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Hiya yesterday with no warning some of the keys on my laptop stopped working I'm using my partners right now but i like my own and want to get it up and running again A couple of weeks ago some condensation from my glass dripped onto the keyboard and i quickly mopped it up and thought id got away with it? Well yesterday it was that area plus a few others that have stopped working Caps Lock,X,C,V,M,@,: the rest still work :shrug: Thing is in this day and age I'm wary to take it to a shop to repair in case they are dodgy and I'm a bit of a skinflint so i searched online found out how you remove the keyboard and copied down the relevant part numbers and they are only around £20 new :yes: www.laptop-part.co.uk/toshiba-satellite-l300-keyboard-black.htmlThing is i know ill be dissapointed if i spend out on a new keyboard and its internal like the circuitry that controls the keyboard? is there any way i can determine its the actual keyboard and not the circuitry that controls it? Ive use the Windows "On Screen Keyboard" and all the letter work on that i don't mind spending out on a new keyboard if its gunna work,any ideas for determining its definately the keyboard? What doesnt help is i keep reading of others having replaced keyboards with a brand new one only to find the new one does exactly the same :cry: Help Jodie
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bazzateer
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Oct 10, 2010 11:37:22 GMT
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I can't help with your exact query but (probably teaching Granny to suck eggs here etc) if you spill water on a keyboard again let as much drain off asap then get a hairdryer on it to dry it out before the electrics corrode.
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Oct 10, 2010 11:42:59 GMT
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It's probably just the keyboard. The keyboard is connected to the board via a ribbon cable and it's unlikely your the liquid has dripped through and done any more damage. If it had it'd probably be dead as there things aren't juice friendly. The keyboards are easy to swap once you get the 800 tiny hidden screws out the case so for £20 I'd go for it.
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Oct 10, 2010 12:41:13 GMT
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why not just buy a cheapo keyboard?
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Oct 10, 2010 12:50:34 GMT
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Last Edit: Oct 10, 2010 12:51:46 GMT by Soopahfly
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bxer
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Oct 10, 2010 13:10:43 GMT
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As it's a nice sunny day, I'd suggest getting the keyboard out and sticking it upside down in the sun for a while until it's nice and toasty. If it's only a little bit of water as you say, this might just do the trick... And here's a pic to keep everyone happy
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Oct 10, 2010 14:00:22 GMT
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Its not always the water that does the damge, often its the deposits left behind as it dries that short out the electronics, hence why things often keep working for a little while when wet and then die later on
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Oct 10, 2010 14:10:00 GMT
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Tescos/asda are selling USB keyboards for less than 6 quid to get you out of trouble for now....
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Oct 10, 2010 15:54:56 GMT
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I have now fallen asleep on two seperate occasions with the laptop (samsung) on my lap and a glass of whiskey in one hand. Both times have resulted in half the keys not working and both times I have fixed it with a replacemant keyboard from ebay. A couple of screws to get the old one off and a single ribbon connector underneath it.....dead easy.
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Oct 10, 2010 16:19:50 GMT
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don't forget to slide the grip off the cable ribbon, no just ripping it out!
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Oct 10, 2010 23:05:18 GMT
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Hi Guyz just got in and been reading all my replies thank you all ever so much I had got to the stage of working out how you remove the strip that covers the screws that hold the keyboard in then removed the screws and moved the keyboard out on its ribbon cable but chickened out regarding taking the cable out of its connector I was a little worried as to how i opened the connector? Do i pull the white bit backward or the black bits forward? well it turned out to be the latter and i figured why not just do it? I figured that i couldnt break the keyboard further so id practise taking it out and putting it back in So i Removed the keyboard located the connector gritted my teeth and tried sliding the connector the way i though it went,i was right and the cable popped out i then popped it back in and locked it,and it still worked as it did before Yahh!!! well no extra keys had stopped working but alas it didnt fix the broken ones either but remember all i did was remove the Broken Keyboard and replace it for practise So all i have to do now is get a new one and hope it works? I guess my main question was what was the likelyhood of it not being the keyboard and me wasting my money replacing it? but as everything else works I'm guessing it is just the keyboard?? Only Other Question i have is my Laptop is a Toshiba Satellite L300-217 i cant find a keyboard for a L300-217 but lots that say just L300 series i guess they are all the same? the pictures look the same I'm guessing the -217 just denotes the processor,memory,spec etc but the basic L300 share the same basic keyboard etc whatever the spec? Mine is black but they also did them in silver I'm guessing the silver keyboard is the same except for the colour? I'm thinking of getting a silver keyboard to give my Lappy a unique look Again thanks for the advice if anybody can answer my other questions and also give their opinion to the likelyhood is it indeed just the keyboard gone id be grateful Thanks Jodie:) P.S. Hey Soopahfly i used that link you gave me to remove the keyboard so thanks for that just got to get a new keyboard and do it for real now ;D
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