Had to Replacemy keyboard.....omg
By m0mmy0f03
@m0mmy0f03 (364)
United States
July 13, 2008 5:22pm CST
Last week my 10 month old son thought it would be fun rip off my buttons on my keyboard. He only got the number one off. I had to contact customer support so I could get it fixed. They told me that they would send a new keyboard out put I had to put it in myself. I was freaking out. I know a little about computers but I don't mess with the inside parts they are to scare for me. I received the new keyboard and in braked on a journeying on installing a new keyboard on my laptop. Now, I was scared because I new one mess up and I would have to replace my keyboard. So, I sat down at the table and read the instructions 2 times just to make sure. then I took out the million screws in the back of my laptop. Popped open the back and took some more screws out laying them in a neat pile to to mix them up. Then I popped off the keyboard and put the new one in after 5 mins of trying to get the connector right finally got it in. Put all the screws back in the right place and closing everything up. Now was the test if I didn't mess it all up. Turned the power on and it was the longest 1 min I have ever had. I slowing went to enter my password and YAY it worked. I was so excited I ran to my husband and said " I did it! I did it! I FIXED THE KEYBOARD AND IT WORKED!" He just looked at me like I was a nut case and said" good job babe" I can't believe I did it. I'm so proud of myself. Has anyone else had to do something like this?
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6 responses
@venkygec (783)
• India
14 Jul 08
Congratulations on your success to replace your keyboard... Yes its very difficult for people without much knowledge about computers to fi some problem... But you did it...
Im a computer engineer, and its very easy for me... If you still have any problem then you could ask me... Im there to help you out...
@m0mmy0f03 (364)
• United States
21 Jul 08
Hello thanks for the comment venkygec. I do have a question for you maybe you can help.
Ok I have a Gateway Laptop and My screen gets flip to the side and I have to hit fn f4 to get it back. Sometimes it does it by it self. WHat do you think?
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@m0mmy0f03 (364)
• United States
14 Jul 08
Thanks for the comment! Yea It was scaring and I hope I never have to open up my laptop again...lol
T-katt*
@amitavroy (4819)
• India
14 Jul 08
will replacing keyboard is a real big task which have done according to me. If the keyboard was for the desktop computer then it isn't an easy thing to do but when you are working on a laptop it is something which needs a lot of opening screws and fixing the keyboard and I think if not done properly you can really screw yourself up rather than opening this crew of your laptop. time got that they have done it properly and I hope
you will make it a point that it is kept out of reach of your son because it is actually not his fault anyway but it did cost you are lot. I think it is not a very cheap part when you are buying a keyboard for your laptop. A general desktop keyboard ranges from 400 to 500 Indian currency to thousands but when it comes to a laptop keyboard I can guarantee you it will definitely be more than 2000 bucks in Indian currency and that is one big problem. Anyways thanks for sharing the experience
@m0mmy0f03 (364)
• United States
14 Jul 08
Thanks or the comment! Yes we hav e made a point to keep it up very high so he
can't get it. I wasn't mad at him for doing it. I really thought it was funny
because I didn't know a 10 month could do such a thing. It didnt cost nothing
this time it was under warrenty thank god.
T_katt*
@carolbee (16230)
• United States
14 Jul 08
I had to replace my keyboard on our desktop. It's a simple replacement because all I had to do was plug it in the back of the tower. I spilled a regular Pepsi on the keyboard. So I bought a new Microsoft keyboard about a year ago. Now the letters are coming off the keyboard. Good thing I can type without looking at the keys. Only have to make sure my fingers are placed on the right keys to begin with otherwise my typing looks like another language.
Good job. I do have a laptop but never use it.
Have a good day,
carolbee
@m0mmy0f03 (364)
• United States
14 Jul 08
Thanks for the comment. I wish It was that wasy to just plug it in the back of the
tower. But no everything I have is diffucalt....lol O well one more thing to say I
have done in my life huh?
T-Katt*
@ShepherdSpy (8544)
• Omagh, Northern Ireland
14 Jul 08
I did an electronics servicing course at tech,but never took it up as a Job..I've gotten 3 ipods going again that my family had given up on! 
@ertzinas (239)
• Finland
13 Jul 08
Nice, i myself tried to fix my keyboard once which had "sticky keys" probably because i spilled coke on em one night. I opened the keyboard up with screwdiver and cleaned all the dirt inside it. Little i did know that the keys has to be in exact same place or you are messed up like when you press "i" it comes as "u". Man that was a pain, but then i opened it up again and made sure that it is in exactly right place and tried again and it worked. I don't really know why i even bothered back then. The keyboard only cost a few euros. Hardly worth the trouble to fix it when you buy new one cheaply. Well every money u save is for nicer use :)
@m0mmy0f03 (364)
• United States
14 Jul 08
Lol....When I had a desk top I did the same thing and it took me liek 2 hours to get the keys right...
Thanks for the comment.
T_katt*
