My "U" key is not registering WHY????

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I cleaned my keyboard and the u key is skipping more and more. I like this laptop for A2K, Id hate to have to trash it.
ANY IDEAS for repair? any contact restore sprays or such?

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[+5] - parados - 03/25/2012[quote="farmerman"] Upon cleaning the crud out I did not remember eating any of that stuff caught under the key [/quote] Of course you didn't eat it. That's why it was under the key.
[+3] - hingehead - 03/25/2012They are on a laptop. Right pain in the butt the one time I did it.

@farmerman,

I have an old laptop that has several bad keys. and one that is missing because I couldn't put it back, and I have cats.

they have verra tiny attaching pieces that are hard to line up...

stinky still won't say what they did with it.

you might try a vacuum and suck the dirt out of it. (if all your keys are tightly attached)

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Prise up the key and see if there is any dirt or lint trapped.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_UpsWn0TA4ug/SyLr-G9xsOI/AAAAAAAAAHE/cmyF96nagm4/5bad321b4035ec2a5b362284eca0df8e.jpg

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@contrex,

Thanks gys, I did not know we cold pry the key off. Im gonna use a knife K?

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@farmerman,

not a crocodile dundee knife, eh...

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@farmerman,

Ok I did it and as you see I got my u back. That leads to a second question, HOW do I get the key back on? uuuuuuu Oh I love the letter u, its so useful in polite communication and it catches rainwater too

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@farmerman,

Upon cleaning the crud out I did not remember eating any of that stuff caught under the key

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@farmerman,

let me know when you figger that out. in case the cats decide to give mine back...

I have some killer epoxy.

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@farmerman,

farmerman wrote:

Upon cleaning the crud out I did not remember eating any of that stuff caught under the key

Of course you didn't eat it. That's why it was under the key.

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@farmerman,

My problem is different; the letter(s) on the keys are disappearing, so I make up my own letter labels, and paste them on. A, S, D, C, V, K, L, M, < and (,) seems to be the most used.

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Next time it fails to register it will have to be deported.

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@farmerman,

farmerman wrote:

That leads to a second question, HOW do I get the key back on?

Align the key cap directly over the hinge, and equal spacing around the surrounding keys. Push down on the key cap until it snaps into the retainer. If it does not snap right in, you may need to work one corner at a time, start with a top corner and then the bottom.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_UpsWn0TA4ug/SyLsHhuy5nI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/cn5ZPR4jdtQ/560e56c4225404f0293806b653eb6d01.jpg

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@contrex,

and don't let the cats have it, for Pete's sake...

this is like deja vu all over again.

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@farmerman,

oh yeah, I do that alla time.

A key starts sticking, and I get to operate.

Before you know it, I've pried up, blasted compressed air into, and put back half the keys.

Strangely satisfying.

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@contrex,

yeeeah...

that's the other satisfying part....snapping them back into place.

oooooo.....good times.

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@chai2,

I use a tracker ball instead of a mouse, and I love popping the ball out (it reminds me of the ball in the movie "Minority Report" and picking out the rings of dust that accumulate around the little metal probes.

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@chai2,

Yeah, like new keyboards are gonna break the bank. Rolling Eyes

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@JTT,

They are on a laptop. Right pain in the butt the one time I did it.

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@hingehead,

I got it all fixed and reinserted the u key so its strait and Im back in business. Lotsa cat fur under the keyboard, I wonder what the other keys look like?

I dont wanna know.I am now of the opinion that laptop keyboards are more unsanitary than toilet seats

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@farmerman,

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Lotsa cat fur under the keyboard,

You've been eating cats?

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