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post #1 of 9
7/31/05 at 2:42pm
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Hey all. The worst has happened. I was playing on party poker and was doing well. I won a hand and it was cool. My dad gave me a hearty slap on the back but unfortunately the gatorade I was drinking splased onto the screen. It would not have been bad but the gatorade went down into the keyboard area. I tryed to flip the laptop over to see if the gatorade would come out and a little did. Now I have a problem. My F3 key is messed up, it is a little sticky and i found that the F3 key is the hotkey for the search function. Now I whenever I am on my laptop the F3 key gets spammed and I can't open or use anything. I am not sure how to clean the key, I took the key off but I don't know what to do. Please help me out, I am completely lost. Thank you for your time guys.
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post #2 of 9
7/31/05 at 10:13pm
I would not know what to do if removing the key causes it to still act jammed. You may need to contact sager or your reseller about obtaining a new keyboard. They cannot be too expensive. Someone else on the forums might have a better suggestion.
-Chance

Edit: You could always try removing your keyboard and using an external one.
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post #3 of 9
8/1/05 at 10:50am
How took you the key off? By pulling its upper side? or lower one?
My problem is that I have a German keyboard, and wish to exchange some pairs
of keys, staying at the wrong place as compared to English keyboard.

Besides, a couple of hours ago the "E" key stopped to function suddenly,
with no evident reason. After half an hour it became working again, but
if this will happen again I would like to know, how one can extract the whole
keyboard to check eventually for loose and bad contacts.
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post #4 of 9
8/1/05 at 5:49pm
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I took it off by its upper side. I am gonna try contacting sager and seeing what they can do.
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post #5 of 9
8/2/05 at 9:48am
Thanks for the info!
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post #6 of 9
8/5/05 at 5:44pm
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Well finally I just ordered a replacement keyboard for 75$. Very easy to replace and works fine now.
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post #7 of 9
8/8/05 at 9:46am
Would You like to describe, please, how keyboard can be detached from the laptop?
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post #8 of 9
8/8/05 at 11:26am
I believe that the 4750 has a keyboard similiar to the 8790 (normal keyboard with numeric pad).

There are several "clips" located above the ESC, F6/F7, PrtSc, and Asterick (*) keys. Depress these tabls gently using a blunk objust like a "chop stick". THe keyboard will be released as the tabs are depressed sufficiently back to release it. By puching back,I mean - towards the LCD.

The keyboard is attached to the laptop with a ribbon cable that is plugged into a "header".

Good Luck.
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post #9 of 9
8/8/05 at 1:32pm
Thanks a lot!
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