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