April 21, 2017, 10:54 am | Read time: 1 minute
On a keyboard, it’s often not the keys that break first, but the practical feet on the back. Sound familiar? TECHBOOK shows how to easily repair the keyboard.
Have the feet of your keyboard broken off or gone missing? Don’t throw it away just yet. A few paper clips will do the job just as well. This makes the keyboard comfortable to use again, as our new tech hack shows.
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Simply place the keyboard face down on a table and remove the remnants of the broken, old foot. Disassemble a standard paper clip; you only need the metal loop.
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Now insert the paper clip into the holder. Done! You can see the detailed instructions in the video. If the keyboard isn’t level because the paper clip foot doesn’t match the original, then replace the other original foot with a paper clip as well.