Or maybe it's just the Demon of Breakage that's after us....

[cathyr19355]

Yesterday afternoon, one of the keys on Eric's laptop started sticking. So he popped the keycap off to blow the cat hair out. Unfortunately, as he did so, the interlocking plastic ring-like things that act as the spring for the key popped out, and one part of them hit the floor.

I succeeded in finding the spring thing, but neither Eric and I can get the rings back in place to make the key function properly again. Eric understands the mechanism, but his hands are too big. My hands are small enough, but I don't understand the mechanism. :-(

On the bright side, it's finally stopped raining here. Today was a bright, warm, sunny day. Which reminds me; it's long past the time of year when I have my annual bout with the Weed Demon....

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I generally use my fingernails for this sort of thing. Fingernails come in handy.

[jmaynard.livejournal.com]

How broken is it? If you're going to have to replace the keyboard anyway, you might consider as a last resort popping off another key and trying to leave the bits intact so you can see how it goes together...