How to fix your Desktop Computer's Keyboard

Is your keyboard's key getting stuck? Can you look down at your keyboard and see dust or food particles?

If you said yes, then your computer's keyboard needs you to follow these steps:

Things You'll Need

• Can Air
• Q-Tips (Optional: For Extreme cases only)
• Bowl
• Rags
• Flat head screwdriver

Instructions

1. 

   Turn your keyboard upside down and gently shake the keyboard. Shake the keyboard in all directions.
   (This will make a mess.)

2. 

   Use the can of air on your keyboard. Hold the keyboard upside down or at an angle. Spray the air in-between the rows and all around each key on the keyboard.

3. 

   Use the Q-Tips to get between the keys on the keyboard. Look for anything the can of air may have missed in-between the rows and around each key on the keyboard.

4. 

   Only use this step if you still have problems with you keyboard. This is a very time consuming process and you could end up having to replace the keyboard if you lose a keyboard piece. Keyboards start at around $10.

   Unplug the keyboard from the computer. Take the flat head screwdriver under a key on the keyboard and pry the key off the keyboard. Clean the key with the rags. Place the loose key in the bowl. You should then be able to use your hand to pull of the other key in that section of the keyboard.

   Repeat until all the keys are off the keyboard.

   Turn the empty keyboard upside down to remove any left over dust or particles.

   Replace all the keys back on the keyboard where they came from. Not sure?? See the picture listed here.

   Plug the keyboard back into the computer.

   Give the keyboard a try. If they keyboard still does not work, it is time to buy a new keyboard.

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