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Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work

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rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> Oh, one other thing I should mention -- on most keyboards (at least the ones 
> I've cleaned) there are some metal pieces (essentially springs) under many of 
> the larger (wider) keys.  I am pretty sure they are intended to allow pressing 
> either end (or the center) of those long keys (e.g., the space bar).
>
> I am careful with those, also, to pay attention to how they are installed, and 
> then to reinstall the same way, and also, during the reinstallation, I use a 
> toothpick to put a little bit of vaseline on the pivot point (where they 
> attach to the keyboard).

  yeah, there can be a bit of a challenge to figure out
some things.

  right now i have two keyboards i took apart to see if 
i could fix them or combine them to get one working keyboard
but as it turns out there is some kind of pressure/ribbon
connection inside that i've screwed up and now both are shot 
for sure.  too bad as i really liked them, but they could 
not hold up to how i used them and broke (all plastic case
is too flexible and eventually the connections inside fail
if you use it unsupported propped across your lap).


  songbird

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Some keys on the keyboard do not work Eugen Dedu <eugen.dedu@univ-fcomte.fr> - 2020-08-10 14:20 +0200
  Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-08-10 15:00 +0200
    Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2020-08-11 01:10 +0200
      Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-08-11 01:50 +0200
        Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2020-08-11 04:40 +0200
          Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-08-11 15:20 +0200
            Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-08-11 16:00 +0200
              Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2020-08-11 22:00 +0200
                Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-08-11 23:30 +0200
                Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2020-08-12 11:50 +0200
                Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2020-08-12 20:00 +0200
            Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2020-08-11 16:30 +0200
              Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-08-11 17:50 +0200
                Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-08-11 23:00 +0200
                Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-08-11 23:40 +0200
                Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2020-08-12 11:50 +0200
  Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work Stefan Krusche <linux@stefan-krusche.de> - 2020-08-10 15:00 +0200
  Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2020-08-10 20:00 +0200
  Re: Keyboards, was Is there a way to corrupt the BIOS …, Some keys …  do not work David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-08-11 06:30 +0200
  Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work Eugen Dedu <eugen.dedu@univ-fcomte.fr> - 2020-08-14 11:00 +0200
    Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-08-14 22:00 +0200

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