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| Thread ID: 24414 | 2002-09-10 13:02:00 | Microsoft Natural Keyboard | Deebee (1184) | Press F1 |
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| 78300 | 2002-09-11 04:13:00 | If you get a lttle screw driver, you can gently prise the keys off. I would think that spare would be available somewhere. Email MS As far as your warranty goes - I would have thought MS would have stood behind it. The warranty is usually with the manufacturer. I would have contacted MS directly........ Just because its an expensive keyboard, dosen't make it the best quality. I am saying that about every brand - not just a MS product (They wouldn't have made the keyboard. It was probably someone like Logitech) |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 78301 | 2002-09-11 04:53:00 | >Doesn't that say something about Microsoft quality? Deebee, i probably don't need to reply, given that the reply can only be the obvious... Baldy, 'fraid i must correct you a tad. Do not use "a" screw driver, but 2 screwdrivers, knives, or whatever . It should be a blanced lift, so there should be a screwdriver/whatever on either side of the key to be removed, and the pressure should be as identical as humanly possible, particually when the plastics used are so cheap that the letters have worn off! |
Chris Wilson (431) | ||
| 78302 | 2002-09-11 06:08:00 | With white keytops you can use a fine marker to rewrite the key legends . (I have found a fine "laundry marking pen" from the Warehouse works well on most plastics) . I notice the black keyboards on the Dell computers in the ChCh Public library have the legends wearing off . I don't think that's fixable . The keytops on good terminals and typewriters were "double injection" mouldings -- the legend had depth, so would still show after considerable wear . Modern ones are just stamped with ink . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 78303 | 2002-09-11 06:14:00 | If this keyboard is only a couple of years old I would be sending Microsoft NZ a nice little letter telling them all about it and requesting a replacement. Under the Sale of Goods Act, products must be fit for the purpose for which they were designed and perform as they should for a reasonable amount of time, irrespective of their warranty. A couple of years is not a reasonable amount of time for a keyboard to last, especially an expensive one like Microsoft's. I have thrashed my PC Direct keyboard daily for over four years now and there is absolutely no wear on any of the key letters at all. I'm a fast touch typist not a two-fingered pecker, so if anyone's keys were going to wear out, mine would. Stand up for your rights and get a replacement, don't try fixing it yourself. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 78304 | 2002-09-11 06:20:00 | Incidentally, would anyone know of a good white marker that can redo the TV's remote control buttons? The kids have have worn the numbers off and I really need to do something about it. | Susan B (19) | ||
| 78305 | 2002-09-11 06:31:00 | That's the problem, a marker works well if it can sink in below the surface. Black on white works well. But white can't cancel out the black of the keys. I think there might be a white version of that laundry marker, and just repeat the operation as needed. I don't think there's any transparent tape good enough to stand keyboard use as a cover for ink, and the adhesive creeps. You could try that superstick packaging tape. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 78306 | 2002-09-11 06:36:00 | I think I'll take the remote into Whitcoulls tomorrow and try some out. :D The keys are little round rubber (I think) buttons. I thought Twink might do the trick, but it won't be as neat as a marker pen if I can get one. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 78307 | 2002-09-11 07:46:00 | > > Doesn't that say something about Microsoft quality? > > Deebee, > i probably don't need to reply, given that the reply > can only be the obvious . . . > > Baldy, > 'fraid i must correct you a tad . > Do not use "a" screw driver, but 2 screwdrivers, > knives, or whatever . It should be a blanced lift, so > there should be a screwdriver/whatever on either side > of the key to be removed, and the pressure should be > as identical as humanly possible, particually when > the plastics used are so cheap that the letters have > worn off! Yes, you are completely right about two screw drivers Chris . . . . . . Regarding the marking pen idea - this will completely disappear in a matter of days, due to the acid content in the fingers . New (or, old/second hand replacements) keys will be the only long-term solution I am afraid . |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 78308 | 2002-09-11 07:51:00 | Can I put my two cents worth in ..... I brought one of the Microsoft Natural keyboards when they first came out. I don't remember when, it was too long ago. It is still in mint condition. No letters worn and never misses a key. It gets thrashed daily. Best keyboard I have ever brought. If it ever fails I will definitely buy another one. |
Bryan D (895) | ||
| 78309 | 2002-09-11 07:54:00 | Bryan D, Maybe there are genuine AND genuine imatation M$ keyboards? |
Chris Wilson (431) | ||
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