[ltp] T61 Keyboard

[Richard Neill]

Marius Gedminas wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 08:05:49PM -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote:
>> The cat decided to lie next to my T61. When I shooed him away his claw
>> ripped the F3 keycap off. I have the keycap, but cannot get it back on
>> securely as it was before. 
>>
>> Luckily F3 is not often required, but I'd like to fix it. Has this
>> happened to anyone else? Any suggestions?
> 
> Assuming none of the plastic has broken off (which it shouldn't have;
> "use a little force" is how you take the keycaps off) it should be
> simple.  Put the keycap back on and press it down firmly until you hear
> a click.

Sometimes it helps to engage the back of the key (the edge nearest the 
screen) before you do the front. Play with the mechanism a bit to see 
how it works.

(If you have broken the key, you can get individual spares for about $2 
on eBay, or a new keyboard for about $20).

Richard

P.S. Has anyone ever managed to mod the keycaps so as to join the 
Windows key and left-ctrl together (and the AltGr + menu key), in order 
to have full-size meta-keys and correct the mistake of adding 
windows-keys? I should imagine that it's doable with some carbon-rod.