Keyboard stickers?

[Bhuna50]

Hi all - most of you on here know me and Im more for finding solutions than complaining about niggly issues, however my keyboard is starting to go again - this is the second keyboard in the 9 months I have had the laptop (pics below).

Trouble is, I cannot afford to be without my laptop for 5 weeks again when RMAd (the time it took last time) and basically it seems a long time to wait to replace a keyboard but I understand there are queues etc and the really really annoying thing is, the laptop works perfectly and is a great piece of kit.

Sadly, though I find this appalling quality for a £1700 laptop that the 'paint'/transfer is coming off for the second time after just this short period of time.

I want to weigh up my options and wondered if anyone on here has used keyboard stickers to replace lettering on the keyboard - if so, do they peel after a while - are they tacky? - how would you rate them and what ones have you got? Would the heat of the laptop effect the stickiness etc?


PLEASE NOTE: even though I am really annoyed at this, I am not looking at this thread going into a slate PCS or the laptop type thread, I'm looking for constructive options please. Thank you.

For the purposes of completeness and even though people know me on here as a PCS customer etc, my specs:

Chassis & Display
Optimus Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD 144Hz 72% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen™ 7 Eight Core Processor 4800H (2.9GHz, 4.2GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair 2666MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 32GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060 - 6.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 3 in 1 Card Reader (Full Size SD / SDHC / SDXC)
AC Adaptor
2 x 180W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
2 x 1 Metre Cloverleaf UK Power Cable
Battery
Optimus Series Integrated 46WH Lithium Ion Battery
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Wireless Network Card
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (2.4 Gbps) + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
1 x USB 3.1 PORT (Type C) + 2 x USB 3.1 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Keyboard Language
OPTIMUS SERIES RGB BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Keyboard & Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1MP HD WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Dead Pixel Guarantee
1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs
Promotional Item
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[Martinr36]

I bought some stickers for a previous laptop, as it had a spanish keyboard so function buttons etc were labeled wrongly once it had been changed to english in settings, they seemed to work ok, and aren't overly expensive,, here's some on Amazon

Kokobase® Qwerty English Keyboard Stickers Self-adhesive English UK British Layout: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Free delivery and returns on eligible orders. Buy Kokobase® Qwerty English Keyboard Stickers Self-adhesive English UK British Layout at Amazon UK.

smile.amazon.co.uk

 

[flakeylime]

Had same problem with a keyboard on my desktop try keep your nails short so you can’t scrape the tops of them.

stickers is also a good suggestion