Re: Keyboard issues
This laptop is way out if warranty. It's an ex-business laptop, and as a result as seen quite a few hard years. Parts of every key have gone smooth from the all the typing. Regards, Boden Matthews Sent from my iPhone On 08/08/2010, at 9:42 AM, Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com wrote: On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 14:58 +1000, Boden Matthews wrote: On 07/08/10 13:47, Martin Visser wrote: Spraying quantities of isopropyl alcohol into the key switch might dislodge or clean corrosion or gunk that is between the contacts. Prise the keytop off and spray while hammering on the switch. (This is not professional advice so all risk is yours). [...] Prying the control key off, I discovered some corrosion in there, and the isopropyl alcohol did the trick. Thanks Martin! If the machine was still under warranty could have claimed a new keyboard. I'm on my 3rd keyboard on my 2 year old Dell D830. Laptop keyboards usually last 12-18 months for me. It is surprising how much firmer a new keyboard feels after you swap it. You don't notice the slow degrading of the old one until you have a comparison. Cheers Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Keyboard issues
Hi Boden On Sunday 08 August 2010 19:01:26 Boden Matthews wrote: This laptop is way out if warranty. It's an ex-business laptop, and as a result as seen quite a few hard years. Parts of every key have gone smooth from the all the typing. Regards, Boden Matthews Sent from my iPhone On 08/08/2010, at 9:42 AM, Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com wrote: On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 14:58 +1000, Boden Matthews wrote: On 07/08/10 13:47, Martin Visser wrote: Spraying quantities of isopropyl alcohol into the key switch might dislodge or clean corrosion or gunk that is between the contacts. Prise the keytop off and spray while hammering on the switch. (This is not professional advice so all risk is yours). [...] Prying the control key off, I discovered some corrosion in there, and the isopropyl alcohol did the trick. Thanks Martin! If the machine was still under warranty could have claimed a new keyboard. I'm on my 3rd keyboard on my 2 year old Dell D830. Laptop keyboards usually last 12-18 months for me. It is surprising how much firmer a new keyboard feels after you swap it. You don't notice the slow degrading of the old one until you have a comparison. Cheers Dave I'd agree it sounds more likely a corroded or work key contact. As I'm not familiar with your laptop I'll take into account it might have one of those keyboards on which the contacts are a conductive rubber and the circuit board is actually a conductive ink on plastic. I've had success with 2 methods on these. 1) Try cleaning the rubber base of the key and the contact pad on the circuit board with cleaning alcohol as mentioned earlier. If that doesn't work on it's own then 2) super glue a small piece of aluminium foil to the rubber pad of the key. This often revives the key. Of course make sure the key is completely clean otherwise the foil will come off Again that assumes the non mechanical version of the keyboard James -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Keyboard issues
On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 14:58 +1000, Boden Matthews wrote: On 07/08/10 13:47, Martin Visser wrote: Spraying quantities of isopropyl alcohol into the key switch might dislodge or clean corrosion or gunk that is between the contacts. Prise the keytop off and spray while hammering on the switch. (This is not professional advice so all risk is yours). [...] Prying the control key off, I discovered some corrosion in there, and the isopropyl alcohol did the trick. Thanks Martin! If the machine was still under warranty could have claimed a new keyboard. I'm on my 3rd keyboard on my 2 year old Dell D830. Laptop keyboards usually last 12-18 months for me. It is surprising how much firmer a new keyboard feels after you swap it. You don't notice the slow degrading of the old one until you have a comparison. Cheers Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Keyboard issues
On 7 August 2010 09:03, Boden Matthews boden.matth...@gmail.com wrote: Hey guys, I'm having problems with my keyboard on a Toshiba Tecra A7. It refuses to recognise the control key on m keyboard. Pressing it yields no response from Ubuntu, Debian, or Linux Mint. I think it is the keyboard layout that is causing the problem, but I cant find one that applies to my laptop. Does anyone have an idea on how to fix this? If it's dead on multiple distros, I would suspect it is more likely a hardware issue. IMHE it is often the CTRL key that fails on laptop keyboards (being in a position prone to abuse, high use and spills). If you're confident with hardware, remove the keyboard and clean it, and see if that helps. Cheers, MoLE -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Keyboard issues
Spraying quantities of isopropyl alcohol into the key switch might dislodge or clean corrosion or gunk that is between the contacts. Prise the keytop off and spray while hammering on the switch. (This is not professional advice so all risk is yours). At the worst you can probably get a replacement original keyboard for less than $100 or so. I know that HP business laptop keyboards can be replaced in 5 minutes flat. Regards, Martin martinvisse...@gmail.com On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 10:01 AM, MoLE moleonthehill+ubuntu...@gmail.commoleonthehill%2bubuntu...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 August 2010 09:03, Boden Matthews boden.matth...@gmail.com wrote: Hey guys, I'm having problems with my keyboard on a Toshiba Tecra A7. It refuses to recognise the control key on m keyboard. Pressing it yields no response from Ubuntu, Debian, or Linux Mint. I think it is the keyboard layout that is causing the problem, but I cant find one that applies to my laptop. Does anyone have an idea on how to fix this? If it's dead on multiple distros, I would suspect it is more likely a hardware issue. IMHE it is often the CTRL key that fails on laptop keyboards (being in a position prone to abuse, high use and spills). If you're confident with hardware, remove the keyboard and clean it, and see if that helps. Cheers, MoLE -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Keyboard issues
On 07/08/10 13:47, Martin Visser wrote: Spraying quantities of isopropyl alcohol into the key switch might dislodge or clean corrosion or gunk that is between the contacts. Prise the keytop off and spray while hammering on the switch. (This is not professional advice so all risk is yours). At the worst you can probably get a replacement original keyboard for less than $100 or so. I know that HP business laptop keyboards can be replaced in 5 minutes flat. Regards, Martin martinvisse...@gmail.com mailto:martinvisse...@gmail.com On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 10:01 AM, MoLE moleonthehill+ubuntu...@gmail.com mailto:moleonthehill%2bubuntu...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 August 2010 09:03, Boden Matthews boden.matth...@gmail.com mailto:boden.matth...@gmail.com wrote: Hey guys, I'm having problems with my keyboard on a Toshiba Tecra A7. It refuses to recognise the control key on m keyboard. Pressing it yields no response from Ubuntu, Debian, or Linux Mint. I think it is the keyboard layout that is causing the problem, but I cant find one that applies to my laptop. Does anyone have an idea on how to fix this? If it's dead on multiple distros, I would suspect it is more likely a hardware issue. IMHE it is often the CTRL key that fails on laptop keyboards (being in a position prone to abuse, high use and spills). If you're confident with hardware, remove the keyboard and clean it, and see if that helps. Cheers, MoLE -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Prying the control key off, I discovered some corrosion in there, and the isopropyl alcohol did the trick. Thanks Martin! -- Regards, Boden Matthews Sent from my Linux Laptop -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
