John Kogel Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Beginning of Feb I bought a new laptop and learned to deal with Windows 8. Middle of March my Asus POC has a keyboard issue. These keys have stopped working properly-N, M, H, J, Y, U, 6, 7. Notice they are all in a diagonal row. N, H, and M are inspection letters, man. I couldn't keep pounding on the keys 10 times to write a word. Spellcheck accepts words like 'ad' 'i' and 'te' so that was not much help. I can't take it back to the store because they will just ship to a geek factory somewhere. I can't wait. It is an obsolete model so they will not give me another one, of this I am certain. Then they may ask me if I dropped it, yes, of course I dropped it, it's a tool, eh? So here is what I did: Took out the ten screws and unzipped the top from the bottom. Click to Enlarge 67.6 KB Click to Enlarge 73.5 KB The ribbon is intact, but connection on the keyboard side flexes in the middle, where the bad keys are. I cut a little pad from a chunk of dense foam, out of some appliance, I think. Click to Enlarge 52.66 KB Attached it to the keyboard ribbon connection with some tape so it cushions the connection. Fixed it! What a POC, tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 You're brave, and it paid off. Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted March 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Yeah, voided the warranty, not so smart but for $299, it's a throw-a-way item anyway. Typing is a joy again. [:-party] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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