The 'D' key has broken off my laptop. Anybody know where/how it can be fixed?

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The 'D' key has broken off my laptop. Anybody know where/how it can be fixed?

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Typical. I have a habbit of breaking my expensive equipment :(
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superglue?
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To what?

The "hooks" on the key are broken and now the pressure pad thingy under the key is floating around. I have to keep placing it in the centre to press 'D' :(
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you're ****ed then buddy. New laptop time! You live in london, you can afford it!
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I live in surey now, so I can't afford it :p

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You can usually get spares from the company that makes the things... that is, if you want to buy a whole new keyboard for about three times what it's worth. I'd recommend scouring the PC repair shops on the off-hand that they've got the bit you need in one of their bins. You'd probably get it free too :)
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what about double backed tape?
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i see many people get a usb keyboard to use at home so they don't wear the laptop keys out. I'm considering this too, but alas have yet to actually do it.
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I do that.

It might be more relevent if the keyboard on my SR-1K actually worked though. It wasn't fond of the yodka/orange it drank at a party once. Ironically enough it didn't seem bothered by the vodka but the orange juice joined up all the contacts on the keyboard and the screen. Now it's just a very small desktop computer.

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problemis... usb doesn't work under DOS, so I'm buggered if I want to reinstall because you have to press "o" to start. And yea, a new keyboard is like 150€. Actually... Jetfire, if you tell us what make your laptop is i'll ask for the bit the next time I'm hunting for a second-hand keyboard for mine.
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Jetfire, can you provide pictures of the broken bits? Do you have everything that broke off?
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