keyboard connection to mainboard.
Hello, I have lost the piece of white plastic that secures the Keyboard ribbon cable to the mainboard. Is it possible to replace or repair. Thanks.
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I doubt you can repair it; but here's something you could try. I'm guessing that your keyboard cable is a flat ribbon cable with the connectors on one side. If this is the case, put some scotch tape on the other side to increase the thickness of the cable. If you put enough tape, it will increase the thickness enough to where the ribbon cable will stay in its socket, without needing the piece of white plastic to lock it down.
Add one or two pieces at a time, then test it. In this way, it won't become too thick to fit into the socket. But it will need to be thick enough in order for it to fit snugly into the socket, so it won't slip out.
This same thing happened to me once. I was able to get the keyboard working pretty well using the above method. But there were a few keys which wouldn't work. Consequently, I had to change my Windows password to use only those keys which would work. In this way, I wasn't required to plug in an external keyboard to get into Windows; I could use the built-in keyboard if necessary.
When all of this happened, I realized that I would need to bring a keyboard with me whenever I brought the laptop on the road; so I found a folding Belkin USB keyboard. It folded up and fit nicely in the laptop bag; and when I unfolded it and set it up, it worked as well as the built-in keyboard (actually, it was a little better than the built in keyboard). I have searched far and wide for that same Belkin keyboard, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere. But if you can find the folding Belkin USB keyboard, grab it while it's available, because you won't find a better, more practical portable keyboard than that one.
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This looks exactly like the Belkin folding USB keyboard that I used to have, except that it has Chinese letters added to the English letters on the keycaps:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1pcs-ASUS-PA875...
And it's only $22.
I wouldn't get Bluetooth; and I wouldn't get a combo PC/Android/iOS keyboard, because the keys won't be exactly right for a PC.
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what i found on my asus laptop was the keys “67yuhjnm” were not working, found the ribbon cablefrom keyboard to motherboard(the wide one) to be cracked at the manufacter fold, so i reversed the fold and routing path. 2 years ago i did this and is still working to this day, with no negative effects elsewhere
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I had the same problem.
I used the technique described above more or less.
My old keyboard was acting up and needed replacement.
While removing the old keyboard, I damaged the retaing flap.
I taped the new keyboard cable in the proper location.
The tape was placed across the flat ribbon cable, just off the blue stiffening flap on the ribbon cable.
I then inserted into the connector, a piece of stiff paper, cut to the same width of the connector, above the ribbon cable. This did not work reliably, but some keys started to work.
Luckily, I could still enter my password.
I then inserted a folded piece of paper with the folded edge into the connector.
This doubled up the inserted thickness, and retained a clean straight edge that was not too difficult to insert.
To my delight and surprise, all the keys worked.
I popped the keyboard in place, and locked it in with the 2 bottom screws, and left it like that.
A big thank you to MrJimPhelps for his suggestion above !
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