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    Button broke off keyboard....Can't get it back in!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ps2cho, Dec 17, 2007.

  1. ps2cho

    ps2cho Notebook Evangelist

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    My stupid light above my laptop fell off (The shielding) and it knocked out my F4 key and for the love of God I can't get it back in.

    It's not broken and everything is intact, as you can see in the picture.

    I just can't fit the damn key back into the hooks that I circled.

    Nobody here happened to have the same thing and get theirs back in?

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    Much appreciated!!!

    Thanks!
     
    ps2cho, Dec 17, 2007
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  2. FearTheTerp

    FearTheTerp Notebook Consultant

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    This has happened to my desktop keyboard before. It was hell but I got it back in. A picture of the inside of your F4 key would be nie too.
     
    FearTheTerp, Dec 17, 2007
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  3. ps2cho

    ps2cho Notebook Evangelist

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    [​IMG]

    The left side in this picture goes into the right hooks in the first picture....It's just the second set I can't seem to get in because the other keys make it hard to fit in.
     
    ps2cho, Dec 17, 2007
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  4. FearTheTerp

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    I would bend the F5 back just a little bit to try to fit the second side back in. I don't see any other you can possibly do it. Sorry I can't be of more help. Maybe a online search can give you answers you need.
     
    FearTheTerp, Dec 17, 2007
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  5. Bombers

    Bombers Notebook Geek

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    Try fitting one end at an angle and push in and maybe it will pop in or sit it flat on the nubs and try to slide it left and right.
     
    Bombers, Dec 17, 2007
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