[mothered]

I never bothered plying the keys off, as I assumed it would be foolhardy.

I did just that (pulled all the keys apart) on my good old Dell Inspiron 510M lappy around 12 years ago.

The clips and brackets were a nightmare to reassemble, and It was never the same since. A few keys kept coming off here and there and I ventured to say I'll never do It again. To this day, I'm true to my word.