take apart aluminum keyboard
i Have five keys that are not working. How can i take apart and clean? its an aluminum keyboard.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.6)
i Have five keys that are not working. How can i take apart and clean? its an aluminum keyboard.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.6)
The aluminum keyboard cannot be taken apart with any hope of reassembly. It's glued together and so cannot be disassembled. If you have keys that are broken, not just not working due to debris under the key cap, you'll need to replace the keyboard. If it's just debris, you may be able to pry off the relevant keycaps and try to clean under them, but you may well destroy the caps or the underlying switches in doing so.
Regards.
Message was edited by: varjak paw
Note that while the blogger was able to disassemble the keyboard, he was unable to ever reassemble it into a working unit.
well I guess I will be buying another keyboard. I did take the caps off of the keys that don't work. no debris so I am assuming something was spilled on it. of course, no one will admit to it.
thanks for all of the feedback.
You best bet is to hold it under running hot water at kitchen sink for one minute. Then dry it flipped and raised for 3-7 days, depending on room's humidity. You could also find one at a thrift shop for $2 like I did.
http://www.brunerd.com/blog/2009/08/25/apple-keyboard-a1243-disassembly/
Good luck.
^^^ exactly.
take apart aluminum keyboard