[ltp] T61 Keyboard

[John Jason Jordan]

On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:31:02 -0700
John Jason Jordan <johnxj@comcast.net> dijo:

> On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:33:38 +0100
> Richard Neill <rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk> dijo:
> 
> > Marius Gedminas wrote:
> > > 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.
> 
> That doesn't work. That is, the right side clicks in, but the left side
> is loose. The keycap doesn't fall off if I hold the computer upside
> down, but it is wobbly.
> 
> > 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).

OK, I have it sort of back on. Still a little loose, but I'm going to
live with it.

I went to eBay and found this guy:

http://tinyurl.com/nbrkfq

There are others on eBay with better prices, but this guy had pictures
of the various types. Mine is i-16, small key (F3), which explains why
what y'all were telling me wasn't working. Note that the i-16 style is
left to right, not top to bottom. So I needed to work from the left
side first, not the top first.

It's amazing that even on the same model Lenovo has used a wide variety
of keycap mechanisms. I wonder if we should ask the eBay guy if we
could copy his images for the Thinkwiki.