Hi,

I am new to the Enterprise.  I just got an EP64 I bought on eBay.  When I unpacked it, there was a piece of metal rattling around inside.  I took out all the scews I could see, but I still can't get the case open.  It's really stuck at the back by the monitor socket.  I have pried it a bit but if I go any harder I'll damage the plastic for sure.  The piece of copper fell out along the way, so I really want to put it back in.  Is there a trick to getting the case loose at the back, or should I just persist with more force?

Some of my keys are also dead, but if I lift the membrane and push on it with my fingers from both sides, then the keystrokes do go through.  I haven't serached to forum to see if there's a way to open and clean the membrane but of someone has a thought I'd like to hear.

Thank you
Stefan

I took out all the scews I could see, but I still can't get the case open.  It's really stuck at the back by the monitor socket.

One hidden screw under the warranty label.
With a hairdryer and knife you can carefully lift up the corner of the label, if you don't want to break it.

The piece of copper fell out along the way, so I really want to put it back in.

It is a heatshink of the video chip. Good idea put it back

Some of my keys are also dead, but if I lift the membrane and push on it with my fingers from both sides, then the keystrokes do go through.

The most common failure it is break at the motherboar connection (after the 30+ years), because it was bent at a sharp angle.. Need to cut few milimeters, then broken part, then will work again. 

Try buying a new one here:

http://www.commodoreszerviz.hu/billentyuzet_folia.htm

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@Getafix: Could you give us a report on how it goes buying the nem membrame?

Will soon be needing a new one my self

http://www.commodoreszerviz.hu/billentyuzet_folia.htm
This person is very nice, and very efficient.  Replied immediately and we had a few back-and-forth emails over the weekend.  The new keyboard membrane is in the mail to me already. 

At this time, the price before shipping was 8.000 HUF (EUR 23 and USD 27) which, in my opinion, is reasonable. 

I will report back once I have received the new keyboard membrane. 

I have tried the English membrane(It seems it is no more being offered on the Sellmyretro web page) and the Hungarian one, being the second a lot better and cheaper. 

Great to hear! Thank you for the feed back/review