Comments on: Laptop Keyboard Teardown

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sat, 26 Dec 2015 14:34:24 +0000

I only disliked some of the comments from a practical point of view. At some point items are not worth repair and should be replaced. Also the call backs because a patch doesn't hold are expensive in time and reputation. Thant you for this post and ALL comments whether I agreed or not.

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By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 07:59:53 +0000

In reply to Henrique Jorge Guimarães Ulbrich - Brazil.

I agree with you.
I brought that keyboard to a recycle center where I bring all my electronic trash.
Some time it is not worth or can not be repaired.

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By: sivakumar

sivakumar — Sun, 06 Sep 2015 06:30:19 +0000

Thank you sir your all posts are very supported

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By: Henrique Jorge Guimarães Ulbrich - Brazil

Henrique Jorge Guimarães Ulbrich - Brazil — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 14:15:04 +0000

Ok, you can throw it away if there is no remedy. Nevertheless, in deference of ecology, in my view the maximum effort must be done in order to fix the product, instead of increasing technological trash production.

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By: Humberto

Humberto — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 18:17:01 +0000

Hi Chris, good tutorial and very quality your photos. In my country is very hard to get the conductive ink, so we use to sew the rails with a thin copper wire (with no varnish of course).

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By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 16:41:10 +0000

Thank all of you for supporting my article.
The main point of this article is to bring closer the technology how a keyboard is made and how much complicate it is to repair if you really wish to repair it.
I can see here are people who agree and disagree about, is it or not repairable.
I have that conductive silver too, and conductive pens too, but I would not mess up my repair time on a keyboard where the traces are too close each to other. The other big problem is, I cant know which trace are the next which would be broken and maybe in one or two months the laptop will be brought back with same problem.
I would use the painting technique only in a situation where are no other possibilities. I agree with that.
Conclusion, if I see a keyboard like this I would not wast my time with painting. I would order a new or used good keyboard, or I would say sorry to the customer.
This is only my opinion.

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By: albert

albert — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 14:15:28 +0000

Great article; but as the other comments, there is conductive ink that can help to repair the keyboard. In my case i use the ink to repair tv remote controllers.
Thanks.

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By: Allan

Allan — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 04:46:21 +0000

I see no point in attempting repairs on this keyboard. You are so right Christian, discard the keyboard.Great info.

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By: Gopal Shama

Gopal Shama — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 05:12:45 +0000

Thanks for sharing, very clear picture you have taken. Fault is very clearly visible.

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By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:40:08 +0000

In reply to Derek.

Derek thank you for supporting my article.
I use several equipment when I take photos like this.
Exactly these photos are taken with my Nikon Coolpix AW110 camera, a tripod and white light box.
Here are some links for:
The camera:
http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Product/Compact-Digital-Cameras/26413/COOLPIX-AW110.html

Tripod:
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/114356-best-compact-tripods-cameras-video/gallery?photo=2

White light box:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-40CM-Portable-Studio-Cube-Tent-Lighting-Kit-4-Backdrops-Tripod-Soft-Box-/121651954508?hash=item1c5305834c

The camera is setup to macro mode.

My best regards.

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