Mark is absolutely correct. I accidently popped the space bar off my eMate
last week while trying to pry the keyboard out. It has the wire shaped like
the illustration, and has a small spring to give the keyboard it's bounce.
The metal wire thing has to be aligned correctly, and then there are some
plastic catches on the spacebar that fit into plastic receivers underneath.
So long as the wire thing and the spring is there, you should be all right.
-Stephanie
> I'll preface this with saying that I've never seen an eMate keyboard, but
> on most keyboards I've seen, there is a small piece of wire under the
> space bar so they will press down evenly, even if you press on one side.
> It sounds to me like that small wire is not where it should be on one
> side. I'd carefully pry the space bar off and try to reinstall it
> properly. Usually the wire looks something like this:
> ___ ___
> | |
> |________________________|
>
> And you just have to make sure that the little "ears" at the top are
> sliding in the guides on the space bar. Also, there are sometimes little
> springs under the space bar, so be careful that they don't jump out when
> you remove the bar.
>
> Mark Marr-Lyon
>
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