Keyboard Question

[Molten]

Yeah, these keys will definitely not pop back on. There was something there to hold them on. Below is a picture of something similar. It is of a keyboard I found on the net.

The only problem is that the brackets are too small to manipulate with fingers. I am totally stumped.

[iwashere1990]

try using needle nose pliers like in the photo, instead of your hands

[kanza624]

i broke the v key on my laptop by dropping a book on it a while back...

you can sorta get it in by some careful snapping into place, but it would have only come off if the white pieces (like in the picture above) had broken. i can't see the laptop obviously, i don't know if you can fix it without taking it in to a computer store, but all you really have to do is snap both of the hinge-white pieces (again, picture above) into the sockets on the key.

[ComradeZorro]

When the B key came off of my mom's laptop we emailed Dell and they sent us a new keyboard. It took about 15 minutes to install and we've had no problems with it.

[Molten]

It looks like at least one of them is broken. If needed, any idea how to fix a broken white piece? I am not sure if what I am asking is even possible, but I kind of need to know. Please keep in mind that this is an extremely zoomed in picture. The piece itself looks about 3/8" square at most. That is one of the things causing the problem.