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misspink · Jun 3, 2005, 05:12 AM

Hello, I was wondering if someone would be able to give me any advice... The delete key on my iBook is broken, it keeps coming off :/ I can put it back on, but it just goes on wonky & when I prod it (to delete something

) it just comes off again.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Thank you for reading this!

gcvt · Jun 9, 2005, 01:21 AM

It's never happened to me (yet) but I've heard of it happening to other people on a few occassions. Is your machine still under warranty?

Nivag · Jun 9, 2005, 04:49 AM

one of the clips is broken by the sound of it. if you go to an Apple service centre you may well be able to get a replacement key. in the UK you can normally get this F.O.C.

hcorf · Jun 10, 2005, 01:30 AM

does that include ibooks past the warranty? the same thing happened to my c key ages ago, i dont really care if i have to pay 30quid for a new kb or something.

You seem to live in london, got any experience with the apple store there? if i take it there in the morning can i walk out with a fixed ibook pretty quickly?

itasor · Jun 10, 2005, 08:31 PM

Just dont make any mistakes and you'll be fine. No seriously take it in, I've heard of them giving a free keyboard now and then!

misspink · Jun 11, 2005, 06:45 AM

Thanks for the help, I think I'll see if I can get a new key (or a new keyboard if I can't just get a new key) the next time I'm near the Apple Store which should be pretty soon.

EDIT: It's not still under warrenty, but it probably shouldn't really cost much.

Macpilot · Jun 11, 2005, 11:22 PM

The Genius Bar at any Apple Store has literally a whole drawer full of replacement keys for any Apple keyboard. Just walk up and ask, and they should just give you one.

Person Man · Jun 14, 2005, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by itasor

Just dont make any mistakes and you'll be fine. No seriously take it in, I've heard of them giving a free keyboard now and then!

Replacement key caps, maybe. Replacement keyboards... I don't think so. They cost about $100 for a new keyboard.

My brother bought my old Lombard PowerBook from me and the keyboard died 3 months later. It cost him $100 to buy a new one from Apple. He asked me what to do with the old one, so I said (jokingly) take the key caps off and sell them (the caps) on eBay. A week later he called me and said someone paid him $47.00 for the key caps alone!

exiva · Jun 15, 2005, 12:15 AM

I called apple care up on sunday to see if they'll give me caps for a keyboard that had some letters wearing off. They ended up sending me a whole new keyboard for free.