Yes the case can be opened and the keyboard disconnected or removed. There should be some screws on the top part holding it down. You will probably have to remove a cover right above the top of the keyboard. It will probably have some screws on the bottom of the laptop that hold the cover on and then it should just snap off...rich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Da Costa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 10:43 AM Subject: PCWorks: Laptop keyboard problems
> A friend of mine has been given a couple of discarded laptops and is trying > to get them working again. One of them, a Toshiba, has a faulty keyboard, > which not only types the wrong letters but also has a habit of appending > extraneous characters to whatever is typed. In short, the keyboard is > completely unusable. He tried attaching a normal external keyboard, which > works fine, but the problem is -- the laptop's own faulty keyboard keeps > chipping in and producing extraneous random characters. > > Question is this: does anyone know of a way of disconnecting the Toshiba's > built-in keyboard so only the external one is recognised? Can the case be > opened up and the connections disabled? > > When a laptop screen is faulty, connecting an external monitor automatically > disables the laptop screen and the machine becomes perfectly functional. > Should the same not be true of the keyboard? > > Any ideas on this would be more than welcome. Thanks. > > Virginia > Thatched Cottage, Kent, UK > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ++ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
