On Tue, Jul 09, 2024 at 11:05:57PM +0200, Marco Gaiarin wrote:
Someone give me an T480 that have some keys on bottom row (N, M and ; ) that
does not work.
Just tried the simple things, like use compressed air to clean under the
keys...
Two question.
1) keyboard and system in general does not depict visible damages: no crack,
no remains of spilled fluids, ...
How can some keys simply stop working?
probably circuit board wire with a crack across it - are
you an EMPHATIC TYPIST? Put that hammer away. Anyway,
a thin wire can be soldered on, if you learn which keys
should be electrically connected ... but are not.
This approach is for the technically capable and adventurous.
2) i think i'll have some trouble to find a spare
italian keyboard; there's
some way to buy a generic/USA keyboard and 'adapt' to italian users, apart
putting stickers on keys? I can 'pop' keys and subsitute them?
Ebay, enter: T480 Italian Keyboard
Many listings from China, some from UK and Germany,
at least for an Oregon USA search.
If you find a keyboard that works, and plan to keep using
a hammer on your keyboard (forte! vigoroso!) you should
purchase a spare keyboard.
Before that, you should also try removing your keyboard
(typically 3 screws and a "flat connector") and tapping
it edgewise on a table - something might come loose,
that wedges a key in the wrong position.
Keep the old keyboard - a key cap may pop loose someday
on the new keyboard, and an old keycap might replace it.
Keith
P.S. Thank you for the opportunity to research this. I
use ancient T60 thinkpads, and I can still purchase new
Chinese-made US keyboards for those 18 year old machines.
I retrofit 2048x1536 displays into them.
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Keith Lofstrom keithl(a)keithl.com