Yup, broken the little clip things on the underneath. It's a laptop, 'else I'd go get a new keyboard.

Anyone any ideas??

Thanks muchly.

Here, have mine V .

Are the clips on the key, or on the keyboard bed?

On the key. I've tried supergluing the remaining clips, but no joy. I now have to press the offending bit with a pen top. It's not good for fluency.. :(

Why not try the computer recycling places? They're bound to have a few unfixable laptops which can be cannibalised for spares.

Can't help you with the contact details of these places though.

Alternatively, do you have a spare, little-used key that you can swap over for the time being and stick a 'V' label on it? The ~/# key for instance.

Ohhhhhkaaayyyy.....now I need instructions as to how to attach the key! I thought it'd be a simple case of pressing. Seems it's not so. Now, I have two keys unattached. Is there a technique? I can't get the other key back onto whence it came, either, so I'm obviously doing something wrong.

Help!! :P

Ps, thank you for your help!

Can you describe the shape of the clip(s) for us?

Four clips: two pairs, two spaced fairly near to each other, the other two (the bottom ie nearest to me) being further apart.

Have PM'd you SHsheff. :thumbsup:

Why don't you substitute the 'v' key with the 'w' SHsheff? We'll all be wery understanding :D

Sorry. I'll get me coat :suspect:

Then he/she would be typing like a German.

"Ve hope Vednesday vin against Vatford at the veekend!"

Hang on saxon, I thought it was the 'v' they couldnt use :confused:

You could ask around and look on sites like ebay etc for anyone who has a broken laptop the same model/make as yours, maybe pilfer the key/keyboard off them ??

;)

Originally posted by Draggletail
Hang on saxon, I thought it was the 'v' they couldnt use :confused:

True, but if the 'W' key is put in to replace the 'V'. and you hit the key that now says 'W' (when you want a 'W'), you'll get a 'V'

Unless of course you can touch-type, in which case it doesn't matter....except you can't now type a 'W' as there's no key for it - because it's now where the 'V' used to be - so you'd end up typing;

" hy ont ednesday in hen e play atford at the eekend?"

:shakes: :huh: :?

Is it a bit like cheating with a Rubiks Cube? when you take all the square chunks off :lol:

Just don't write anything to Viscount Von ViggleVurcher about his Virginal Vestry in Ventnor and you'll be fine

Ooh! Hadn't realised you'd all been talking in my absence. Thought the thread had died! Anyway, I've ended up sending the beast off for repair, probably a new keyboard.

Turns out it's not possible to pull keys off from other places and hope they'll click into place 'cos the wee clips are too delicate to do that with and you end up with several unusuable keys :suspect:

However, sharp-eyed readers will recall that the casing was previously damaged and I've been unsuccessfully looking for a second-hand/unuseable laptop to canibalise for months now.

So I've turned this situation into an opportunity to get a 'new' laptop out of it. Even at the estimated price it's a far cry short of a new laptop to the same spec, so hey.

Beats the hell outa stopping every time I wanted a 'v' to jab in the gap with a pen top, and the Sellotape covering over the gap in the casing was looking tatty... :rolleyes:

Btw, I'm a 'she' for those who don't know. And thanks for all the input!

Originally posted by beansforyou
Is it a bit like cheating with a Rubiks Cube? when you take all the square chunks off :lol:

Just don't write anything to Viscount Von ViggleVurcher about his Virginal Vestry in Ventnor and you'll be fine

Shouldn't that be 'Wiscount Won WiggleWurcher about his Wirginal westry in Wentnor', beansforyou ? :hihi:

Hey Draggle, you sounded like Jonothan Ross for a minute there!:P

Saxon - I forgot about him - more of a radio man these days I think?
Jonothan Woss, the man who has trouble with his Rs

Could it all be down to haemorrhoids :hihi:

I think maybe I should retire to bed :roll: