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From: TimF	8/17/2021 12:41:44 PM
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Anyone ever replace a keyboard on a laptop? My almost 6 year old laptop's keyboard isn't functioning that well. It started with the 3 key which got stuck massively. Used a software utility to disable that key and when I want to type 3 I just used the numpad. (can't enter a pound sign though). That worked fine but now the e key sometimes has to be pressed multiple times to register, the t key as well, and the backspace and directional arrow keys are starting to stick (although not as bad as the 3 key did. And oddly one of my shift keys works fine with some letters and not with others (hard to get a capital C, although it worked perfectly as I typed this) I might just try pulling out the keyboard and cleaning things out, but a replacement might be required. Doesn't seem to be too hard judging by this video (same model as my laptop) youtube.com I also though about trying to clean and repair the individual keys but that seems like as much work per key as replacing the whole keyboard. Have to buy a new keyboard but I found non-backlit ones for about $15, and backlit ones for about an additional 10 or 15.

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