[Coco] Melted Keyboard Repair

[Kevin Becker]

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On Wed, 2020-02-05 at 22:08 -0500, Kevin Becker wrote:
> I ordered a precision micro hand drill and an assortment of screws
> from
> Amazon.  There were some cheaper eBay options  that were shipping
> from
> China but I went with the impatient Amazon Prime approach.  I used a
> razor blade to completely slice the rest of the broken plastic
> connectors as flush as possible and then drilled out tiny pilot holes
> with the hand drill.  It was a little tedious but not really very bad
> at all.  Easier than recapping a motherboard for sure.  The little
> hand
> drill is pretty cool and I think it will come in handy in the
> future.  I tested the first few screws to be sure it would work but
> haven't completely reassembled it yet because I gave it a good scrub
> down and want to let it dry.  I could pop every keycap off to
> acclerate
> the drying but after spot checking a few keys, the undersides seem to
> be in good shape and I felt it was better to leave them be, rather
> than
> risk snapping off a clip.  So I'm letting it dry overnight before
> screwing it all back together, but I did drill out every screw hole
> with the hand drill in like 30 minutes or so.
> I also attempted to melt one of the mysterious metal balls with my
> soldering iron to no avail.  I have no clue how these things got
> there.
> I took a few pictures along the way and will maybe write up a little
> blog post if I get the motivation.  
> Amazon links for the drill and screws:
> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FJ6VD2P/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07X1N69FM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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