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A500 weird keyboard problem
Hello guys,
I have managed to get my A500 to a sweet working condition! But I still have one problem; the keyboard sometimes inexplicably stops working or the caps lock key activates by itself. What could be the problem? Is it fixable? |
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http://grandis.nu/eabsearch/search.php?_search_=1&search=testkit&category_id=&exclude=&limit= Thanks, I will give it a shot! |
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Did the TestKit and the keyboard seems to work ok for the most part. Sometimes it dies altogether but comes back to life after a while or after a reboot. Sometimes the caps lock activates by itself. Also, strangely the numbers (not the numpad or the F keys, these work ok) rarely work. But some of them come to life after some presses.
Any ideas? |
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I had a similar problem where the arrow keys and space bar would stop working and a new membrane failed to fix. If I pressed down on the large controller chip on the keyboard then they would work again for a short time. I think there was a dry joint somewhere on the circuit. I recently bought a new controller board on eBay and fitted that and now it’s working great again.
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