How do I open my keyboard for repair
One of the keys on my keyboard is not working. How do I open the keyboard to repair the broken key?
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Here's a link on how to get that done: http://skeltoac.com/2007/10/22/apple-key...
UPDATE
Since I answered this I've written a teardown on this: Apple Wireless Keyboard (A1255) Teardown
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+ Good link Ralph
great teardown mayer...is this a newer version?
Polly - that's an ominous question, "newest version"? It's the newest I've seen.
No, I mean latest teardown... You did one previous to this?? Silly sausage! You'll jinx my keyboard
Yes, it's the newest keyboard teardown I've done. I love British colloquialisms, they give me a grin.
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Hey Eddie
The video provided above is for a Magic Keyboard, this is a different repair than your wired keyboard.
The type of keyboard that you are describing is the traditional wired Apple Keyboard with Number Pad. To fix a key you don't need to open the back of the keyboard, you can pull the key up from the front to access that specific keys components.
Otherwise, to open the back of the keyboard, you should be able to take a flat head and unsnap the outer edges and tops of the white plate
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Which keyboard wired or wireless? Have you removed the key to check for obstructions under it?
by originalmachead
What keyboard is this? The device is not the iMac, but the keyboard, that's what we need to know.
by rab777hp
The Aluminum keyboard came with this machine.
by mayer
It would depend on wireless versus non wireless though.
by rab777hp
It is the Aluminum keyboard came with this machine- non wireless
by Eddie Redmond
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