Laptop Keyboard Repair?

[Leesh]

Hello all,

My Friend asked me to look at her laptop. We think that her husdband has maybe spilt some beer or summat on the keybard.

A few keys around and including the return key do not work. They dont stick at all. They just dont work.

What are my options? Is there a way to fix the keyboard?

There are no spares on ebay. The only one ive found so far online is just under £50. The model is a Sharp PC-GP2520.

Any help much appreciated

 

[Nodsu]

Go to your local friendly Sharp service shop.

The keyboard is not specific to your laptop model - the same one may be used in dozens of other models. Unfortunately, it is not easy to find out which ones unless you have some connections or experience..

 

[Tedster]

while you're waiting to do nodu's advice, get an external usb keyboard in the meantime.

 

[lamo]

the keyboard repairing - is very complicated process. first, you should disassembly keyboard.
second: look at the tapes, clean the liquid, and dirty places.
third: look carefully at the roads on the tapes and check the resistances. it sholud be from 0 ohms to 50 ohms.

 

[munch2477]

Yeah i would say make sure you check with the laptop company if they have spare parts. I did that with my dell inspiron 6000 when my dumb roomate dropped a book on my keyboard and broke 2 of the keys. It costed $25 USD shipped and it was very easy to install with a dell. if the company has a spare keyboard i would recommend buying it and asking them how to install it.