Comments on: Repair IBM ThinkPad keyboard with a missing key

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:50:37 +0000

dextermat,

Nice but what if the part where you assemble the key is damage.

On the thinkpad r60 you have little pieces of plastic sticking out and 2 out of 4 are broken….

i guess i need to change the whole thing

I guess you are talking about the key lifting mechanism, I call it a retainer.
If the retainer is broken, you’ll have to replace it with a new one.
Search for a new key on eBay. You can buy a new key with a new retainer together.

By: dextermat

dextermat — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:25:35 +0000

Nice but what if the part where you assemble the key is damage.

On the thinkpad r60 you have little pieces of plastic sticking out and 2 out of 4 are broken….

i guess i need to change the whole thing

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:39:02 +0000

Awesome. Thank You! My key was still intact, but your instructions showed me how to reinstall it…Invaluable

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:46:59 +0000

Thanks, you saved me a trip to the supportcenter. Very tricky to get the small pieces in the right place. Now i can use the s button although it is not as it were originally. I think it is time to get a new keyboard anyhow.

By: Mo

Mo — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:52:32 +0000

I just ordered my replacement shift key that my 2 year old snapped off. Thanks for making it so easy to find a vendor to sell the very thing I needed, but didn’t think I would find, for a total cost of $3.88 including shipping.

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:36:55 +0000

RAY MACE,

my cmos is locked up. We loaned my laptop out when we got it back someone put a password on it we dont know what it is

If this is an IBM ThinkPad laptop, you are screwed. They are very secured. I don’t know how you can bypass the BIOS password besides replacing the whole motherboard.

By: RAY MACE

RAY MACE — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:33:12 +0000

please help my cmos is locked up. We loaned my laptop out when we got it back someone put a password on it we dont know what it is

By: ASHWIN

ASHWIN — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:15:08 +0000

PLZ HELP ME MY LAPTOP IS DAMAGE WHEN I ON MY NOTEBOOK ERROR IS THEME KEY STICK PRESS F1 FOR SETUP BUT IT IS NOT WORKING THE KEYBORD IS NOT WORKING ALL THE KEYS ARE NOT WORKING ONLY THE POWER BOTTON

By: Tran Van Tuan

Tran Van Tuan — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:59:33 +0000

Dear Sir
At the moment, i use one laptop Furisu Biblo NB16
but my laptop meet prolem with the keyboard as follows:
When i type the word i only,i gain ui and when I type the word p I receive op. I take out the keycap and retainer and clean. but my keyboard still no change. Please give me the way to repair my keyboard.

Thank and Best Regards

Tran Van Tuan

By: mohan

mohan — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:06:52 +0000

Thanks so much.It took me a while but,finally i acheived it.Thanks a ton