Sorry if I came off as a bit overbearing. I have more experience with macs and those just have two little clips holding the keyboard in. There is still a metal plate between you and the motherboard even with the keyboard out so the risk of static shock damaging the motherboard is minute at best. I still feel that to go to best buy would be a waste of money as they will probably charge you upwards of $100 for parts and labor when the part itself is around $50-60 and it will take them five minutes to replace.