# Laptop keyboard repair

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-keyboard-repair/331970>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 20, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-keyboard-repair/331970 "2005-11-20T19:47:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-keyboard-repair/331970/1 "2005-11-20T19:47:08Z")

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I’ve got a Dell Latitude D600. Somehow, the “g” key came off completely\*. I still have the actual key (the black part your finger normally presses on). On the keyboard is now a little white square of plastic surrounding the actual rubber bit that presses down and makes the letter appear. Obviously, it still works, but is a major pain and slows me down a huge amount.

Short of spendin something like sixty bucks to buy a replacement keyboard and risk installing it myself, any suggestions as to how to replace it? the back of the actual key is completely smooth - it doesn’t just snap on or anything.

\*mostly due to my own immense stupidity. I was usin a little metal thing, running it between the rows of keys, trying to clear out potato chip crumbs (I know, I know). Next thin I know, I’m missin a key.

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**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-keyboard-repair/331970/2 "2005-11-20T19:51:01Z")

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Never mind. First law of NinjaChick’s Stupid Computer Questions: literally within ten seconds of posting it in GQ, a friend will walk in, see my problem, and manage to fix it in two seconds.

It did just snap back on… :smack: Mods, if you could close this…

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-keyboard-repair/331970/3 "2005-11-21T02:25:02Z")

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No problem.

Closed at the request of the OP.

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