Can you repair a Thinkpad 600e keyboard??

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"mike" <spamme0@juno.com> wrote in message
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> Friend of mine got arsoned out of his home last week.
> Fire department did a number on the house with (phosphoric acid)foam
> and the wet ceiling
> fell in on an open/operating thinkpad 600e.
> I managed to get everything working except the keyboard.
> The keyboard looks like it's glued together, so I didn't try to take
> it apart.
>
> Anybody successfully reassembled a thinkpad keyboard? Pointers?
>
> Yes, you can get 'em on ebay, but the owner is REALLY strapped for
> cash
> at this time.
> Thanks, mike
>
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It is not likely that the kb can be repaired. An external kb should
work. Look for a local computer store that rolls their own computers.
They often have side businesses in used equipment, cheap.

Q

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Phil wrote:
> "mike" <spamme0@juno.com> wrote in message news:412D97C7.2040403@juno.com...
>
>>Friend of mine got arsoned out of his home last week.
>>Fire department did a number on the house with (phosphoric acid)foam and
>>the wet ceiling
>>fell in on an open/operating thinkpad 600e.
>>I managed to get everything working except the keyboard.
>>The keyboard looks like it's glued together, so I didn't try to take
>>it apart.
>>
>>Anybody successfully reassembled a thinkpad keyboard? Pointers?
>>
>>Yes, you can get 'em on ebay, but the owner is REALLY strapped for cash
>>at this time.
>>Thanks, mike
>>
>
>
> Wouldn't house insurance cover the repair/replacement of this, espcially
> under the circumstances?

You're making the assumption that there WAS insurance.
Even so, insurance usually wouldn't have covered everything and there
are priorities.
Want to just FIX whatever can be fixed.
I've fixed laptop keyboards before, but those had slots and keys
that could be manipulated to slide apart and separate the parts.
This IBM doesn't seem to have that. Looks like it's glued together???
I'm confident it could be cleaned up if I can get it apart and back
together.
mike

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Return address is VALID.
Wanted, 12.1" LCD for Gateway Solo 5300. Samsung LT121SU-121
Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below.
Compaq Aero floppy,ram,battery.
MINT HP-41CV, 2-METER AMPS, 200CH SCANNER
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/