# lap top keyboard issues
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-keyboard-issues/7848
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [February 6, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-keyboard-issues/7848 "2006-02-06T18:53:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@rj-92](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rj-92)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-keyboard-issues/7848/1 "2006-02-06T18:53:24Z")
I am having trouble with one of the buttons on my laptop. Its the “i” button I have to hit it really hard and it feels as if somethng s stuck under it. Can I pop it off and clean it out? What’s the best way to fix iit? Thanx 🙂
BTW, its a Dell D610…
And that key is anoying as F#uck!!!
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-keyboard-issues/7848/2 "2006-02-06T19:04:51Z")
Usually on most laptops you can pop the keys off. Gotta be careful with some as they use thin plastic clips to hold them in. (Like on my 10+ year old tank of a compaq :lol:)
They usually pop out easy enough.
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### Author:  [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-keyboard-issues/7848/3 "2006-02-06T19:09:58Z")
yea tehy will pop off…i like fuzzy said becareful
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### Author:  [@rj-92](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rj-92)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-keyboard-issues/7848/4 "2006-02-06T19:35:28Z")
What is the proper technique?
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### Author:  [@SkunkApe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkunkApe)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-keyboard-issues/7848/5 "2006-02-06T19:46:05Z")
work…careful is good…
example…my friend no longer has a “B” button on his laptop :lol:
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lap-top-keyboard-issues/7848/6 "2006-02-06T19:55:20Z")
Best way to test it is find a key you never use. (Like tilde, or scroll lock) And try pushing up very gently at the bottom of the key with a flat screwdriver. (VERY LIGHTLY if I didn’t emphasize that already :))
If that doesn’t work try it on the top. Sometimes when pushing you may need to give the key a little push to the front or back to get it out of it’s clip. But make sure you test it with a key you never use first that way if it breaks it’s not a big deal.
If you can’t get it off, try hitting it with some compressed air and hope it dislodges whatever is under it.