keyboard and use the key contacts out if it. The how-to is really thorough and covers the disassembly and reassembly of the complex key supports in the notebook.

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