On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 02:14:19PM -0500, Tim Tisdall via talk wrote:
I removed the battery again and took a closer look at the keyboard. It's definitely melted plastic rivets holding it to a plastic framing that everything else screws into. I really don't want to start cutting into plastic. (here's a video of someone cutting and glue-gunning in a replacement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUnwW1mQ6aI) It seems like a few places sell the casing with the keyboard (https://www.ebay.com/itm/US-keyboard-for-Asus-ZenBook-UX305CA-UX305FA-Dark-G...) so I'll look around and see who best to order that from. There's so many models and sub-models that I need to be very careful with which one I order.
I tried calling ASUS to see how much they'd charge for a repair and they want a whopping $540 to just replace the keyboard.
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Asus+Zenbook+UX303L+Keyboard+Replacement/53551 shows how to replace the keyboard on the 303 which might be similar to the 305. I must admit that looks like a terrible job. -- Len Sorensen