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Kevin Grey Lee
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Baytown, Texas
Computer Hardware Repair Articles
June 21, 2009
How-To: Fix-Replace a Laptop’s Sticky, Broken Keys
It’s fairly easy to fix a noisy overheated laptop: Open an underside panel, (carefully) blow out the dust, then enjoy the praise your wife lavishes on you for fixing her system.
I’m expecting similar praise from my cousin, who just presented me with her Dell Inspiron 9400 laptop. It wasn’t noisy or overheating, but it was missing its F5 key. And the keys that remained weren’t in very good shape. Many were sticky, while others failed to register presses. A lot of the letters had worn off the keys, too.
Fortunately, a laptop with a rotten keyboard is not necessarily destined for the scrap heap (nor even Craigslist). In fact, if you’re handy enough with a screwdriver to know which end drives screws, you can probably replace the entire keyboard in about five minutes.
In the case of the Inspiron, my search began and ended on eBay. A quick search for Inspiron 9400 keyboardrevealed plenty of options, including a brand-new replacement for all of $12. Shipped.
Then I Googled Inspiron 9400 replace keyboard and found how-to instructions in a matter of seconds. (See, you may think I’m a soopah-genius, which I am, but many times it’s just a matter of knowing how to find the information you need.)
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I provide freelance IT services on a contract basis to local businesses, repairing hardware and providing desktop support as needed. I will travel to all areas including Channelview, Clear Lake, League City, Pasedena, Crosby, Friendswood, La Porte, and Houston to diagnose and repair computer issues for a small service fee. Currently remote IT Service Providers call on me to be their IT support guy at their location. I get many referrals from posting ads on the CraigsList Houston. I also am a Baytown local and do computer repair there for my clients.
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