Thanks a lot for the help, guys. Now to decide whether I want to risk
that all the needed parts are there, or to send it back (again) and go
another week or two without an eMate... :)
sj
On Friday, January 25, 2002, at 05:43 PM, Stephanie Maks wrote:
>
> 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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