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Article #40Re: HOW DO YOU GET THE KEYS BACK ON?
From: James & Carla Buss
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 13:59
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 13:59
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Some keyboards are made so that if the keys break off or are pried off, they are broken permanently. If you don't have one of these keyboards, then usually you just have to give even pressure straight down the center of the key. "Barry A. Watzman" wrote: > > Normal letter keys are one thing. Large keys with "equalizer" mechanisms are > much trickier (this includes the spacebar always, often the return (Enter) key, > sometimes the shift keys and a few others). > > obs wrote: > > > hmm, on my 600E, i've popped all the keys off before so that i could > > clean underneath. popped them back on and everything works as if > > nothing happened. > > > > > I lost several keys on an old keyboard years ago. Alas, it's the > > > beginning of the end. Once off, they're designed to resist tinkering. > > > > > > >Four of the keys popped off my IBM Thinkpad and I can't get them to snap > > > >back in. Is there a secret to this?
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