Message-ID: <68c5f233@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: Sudden Mystery - Thunderbird Keyboard Errors Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <10a1bqq$3i30k$11@dont-email.me> User-Agent: tin/2.6.5-20250707 ("Helmsdale") (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 14 Sep 2025 08:37:39 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 26 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:74072 c186282 wrote: > Likely meaning, the built-in KB has gone > wonky. This is BAD. > > MIGHT be able to find a replacement on Amazon, but > we're talking MAJOR disassembly, yanking lots of > those delicate ribbon cables, prying and bending, > ball-peen hammers. > > Do NOT look forward to that ! Usually the keyboard is the first part to come out of a laptop before you dive deeper to replace other parts. Minor disassembly and just one delicate ribbon cable. But it might still require pulling out bits of plastic around the keyboard, which can be awkward if it's one of those poorly designed clip-together laptop bodies. Plus there's the "find the screw" game you'll need to play if you don't have a service manual. Anyway I'd enjoy it more than messing with the mysteries of Thunderbird. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#