fixing a faulty key
ok I did search. but this thread:
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...=sticking+keys - ends too soon for any solution. I only have 1 bad key I think, on my a500. It's the down arrow key. The one under Del/Help not the one which is also '2' (if you know what I mean) I seriously need to get this key to work so I can play Pipe Mania properly lol. Any idea what's causing it not to work? It jumps back up again (so that's ok). What cleaning should be done? I tried to lift the key but I didn't force it out because I didn't want to damage it... I guess there's contacts underneith. Thanks for reading :) |
Its most probably the membrane. Can never be too sure withot seeing it but ive had 2 cases where my AMIGA keyboard membrane has stopped working. You cant get a used repacement off ebay for about 3 pounds.
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Actually it's most probably the rubber elastomer that's under the key stem.
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Hi,
Bumping this thread. I just tried to get my A1200 out of storage, and its going... SEMI fine. Some keys are not working, 6, Y, H, N, 8 (Number pad), and F1 works when it wants to. Are the suggestions in this thread still relevant ? What is a likely fix? |
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You need to take apart the keyboard and examine how does the key works. There can be a spring missing or out of place, or rubber tube is damaged, or key terminals bent. Take it apart don't be afraid. :nervous |
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You could have different problem like spilled juice or milk or beer, it just need some cleaning :blased. |
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took the KB out, opened it up and reBlew out any crap I could find, sand, dust bunnies, whatever.... Cleaned the graphite pads with Isopropyl, put the KB back together, cleaned the Ribbon contacts......, Works a treat. [edit] its happening again, with more keys doing it now. Might be time for a new membrane :( |
The fix is different for each type of keyboard technology.
I recently fixed my A500 which has plastic spacers inbetween two metal 'fingers', I found the best approach was isopropyl and a toothbrush. Membrane types is best with a coarser cloth like denim and isopropyl, clean everything really well. |
on the a1200 keyboard it wears where you attach it to the motherboard, theres a simple fix involving cutting a bit off the end of the flat cable and cleaning the green stuff off.
do a search as theres a thread about it round here somewhere |
Touch up the graphite pads with a soft pencil then brush off the excess dust. I used to repair a lot of older calculators with membrane keyboards using pencil graphite.
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Noooo, just wipe the pads with normal copier paper until they're no longer shiny. The pencil makes a mess and doesn't last as long as getting rid of the burnish on the rubbers. :-)
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If the pads are worn out, that won't work, Jope.... although conductive paint (the type used to repair PCB tracks) is quite good for this too.
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Erm, no... we aren't talking the same thing here, are we?
(/me shuts up) |
Probably not.. If the black blobs on the membrane/pcb are somehow worn, then it's quite a difficult thing to fix those.
I have had a few where the previous repairman as replaced the blobs on a C-128 keyboard with some solder.. Wasn't a very good substitute.. :-) I guess conductive paint is among the best for that side of the problem. :-) |
I thought so, because you can at least build layers of conductive paint up; that's quite a tough thing to do with solder without damaging the board.
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What I do not get though, is if its the ribbon cable losing contact with the motherboard connector (Worn Graphite contacts), is why only SOME keys do not work, and the rest do ?
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