#5658 NORM Ship.2: Sticky Alt or Control Key

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#5658: Sticky Alt or Control Key
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  Reporter:  davidpfarrell  |       Owner:  wad      
      Type:  defect         |      Status:  new      
  Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  Ship.2   
 Component:  hardware       |     Version:  Build 650
Resolution:                 |    Keywords:           
  Verified:  0              |    Blocking:           
 Blockedby:                 |  
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Comment(by badaspirin):

 I just diagnosed my problem as the sticky alt key.  Buffalo, NY (so chilly
 and dry).  Further testing shows that I will occasionally get sticky keys
 along the top row if I press hard.

 A quick and dirty fix for me (and those who don't rely heavily on a water
 resistant keyboard, is to gently pull the rubberized keyboard out from the
 left hand bottom corner.  I detached the corner from a little north of the
 'fn' key and all the way a little east of the 'alt' key, so that the
 rubber still covers the sensors, but there is a gap between the two
 layers.  Pressing on the rubber still causes the key to go down, but no
 more sticking.  Just a thought for those holding out on shipping them
 back.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5658#comment:74>
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