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Spacebar space bar not working correctly
Spacebar space bar not working correctly
Sorry if this was asked before (I did a search beforehand but came up with nothing) but how common is it that the space bar on the T60 gets so that I have to really hit it hard to get it to work? When this started happening I removed the keyboard and cleaned it with water and soap, all is squeaky clean but still the space bar needs a good whack to work. Any suggestions? I am running Linux.
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Re: Spacebar space bar not working correctly
It is common, I've encountered it on T42 and T520 personally. Best get a new keyboard.
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Re: Spacebar space bar not working correctly
You could try replacing just the (IIRC 2) cups under the bar, they might have disintegrated/broken/collapsed after all these years.
Or maybe oil the metal parts underneath the bar?
You can get spare KB parts e.g. here: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/310279213785
Or maybe oil the metal parts underneath the bar?
You can get spare KB parts e.g. here: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/310279213785
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Re: Spacebar space bar not working correctly
Thank you guys.
Re: Spacebar space bar not working correctly
Every time something like this happened to me (which wasn't often), ended up being that the metal piece under the spacebar was not seated properly. With other keys it usually was some debris stuck under the key. In both types of cases the fix required carefuly disassembly of the affected key and cleaning under it.
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