Awesome timing for a hardware problem

[alikkon]

It's not a huge hardware problem, but it's a particularly annoying one. My "D" key is having troubles. I have to press it rather harD in orDer for it to work. Going to try and get some glue and fix it that way... if that doesn't do it, I'm not sure what to do :\

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[carl_allery]

How did the glue work? Sounds like either a sticky key - not returning properly, which might just mean a good clean under the keys - or a dodgy connection/dry joint(?) in the keyboard's PCB which might respond to electrical cleaning solution? Otoh, as long as it's not a laptop, keyboards are so cheap to replace. Laptops not so easy. :(

[alikkon]

I yanked the key up to try and clean under it. There's a little rubber nub that presses down against the PCB from the key that's broken loose. It is, unfortunately, my laptop :\ I haven't gotten in there with glue yet, but I need to this week because having to retype half the "d"s in my sentences is lame.