replace laptop keyboard?

[gnahc79]

Crapola, I spilled some of our son's milk on our Acer Aspire 5515 this morning and now there's about 10 keys that don't work (some fn keys, #5-9, T,U,P, etc). I removed the keyboard and used the hair dryer on it (cool air setting). There was some milk on the underside of the keyboard, none of it near the connection to the MB though.
Is there anything else I can do other than plunk down $80 for a replacement? It it likely the replacement will work?

 

[weasel]

You can get an external board pretty cheap. I have 2 blue tooth boards, you can have one if you want.

 

[ryan@fosho.org]

Would this work out for you?

Individual keys
http://cgi.ebay.com/Acer-Keyboard-K...286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66:4|65:15|39:1|240:1318

Keyboard replacements.
http://shop.ebay.com/items/_W0QQ_dm...13&_odkw=Acer+Aspire+keyboard+-skin&_osacat=0

I've taken apart laptops before, and it's rather simple. Just remove all screw's, remove the face-plates, and it's usually a tiny ribbon cable suited for a tiny girls hands.

 

[gnahc79]

no bluetooth on the aspire 5515, thanks though.

ryan, I can remove/replace the keyboard no problem. I just have no clue how specific the replacement has to be. I can't find the exact replacement for the 5515, part#pk1306b0200 or mp-04653u4-6984. I found this one which lists MP-04653U4-698x as compatible, but not the 5515. This one on ebay looks the same as the $80 one and is for the same model, 5100.

 

[ryan@fosho.org]

Yea generally laptop manufacturers will use the same parts as others in those in the models series... The key-repair in the 1st link I shared looks to be promising.

My father's house-mate always goes with the warranty plans with all her laptops and PCs with Gateway, and when she sends them in they will either honor the replacement no questions asked, or give her a new PC because they the hardware that was under warranty had been discontinued, and lucky for her....

Too bad it isn't a Dell, because that is like parts-galore on e-bay...

 

[gnahc79]

nm, direct from Acer is $20, wish me luck. I killed the wife's laptop not mine, so I gotta get this fixed right.