Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ES<p>I just did a "poor man's" repair to my laptop's keyboard.</p><p>Some keys were no longer responding normally to key presses. "R" was the worst.</p><p>I pulled the "R" keycap off the keyboard. I cleaned the switch underneath and put it back, but it was still not working well. If I tapped the switch directly without the keycap, it worked fine. I figured tolerances must have gone off somewhere, so I slapped 4 layers of masking tape under the keycap. It works much better now. I also did the "E". I have other keys to do, but I'm taking a break from the repair to consider my options, and see whether what I've done holds up.</p><p>I do welcome advice regarding the use of alternative material rather than masking tape for this fix.</p><p>I used this article:</p><p><a href="https://www.ifixit.com/Troubleshooting/Dell_Laptop/Keyboard+Not+Working/482862" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ifixit.com/Troubleshooting/Del</span><span class="invisible">l_Laptop/Keyboard+Not+Working/482862</span></a></p><p>And this video:</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/ORL-uA9coGE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/ORL-uA9coGE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@iFixit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iFixit</span></a></span> to have an idea of what it would entail.</p><p>My laptop is a Dell XPS 15 9530.</p><p><a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/DellXPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DellXPS</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/laptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laptop</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/keyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>keyboard</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/fix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fix</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/IFixIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IFixIt</span></a></p>