Toshiba laptop keyboard issue...

[avguytx]

Ok. Long story short...maybe. I've got this spare Toshiba M35X-S161 laptop that gave me the typical woes of problems with the power plug in the back. I took this mofo apart so many times, I feel I have an intimate relationship with it beyond anything I've ever known. (laugh here) After taking the keyboard out at least a 100 times (no shit), that little white clip broke on it a year and a half ago and, suffice to say, the keyboard has issues now and doesn't work. I'm going to buy a keyboard on Ebay to replace the original as the little ribbon cable has been "fubar'd" at the connection point. That's no biggie. The thing is, I need that little fuggin white clip that locks the ribbon in place to the motherboard. How the hell do you come up with one of those? I have looked high and low and there is even a seller on Ebay that sells those clips that "might" work for around $30. Ouch. (take one in the brown there, huh?)

Sooo.... Do any of you PC guru's out there have a stash of BS parts that might have one of these clips? Am I just pissing in a fan trying to fix this thing? It "does" work if you tie in a regular keyboard via USB but that defeats the purpose of a laptop. I do have a newer Gateway and an HP desktop and don't need another but I thought of giving it to my mom or maybe sticking it in a spare bedroom for company as I have wireless in my house.

Any thoughts and/or input is greatly appreciated.... Happy Holidays to all.

[anonymouse]

Pictures would help

[edbert]

I actually know the exact piece you are talking about since I had some keyboard issues on a laptop I got from my brother-in-law. A couple places you might check are Fry's, Microcenter or even Radioshack. I noticed there those same types of connections on thin circuit boards where space is limited (like when I had to take apart my dad's cd changer for his car). You may luck out at one of the places above, that or possibly a computer repair place might have some laying around.

Good luck man.

[sucks2beme]

The downtown Dallas 1st Saturday sale may have something.
They hold it just under Woodall Rogers highway on the North side of the West end area.
I haven't been in a while, but it's nowhere as big as it used
to be when it was on Ross. It used to be a huge all night affair starting
The 1st Friday night of the month, running into about 2 pm Saturday.
Geek city plus. Anymore, it's just some guys liquidating some big company
lease programs. There's always a lot of Dell stuff. It only runs Saturday
mornings now. Maybe you can score a parts pc. Or try CL.

[John30_30]

Dude, I saw that laptop BIN on ebay for like 229. Also, there's another guy with a mainboard from one that he busted the power plug on, you can prolly get it for 25-30 bucks and have for parts.
http://tinyurl.com/92ta95

[Kex]

Dude, I saw that laptop BIN on ebay for like 229. Also, there's another guy with a mainboard from one that he busted the power plug on, you can prolly get it for 25-30 bucks and have for parts.
http://tinyurl.com/92ta95
Both sound like good options to me. You really don't want to break those clips if you can help it, but they're not really designed for 100+ removals either IMO :eek:.