T41 keyboard key fell off

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divindavid · #1 Post by **divindavid** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:14 pm

i just got my new T41 and i love it. i am running ubuntu 8.04. but..... my Alt key fell off.and now i am stuck with a key and three small black pieces and no idea how to put them back. any ideas???????? can i bring them to my local computer shop and can they fix it????

#2 Post by **rkawakami** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:30 pm

There apparently are two different styles of T41 key assemblies:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0113873777
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0113873920

Given the closeup pictures in each, maybe you can figure out how to put it back together. You could also (carefully) pry off an adjoining keycap and see how it's put together. I have setup a web page for a T23 keyboard but these two look different:

http://www.kawakami-ca.com/ibm_t2x/keyboard/

divindavid · #3 Post by **divindavid** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:01 pm

yeah i have type B.

#4 Post by **Johan** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:17 pm

Actually, there is a very fine installation guide in the first link Ray pointed to (for the "Type A" keys); maybe that is also useful for "Type B" keys? The guide is --> here.

Johan

divindavid · #5 Post by **divindavid** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:30 pm

Johan wrote:Actually, there is a very fine installation guide in the first link Ray pointed to (for the "Type A" keys); maybe that is also useful for "Type B" keys? The guide is --> here.

Johan

thats for type A i have type B

jamnkats · #6 Post by **jamnkats** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:29 am

I posted a YouTube video of how to replace keys (I found it trying to replace my arrow key) and posted the results here somewhere.

I'll see if I can find it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JoG-7a6QUY

T41 keyboard key fell off

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