Miscellany 19 Mar 2007 08:55 pm
Oh gee whiz.
Can I type without the letter that comes after “j”? My sweet sweet baby poured water on my _eyboard today. We spent hours with a fan on the laptop praying. The comma _ey and the space _ey also seem to be affected. It is stic_y and slow. Wont get a boo_ written this way. I am (no apostrophe either) trying to have a sense of humor about it….at least it came back on after 6 or so hours of wind. The harddrive appears to be safe. Things could be worse. If anyone has any suggestions other than obviously more time with a fan let me _now.
on 20 Mar 2007 at 9:21 am 1.Angela said …
Copy this letter k onto the clipboard. Then past (Ctrl-V) everytime you need to use k.
on 20 Mar 2007 at 9:29 am 2.Sarah K. said …
You can contact Dell. They should be able to send you a replacement keyboard. I know, I know, you hate dealing with them. I don’t blame you.
Or…if you send me your computer info I can see if I can find one online- since you would need to use that letter that comes after j I thought it might be a bit difficult for you to search.
Alternatively, there is this http://tech.yahoo.com/gd/dealing-with-a-dead-laptop-keyboard/153166
After you replace it I recommend
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=A0242735
on 20 Mar 2007 at 9:30 am 3.Sarah K. said …
Hey? What’s up with the moderation?
on 20 Mar 2007 at 12:06 pm 4.Mimi said …
Hey - Angela’s idea rocked it!
on 20 Mar 2007 at 1:18 pm 5.Tia said …
It flagged you for moderation because of multiple links.
I have “K” back but other keys are all messed up. Seems very random. Will be replacing the keyboard I think.
on 20 Mar 2007 at 3:28 pm 6.Dr. Hibiscus said …
We finally retired a laptop a few years ago when D was a toddler. He found that he could just barely get his fingernails under the keys and managed to pull them off a few at a time… J tried taping them back on, but it didn’t quite work so we finally put it out to pasture. Sorry about that!
on 20 Mar 2007 at 9:41 pm 7.Cathy in Jax said …
Suffice it to say,now that you are out of debt, Satan will be on the prowl wreaking havoc on your finances,trying to get you off track. Hang in there.
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on 22 Mar 2007 at 7:10 pm 9.dalimama said …
well, this happened to me before and my letters did all eventually come back. I can’t remember how long it took, though. Have you popped off the top of the letter to let the fan get in there better?
dali
on 24 Mar 2007 at 9:57 am 10.kyra said …
Tia…go to Best Buy and pick up a Dynex key board with a USB plug..it shouldn’t cost more than $10 plug it in and use that instead. Not as portable…but certainly typable.
Once a keyboard on a laptop is gone it is fairly hard to replace without sending it off for repair. They are fairly propriatary. Sorry.