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StupidCatOfDoom
16-07-2007, 07:02 PM
Me dad's going to get a new laptop sometime this week, and I'm going to blag the old one for casual gaming and 'net browsing.

It's a decent laptop; Medion one with a 2.7GHz P4 and 512mb RAM and a GF 5200 Go, enough to play some of my games. But it has one flaw; some of the keys are broken 'cause of my dad opening it up to fix the internal wiFi. The down key doesn't work, plus backspace and the plus/equals key, which is a real pain in the arse. I was wondering, how easy is it just to open it back up and try fix those keys? What is involved, I'm guessing me dad budged some connections or something, would it be a simple feat of moving them back?

Also, how hard is it to replace the GF5200Go with something better? If it was easy to replace it with a GF6800 Ultra, I would think of upgrading sometime :p and is laptop memory easy to replace, too?

But the main thing here is getting the keyboard fixed:- can I do it without having to sacrifice parts of a desktop keyboard/buy any new parts?

The make of the laptop is Medion DN95, if that helps.

Ozzylator
16-07-2007, 07:28 PM
It depends why they're broken.

StupidCatOfDoom
16-07-2007, 07:52 PM
It depends why they're broken.

Well, 'cause my dad took the laptop apart, which probably means stuff has been disconnected inside. Sometimes other keys stop working 'till I press down hard on 'em, so I'm guessing it's loose connections.

I'll fnd out what's wrong whenI open the laptop up, but it'd be nice to know all the things that could cause seperate keys to stop working, other than loose connections/bad connections, and whether they're easy to fix.

jimeh
16-07-2007, 09:01 PM
whatever the problem, a keyboard is always a piece of piss to sort out, just takes time and patience.

it isnt broken, the pads underneath are just out of place.

Open up and fiddle about more, but just take your time.

piemastermike
16-07-2007, 09:22 PM
on the rams front: it's fairly easy to upgrade them too. Usually a flap that needs unscrewing underneath.

dinnerbone
16-07-2007, 10:20 PM
on the rams front: it's fairly easy to upgrade them too. Usually a flap that needs unscrewing underneath.
For older laptops it's located under the keyboard.