[ltp] UltraNav keyboard replacement?

[Rubin Abdi]

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.

--
Rubin (he/him)
rubin at starset.net

On Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 16:21 Stefan Monnier <monnier at iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

> I love my UltraNav USB keyboard, which gives me the same keyboard with
> the same trackpoint on my desktop as on my old T61 laptop.  I also like
> the fact that it comes with a builtin USB hub where I can plug my mouse.
>
> Sadly, a spill seems to have killed it for good: most of the keys still
> work, but many don't, despite my effort to clean them (including
> removing the key itself, and cleaning the underneath scissor thingies:
> just pressing directly on the rubber cup that's under the key still
> doesn't elicit any response, so presumably the problem is in the actual
> tiny switch that sits under that rubber cup and I haven't found any hint
> about it being repairable.
>
> Lenovo doesn't sell them keyboards any more, and while I may still find
> some on ebay they're really expensive (and/or come with layouts I don't
> like).
>
> So I'm wondering if maybe I can replace just the keyboard part itself,
> maybe using a keyboard part from a laptop.  Does anyone know what would be
> a compatible part number for these things or has performed such a swap?
>
>
>         Stefan
>
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