re: Junior stabbed the keyboard

D.S.Burling...

Yes, there is a chance of fixing that... notebook keyboards can be replaced...

Could you replace one yourself? Probably, but what if you damage something else inside the notebook and make the current problem a nightmare?

Now, if you are able to get access to the keyboard without damaging the outer and inner chassis or body...
Most modern notebook keyboards are secured by one, two or more screws to the inner chassis or to the display assembly or to the... which have to be removed.
Then since the keyboard is attached or locked to the motherboard via a keyboard cable to a connector, the connector itself must be unlocked to remove the keyboard cable and finally remove and replace the keyboard...

Damage either the connector, adjacent components, cables, chassis or the motherboard... ouch! $$$.

Ideally, you should contact your notebooks manufacturer via their whitepages/yellowpages contact info or do a web search for their website for Autralian consumers... and from them obtain the contact details for a local Authorised Repair Center...

Good Luck...

re: Junior stabbed the keyboard

Actually I feel like stabbing mine sometimes :( Does anybody know how to clean all that grub from between the keys without actually disconnecting it and prying the keys out. Also what's good for cleaning LCD monitors :)

re: Junior stabbed the keyboard

You have access...to another computer.
Obviously.
Why not use that one,....to ask around?
(Of the dealers/repairers.)
To see if they might have one with, say, a busted screen?
All it would take, then, is for you(together) to work out a price..for putting the 'working parts' together.
Too costly?
Most lap-tops/note-books are.
Convenient? (Too convenient, in my book......ro be so easily broken, as in your case, too.)
Status symbol? (Defintiely!"Bragging rights" is the better definition here.....because of their 'Mobility Factor',likewise that of a Mobile phone.)
Upgrade-ability?
Usually....very little,cause what you've got is all get you get to work with.
(Everyone is blown away ...by the 'Wow' factor! Not the practicality.)
Battery-life?
Power Adaptor?
Too many fail...with both.(Too many times...to warrant their 'perferred' usage.)
Prone to acts of Jealousy/Envy?
(You bet! And I''ll leave it ...to your imagination..as to what people do to them.'Unnoticed', of course.)
Workability?
Lap-tops/notebooks are worked....far beyond their natural capacity.....because the owner always expect them to 'out-perform' the most up-to-date Desk-top computers.
(Biggest mistake of all.)
And,yes,...before anyone want to have a go at me.....I don't like lap-tops/notebooks.
For all the 'above reasons'.

re: Junior stabbed the keyboard

Get a replacement keyboard if its a late model notebook or temporally use a standard desktop keyboard with it as it should have a ps2 port and or usb ports. If you use a usb keyboard and its not seen you may have to activate that setting in your BIOS.

If your good at fixing small items you may be able to gently pry the key tab up or off and see how much damage was caused and check that the underlying membrane and contacts are still good and remove any foreign objects that may be still jamming that key.

If it is to badly damaged you will need a replacement which requires the keyboard surrounding face of the notebook to be removed to access the screws and flat ribbon connection underneath. Many faces have hidden screws or are clipped on so if you dont know how to do it have a proffessional computer repairer have a look at it and get a quote first as some are quite finicky to work on.

Once fixed keep junior away from it until he/she learns not to stab or bash computers.