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Need to remove a key on my PB17 - difficult?
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Oct 19, 2003, 12:24 PM
 
I need to remove the 'Q'-key to see if I've got some dirt under it. It sort of sticks when pressed and it has a different type of sound compared to the other keys.

How difficult is it to remove a key? Is it just to stick a knife under it and lift it or?
     
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Oct 20, 2003, 07:37 AM
 
I'd get a can of compressed air and depress all the other keys around the stuck key and shoot a blast under the stuck key from all sides before I pulled a key off.
     
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Oct 20, 2003, 11:06 AM
 
Originally posted by danbrew:
I'd get a can of compressed air and depress all the other keys around the stuck key and shoot a blast under the stuck key from all sides before I pulled a key off.
Great advice! compressed air usually dislodges anything that could be stuck under there...

Removing a key, especially one on an Alu would for me be a last resort tactic...

Peace,

Marc
     
   
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