Prythee,
yesterday I got a new laptop from a customer who didn't want to pay me, so he gave me a Dell Latitude CPi instead. The thing was made in 1999 and has a 366mhz PII CPU. Initially it seemed to be working fine, but when I booted it up today I was greeted with a hail of beeps and a non-responding keyboard. So, after some fiddling around I decided to check the data cable underneath the keyboard. However, in removing the keyboard (big thanks to Dell for releasing the Service Manual) the -> key came off! If if was a PC keyboard I'd gleefully chuck if on again, but this one looks like this:
The picture is a bit unclear, but what it comes down to is that the key has a jack-like mechanism that consists of 4 tiny straps of plastic and some sort of hinge, like this:
Side View
Bottom View
As you can see, the straps have tiny bars attached to them that go under the metal thingies here:
Now I have no clue how to put it back on! The straps are as far apart as the metal things, so I cant slide it in in any way. Also, pressing it down makes me fear breaking the small plastic "bars" as shown in the bottom view. Anyone got any experience with these kind of keyboards? I'd hate to break the key, that would require me to order a new keyboard, probably in the United States or for horrible prices at Dell itself...[/img]
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