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    Can keys be removed from the keyboard?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Pleasure_Paulie, Aug 10, 2006.

  1. Pleasure_Paulie

    Pleasure_Paulie Notebook Geek

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    I have 2 keyboards for my e1405, and wanted to know if I can swap a single key from my older keyboard and replace it with another as the key has the letter rubbing off..

    Thanks!
     
    Pleasure_Paulie, Aug 10, 2006
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  2. s4iscool

    s4iscool Notebook Deity

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    wont knoow for sure until you try it. If the physical size is similar id try it, but once you get it off, you will have to see if the mechanism below the key and the clip points on the key itself are the same.
     
    s4iscool, Aug 10, 2006
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  3. Sam1

    Sam1 Notebook Evangelist

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    If the keyboard is identical, why not just replace the whole keyboard. Dell keyboards are easy to replace.
     
    Sam1, Aug 10, 2006
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  4. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

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    seriously.

    less than a 5 minute job.
     
    drumfu, Aug 10, 2006
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  5. s4iscool

    s4iscool Notebook Deity

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    doh, just saw the detail that he has the exact same keyboard. Well i guess you could go either route. replacing the keyboard will take more time, but less chance of snapping off a key improperly
     
    s4iscool, Aug 10, 2006
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  6. Syndrome

    Syndrome Torque Matters

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    Just let your little brothers and sisters get a hold of it, they'll pop keys off like you've never seen. lol.
     
    Syndrome, Aug 10, 2006
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  7. Metamorphical

    Metamorphical Good computer user

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    I would just replace the keyboard. Dell keys seems fragile (from my experience) and are easily broken if pulled off. (I am a bit of a monster in Brick and Morter stores and at kiosks...Shhh don't tell anyone. I could tell you which keys are easy to pull off, which ones break easy, and which ones pop on the easier.)
     
    Metamorphical, Aug 10, 2006
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  8. Sneakyasiankid

    Sneakyasiankid Notebook Consultant

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    A couple months ago on my I6000 i popped my "I" key out cuz food got stuck under it, and when i did it, it snapped a little plastic thing and the key would not stay in place. But then i called up dell and they sent me a new one :)
     
    Sneakyasiankid, Aug 10, 2006
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