rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Oh, one other thing I should mention -- on most keyboards (at least the ones > I've cleaned) there are some metal pieces (essentially springs) under many of > the larger (wider) keys. I am pretty sure they are intended to allow > pressing > either end (or the center) of those long keys (e.g., the space bar). > > I am careful with those, also, to pay attention to how they are installed, > and > then to reinstall the same way, and also, during the reinstallation, I use a > toothpick to put a little bit of vaseline on the pivot point (where they > attach to the keyboard).
yeah, there can be a bit of a challenge to figure out some things. right now i have two keyboards i took apart to see if i could fix them or combine them to get one working keyboard but as it turns out there is some kind of pressure/ribbon connection inside that i've screwed up and now both are shot for sure. too bad as i really liked them, but they could not hold up to how i used them and broke (all plastic case is too flexible and eventually the connections inside fail if you use it unsupported propped across your lap). songbird