# Replacing a key or keyboard?

Category: Geeks r Us

## Post 1 by Polka dots and Moonbeams (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Saturday, 07-Feb-2009 23:39:09

Has anyone had to replace a key or keyboard on a laptop? Is this doable or even worth the expense?
My enter key doesn't seem responsive from time to time. So curious...

## Post 2 by b3n (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Sunday, 08-Feb-2009 15:50:26

Its dooable but instructions are going to be different for neally every laptop.
Even if I were to find instructions for your lappy I still probably wouldn't advise you do it. Removing a key wrongly will result on it not fitting back on and treating the keyboard ruffly while removing it will simply break the connector.
For all I kno you could be perfectly capable of doing it, but its probably worth finding a local computer shop and having them do it for you.
Probably not what you wanted to here, but hth anyway.

## Post 3 by flcomputergeek (Its my opinion, take it or leave it. ) on Sunday, 08-Feb-2009 17:41:01

I took my laptop to a pc repair place when the keyboard failed, rendering the thing unbootable. the store ordered a new keyboard from HP and replaced it for like $125.

## Post 4 by Polka dots and Moonbeams (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Monday, 09-Feb-2009 17:58:08

Ok, thanks both. The problem isn't consistent, but it does happen often enough to be noticeable.