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Key replacement on Asus Vivobook 14? (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 week ago by countrypunk@slrpnk.net to c/diy@lemmy.ml
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The W and R keys don't work on my ASUS vivobook flip 14 and I would like to fix them so I can give the laptop to a friend. The reason they stopped working is because I spilled water on them a long time ago. Other than that, the laptop works perfectly fine.

I saw some teardown videos for an entire keyboard replacement for it, but it looks wayyyyyy too complicated and easy to mess up. I have expierence replacing stuff like batteries and SSDs in computers.

Is there a way to replace/fix those two keys without taking out the entire motherboard?

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[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Unfortunately not. The water messed up the keyboard membrane layer. There's no fixing individual keys on water damaged laptop keyboards.

[-] Tehdastehdas@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I once damaged a Microsoft desktop keyboard with water, and repaired the corroded membrane with silver paint designed to conduct electricity. I'm not sure if laptop membranes can be pulled apart like that.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, not usually. OP was hoping to avoid a full laptop disassembly anyways, so even if somehow that trick could work (very unlikely for a laptop keyboard), at that point they might as well go ahead and replace the keyboard anyways.

Side note, I could use some of that conductive paint to fix a cracked carbon trace on my game controller, but it's no big deal really, it's just for a mode button I never use anyways.

[-] countrypunk@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

Dang, that's a bummer.

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