On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 at 11:40, Alvin Starr via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
I have an asus of a similar design and the keys actually pop off.
They were a pain to get back together but you may be able to pry off the power button and clean the contact.
This may be of some general help. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txx05fh41z4
I actually did pop off the key yesterday and spent about an hour to get it back on without breaking it. I didn't see anything that needed cleaning and the rubber "cup" that acts as a spring seemed to be glued and not removable. That video seemed to show a better way of getting the key caps back on, though, so I'll definitely refer to it next time a key cap pops off (I have one slightly broken key because I wasn't careful enough in the past). Thanks! I've fixed a keyboard in the past where the wiring is basically a traces on multiple plastic sheets. A keypress in registered when the traces on the two different sheets make contact through holes in another sheet where the buttons are. With the keyboard I fixed, I was able to separate the sheets and fix the trace with some conducting paint (you can buy it at an auto repair shop to replace the heating lines on the back window of a car). However, almost every newer keyboard glues those sheets together and makes it impossible to clean or fix those traces. The one I have seems to have a metal backing and melted plastic rivets holding it together.