can anyone tell me if I am able to pop off one of the letters on my laptop that is no loner working proberley?

Question

I have an hp pavilion4900. I'd like to be able to carefully snap it off, get out whatever is blocking it from working, and reattatch it without breaking my computer keyboard. Please help.

Answer 1

yes you can do that. take a tool, best is a little screwdriver or a knife and then put it a little under the key. now press the other end down very carefully using a key beside the defective one until it snap off (protect the keys beside with some paper). now remove the what is blocking it, whatever it is.
reattaching the key is a bit more difficult. take a pin or needle and push the spring down, from a corner of the key. with the other hand take the key and press it on the spring until you hear a click. after that release the pin. probably you have to try this several times.
turn off the laptop, remove it from the outlet and also remove the battery before doing it. good luck.

Answer 2

go to ur local office superstore(staples) and they should have a speacial tool for taking off a keyboard on a laptop and if ur too afraid that ur gonna break it maybe u should pay them some money to do it or ak a friend thats good with technology.

Answer 3

nope you dont want to do that at all on a laptop keyboard you will break it on desktop pc keyboard you can on laptop nope ,call hp-support

Clean the Keyboard
If a small vacuum cleaner with a brush attachment is available, use it to clear the keyboard of debris. A can of compressed air can be used to blow out particles that get in between the keys.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00292159&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=500513&query=4900


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