D'oh!

[Baylan]

While watching my school's basketball team get crushed by Boston College last night, I managed to spill hot chocolate on my laptop... As I tried to clean the mess quickly, I tore off the "I" key from the keyboard, and broke the plastic and the membrane that are necessary to make it work... I'm typing that letter with a combination of copy & paste and jamming down on the vacated spot pretty hard... Plus, several keys are quite sticky.

So I'm wondering, what should I do?

First thing this morning I went to my school's computer center, they said they'd take a look at it next week, but at a cost of 34 dollars for an estimate, plus a minimum of $30 ($60 an hour, half hour minimum), plus parts, I started looking to see if I might be able to do it on my own.

http://www.notebookparts.com/products/desc...on.php?II=12465

This is the keyboard, and at $100 plus S&H, it might be possible for me to replace it without too much trouble... I've even looked up the instructions to do so - ( http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/Gatewa...8255faq38.shtml )

So... what should I do? Let the computer store fix it? I feel like I can replace it myself, so I'm apt to do just that - my next question is, where should I order the part from? Know of any chains that might carry it?

Any tips and or suggestions in the repairs?

Thanks,
Baylan