Keys falling of laptop!

white_falcon

Hey all,
I have a Dell Inspiron 510m laptop. Because I partially abuse it by leaving it on overnight, it has overheated sometimes and the keyboard has become too hot. As a result of this, the keys on the keyboard have literally fallen off, as the glue that holds them on has come unstuck. Basically i need a new keyboard. Can you replace dell keyboards yourself? I dont want to have to spend too much money by sending it back to Dell, as Im a student and need money for "recreational activities".

Basically so, does anyone know if you can replace the keyboards urself, or does it have to be dell. Also, are all laptop keyboards the same size, or if I bought another brand one, would it fit the dell?

Anti

They should be held down by metal retention clips. Not glue...

Email dell, see what they say.

KdjaCL

You can get them on Ebay for about €50 i boughta couple for inspirons (beer related) easy enough to attach.


kdjac

white_falcon

yea they are held down by metal, but there are these little black dots that are glued down aswell - i have them in a small bag. contacted dell, but they weren't the most helpful