So have this wireless Logitech Keyboard and while playing in a tournament with friends I might have raged and slammed my fist into the keyboard. The J button comes flying off and now I cant put it back.

The keys are basically like the ones on a laptop.. and now its this rubber stick thingy..
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It works, but.. it's not ideal. Anyone know if there's a way to put it back?

Cheers

Hedgehog

Macedonia73 Posts

July 26 2011 10:08 GMT

Uhm, if thingies that keep the key attached to the plate aren't broken(or the ridges on the key itself for that matter), the pushing the key onto them until you hear a clicking sound should fix the problem. IF they're broken, I'm afraid my advice won't work.

omgbambi

Sweden54 Posts

July 26 2011 10:11 GMT

The thingies on the keyboard are intact, the ridges on the key itself.. are not. :/ Thx anyway!

LayZRR

Germany449 Posts

July 26 2011 10:12 GMT

yep. seems broken. gl hf with it.

Zapdos_Smithh

Canada2620 Posts

July 26 2011 10:30 GMT

At least there aren't any crucial hotkeys that I can think of that involve J....though if there were you could always change them in the hotkey customization section.

Edit:

This could be a good excuse for you to get a better keyboard since wireless and non-mechanical are pretty rough to play with (I just bought a mechanical keyboard and I can never see myself going back to normal rubber dome keyboards).

Tsenister

United Kingdom112 Posts

July 26 2011 10:35 GMT

That is one broken J key

drevil69

64 Posts

July 26 2011 10:39 GMT

call logitech and say it fell off and ask for a replacement for the button (not the keyboard...). this is worth the try and will not cost them a lot and keep you as a happy customer.

LayZRR

Germany449 Posts

July 26 2011 10:57 GMT

now you can never use the power of the numberj

p T r

United States94 Posts

July 26 2011 11:01 GMT

I can't really see if it's alright but if what you said is true then it's broken for sure. If you can find a spare laptop keyboard you can pull a key out and replace the hinges

good luck btw haha

Kaladin

United States88 Posts

July 26 2011 11:13 GMT

#10

Think of how Day9 would feel about this! It's almost as if you killed him! TT

as for fixing the key, i would take a key you don't use much, such as numlock, and pop it off. put it where the j key is supposed to go. it might look stupid, but it's better than having to press the rubber dome thing(which you could press for numlock since it's hardly ever used most likely).

if you do opt for another keyboard, get a Razer Blackwidow :D

Chargelot

2275 Posts

July 26 2011 11:18 GMT

#11

On July 26 2011 19:30 Zapdos_Smithh wrote:
At least there aren't any crucial hotkeys that I can think of that involve J....though if there were you could always change them in the hotkey customization section.

Edit:

This could be a good excuse for you to get a better keyboard since wireless and non-mechanical are pretty rough to play with (I just bought a mechanical keyboard and I can never see myself going back to normal rubber dome keyboards).

It's like the people who say PS/2 is so much better than USB because there is roughly 0.000002 seconds less latency. Unless your match is extremely high level, and you're so damned even that it's like you're fighting a bot that just mimics everything you do, wireless non-mechanical keyboards and wired mechanical keyboards will result in the same playing experience.

Yung

United States727 Posts

July 26 2011 11:52 GMT

#12

On July 26 2011 20:18 Chargelot wrote:

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Thats not why yhou get a Mech keyboard its for the feal of it and it does effect typing and playing, don't say stuff you don't know.

bITt.mAN

Switzerland3693 Posts

July 26 2011 12:00 GMT

#13

The same sort of thing happened to my laptop keyboard, where I somehow pushed my Math past-papers up towards my screen and it ripped off the / and ; keys. Just try to fiddle it back on, it's quite hard though. Make sure you have decently-long fingernails and good lighting, then get to work pinching the little stilt-legs on the back of the key, to make them perk up, then try sliding them back in underneath the metal grooves.

GL HF

BigBadWolf

United States32 Posts

July 26 2011 14:29 GMT

#14

OMG i have the same keyboard and my J key is all fucked up too... shitty keyboard,

entocheets

Australia367 Posts

July 26 2011 14:34 GMT

#15

Maybe this could help? http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2007/03/20/key-fell-off-keyboard/
If you still have the two plastic clip thingys you should be able to put it back on.

omgbambi

Sweden54 Posts

July 26 2011 17:47 GMT

#16

Thx for all the advice, ripping out another key didn't work, lets just leave it at that. I'm thinking of super glue and a hammer.

I dont want to get a mechanical keyboard A) they sound to much B) I love my keyboard, I'll just have to live with it.

Cheers!

nttea

Sweden4353 Posts

July 26 2011 18:00 GMT

#17

you wll be fne, lack keys and people barely notce.

Phayze

Canada2029 Posts

July 26 2011 18:02 GMT

#18

It's a scissor switch as far as I can tell. I doubt it's broken. unless you can plainly see broken plastic somewhere.

It's an easy fix. There should be two components and they should currently be one in the other (Think lowercase o inside an uppercase O).. Lift the inner component up, and it should open up like an X. there should be a portion on the inner key that will latch onto the on the keyboard, all you gotta do is slip that portion under the latch on the keyboard and press down.

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for example, you see how it opens like an X, pull the innermost component downward, and it should open up like this, then then orient the key correctly and find where one side of the scissor switch latches onto the keyboard ( looks like this ㅋon the keyboard). Swoop the key sideways to latch onto the keyboard component and when you feel a tug, force the key downwards.

I've fixed a few of these on my laptops over time. (actually one yesterday when I accidentally took off the esc key of a laptop I was taking apart to reset cmos).