During the quest for trying to make a PC cool....

[edjam]

....I bought one of these . Its a great keyboard, feels like you are typing on a laptop. However, the 'A' key squeaks when pressed. And its quite annoying. Would WD40 or a lubricant of some kind be safe to use on the key? Or will the squeak just go eventually? Thanks

 

[hjo3]

Hm. You might try popping the 'A' key out with a screwdriver. There's probably some offending plastic edge you can file down.

(You can find out what's making contact where by coating one part of the assembly in grease, lipstick, or some similar substance; it'll leave a mark on the rub-spot.)

 

[ScrapSilicon]

if the two parts are plastic I'd use graphite

 

[NokiaDude]

Neato. How much di it cost you?

 

[edjam]

Well I live in the UK, and got it for £30, no doubt in the US it can be had for a lot cheaper. If you can't find it though, I got it from here .

Also, my 'A' button seems to be fine now, I just popped the key off and put it back on, seems to have done the trick

 

[RalfHutter]

Your Coolermaster keyboard seems to be a repackaged version of this Viewsonic keyboard. It's a nice keyboard if you like lapyop style keys (I do) but the key layout is non-traditional and this really bugged me. I sold it and recently found this keyboard which has the nice laptop style key feel and it also has the standard key layout. The color scheme is silver + black which looks real nice and goes well with silver, black or gray components. Here's a picture of the key layout on the all-white version of this same keyboard.