<div dir="auto">Last ditch effort, you can try disassembling the whole keyboard and run the parts through a dishwasher on a no-heat dry quick cycle. I've saved a X220 keyboard while traveling this way. If you Google around you can find other people's experiences doing this with a multitude of keyboards. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. <br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">--<br>Rubin (he/him)<br><a href="mailto:rubin@starset.net">rubin@starset.net</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 16:21 Stefan Monnier <<a href="mailto:monnier@iro.umontreal.ca">monnier@iro.umontreal.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I love my UltraNav USB keyboard, which gives me the same keyboard with<br>
the same trackpoint on my desktop as on my old T61 laptop. I also like<br>
the fact that it comes with a builtin USB hub where I can plug my mouse.<br>
<br>
Sadly, a spill seems to have killed it for good: most of the keys still<br>
work, but many don't, despite my effort to clean them (including<br>
removing the key itself, and cleaning the underneath scissor thingies:<br>
just pressing directly on the rubber cup that's under the key still<br>
doesn't elicit any response, so presumably the problem is in the actual<br>
tiny switch that sits under that rubber cup and I haven't found any hint<br>
about it being repairable.<br>
<br>
Lenovo doesn't sell them keyboards any more, and while I may still find<br>
some on ebay they're really expensive (and/or come with layouts I don't<br>
like).<br>
<br>
So I'm wondering if maybe I can replace just the keyboard part itself,<br>
maybe using a keyboard part from a laptop. Does anyone know what would be<br>
a compatible part number for these things or has performed such a swap?<br>
<br>
<br>
Stefan<br>
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