Mac Keyboard Replacement in Miami.

Repairing Mac Keyboard for years, Computer Repair Miami have an extensive experience repairing a wide variety of Mac. Ranging from MacBook Pro keyboard repair to MacBook Air keyboard repair, computer repair miami can repair any brand of Macs keyboard out there.

We cover this Mac Brands for keyboard replacement:

• White MacBook keyboard repair
• MacBook keyboard repair
• Clamshell iBook G3 keyboard repair
• White iBook keyboard repair
• iBook G4 keyboard repair
• PowerBook G4 keyboard repair.
• MacBook Pro keyboard repair.
• MacBook Air  keyboard repair.

We service Miami and Broward County area with services for residential and businesses. Computer Repair Miami also have Free Delivery services in some cities so that you can continue your work with minimal interruption.

Here is the fixing Keyboard Step by Step:

• Organize your tools and plug in the soldering iron. Detach any cables connected to the keyboard.
• While the soldering iron is warming up, turn the keyboard over and remove the 5 phillips-head screws holding the bottom of the keyboard case on. Remove the bottom casing and set it aside, then lift out the keyboard assembly. Set the top casing aside with the bottom casing.
• Using a flat-blade screwdriver, pry up the key cap from the broken key and any surrounding key caps that might get in your way.
•  Turning the keyboard over, locate the 2 pins coming out of the broken switch. (I typically circle them with a pencil after I find them, just so I don’t have to search for them several times.) Unsolder these connections, being careful not to overheat the connection and lift the foil up off of the board.
•  Using a pair of needle-nose pliers, gently move the unsoldered pins to be certain that they are completely free from the sides of the hole.
•  Turn the keyboard back over, so that the key caps are on top. Referring to Figure 2, press in on the 2 tabs at the top and the bottom of the switch. While you are pressing these tabs inwards, lift out the switch. Please resist the temptation to use pliers on the stem of the switch – you could break or damage the stem beyond repair. Having a second person comes in handy here!
•  Now that you have the switch out, you can begin the repair. If the problem is a “floating” keyswitch, then just glue the top and bottom halves of the switch together (making sure that all of the pieces are inside, of course), and skip the next step. If the problem is the more common “dead switch” type, then do the following:
• Using a pair of small screwdrivers “X-Acto #2 knife blades also work well”, and looking at Figure 3, insert the blade of the screwdrivers between the gray tabs and the black upper body. Press the blade all the way down to the bottom of the case on both sides and the two halves will pop apart.
• Pull the case halves apart, being careful not to lose the small spring.
• Stack 2 or three layers of self-adhesive paper labels together “I use a spare disk label”, and cut it to about 3/8” square – a little smaller than the back of the contact assembly. Then, referring to figure 4, stick this paper “shim” to the back of the contact assembly. When a keyswitch dies, it’s usually because the contact assembly has nothing to press on behind it. The labels provide the necessary backing.
•  Carefully re-assemble the switch. Because of the labels, it may take a little pressure to get the top and bottom casings back together. Don’t forget to install the spring!
• Now it’s time to test your work. Using the 2 pieces of wire, solder one end of each to each of the pins on the back of the switch.
• Solder the end of one wire to one of the pads on the keyboard where the switch was soldered, and solder the other wire to the other pad.
• Now plug in your keyboard, turn on your Macintosh, and test out a few keys, including the one you just modified. If the modified key fails, then take it apart and check your work. Re-assemble it again and try again.
• Unsolder the wires from the keyboard and keyswitches. Then check that the pins are sticking straight out from the back of the switch and straighten them if necessary.
• Next, put the switch back into the hole in the keyboard where you removed it. Make sure that the pins in the switch enter the holes in the circuit board, and press the key in until the gray tabs snap into place.
• Re-solder the switch into place and (optionally) spray a little flux remover on the connection just to clean things up. If you use cleaner, be careful not to get any inside the switch.
• Re-assemble the keyboard, and you’re done!