Reattaching space bar?

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Reattaching space bar?

#1 Post by marlinspike » Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:15 pm

Is there some trick getting space bar back on? Itook it off to clean under there and now it doesn't really work. I have to push it real hard in the center to get it to work and it doesn't really spring up properly. It seems the plastic pieces below it don't come up on theirown anymore. Any ideas?
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#2 Post by steveg47 » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:22 pm

Call Lenovo support. Tell them your spacebar isn't working and they will send you a new keyboard. Next time use compressed air to get rid of the dirt under the keys.
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#3 Post by marlinspike » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:26 pm

I don't think I bokre anything though. If I just barely put it on it works but is just a little wiggle, if I push it firmly on it just stays down. So apparently there is some trick I can't figure out to getting it on just right.
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#4 Post by Zeus » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:36 pm

there are two tabs that the metal bar needs to fit into. It's easy. You take the plastic piece, pull down the metal bar, stick the two ends into the tabs (they're obvious) then push down.

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#5 Post by claudeo » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:39 pm

Some of the plastic guides are actually very easy to damage if you remove a key, especially the keyboard that depends on proper guiding in more than one place. The damage might not be visible without special equipment. Those parts are not repairable. I learned that the hard way trying to clean a keyboard a while back. Since then I invested in a small keyboard vacuum cleaner.

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#6 Post by marlinspike » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:39 pm

Hehe, talk about your dumb luck. I was playing counter strike, hit the space bar to jump, and it clicked and now it's just right, exactly like before. :D
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