#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 frankprindle):

 Replying to [comment:74 badaspirin]:
 > 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.

 I don't know how legit this is (because he hasn't provided any input
 here), but this post: http://olpc.osuosl.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2224
 from Richard Smith emphatically says not to hold out. Jives with my
 experience is that any remission is temporary, at best.

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