[comp.sys.amiga.hardware] My A500 keyboard is broken, Help!

fmonro@gara.une.oz.au (Franz Joseph ) (04/27/91)

Hi,

Can anyone help me with the following keyboard problem with
my A500? I need to know what causes it, and what can be done
about it. The symptoms are as follows:

The Second top row (qwerty...) seems to lock up, requiring multiple 
keystrokes. This isnt continuous, sometimes it requires 10 presses 
to register, sometimes only 1. It isnt restriced to that row, it can
happen to any key, but that row seems to do it the most.

This tends to get worse as time goes by,  although this might just 
be subjective. It makes the machine useless for serious work.

I have opened the keyboard up, and tested the top row of the 
"conducting grid" for breaks, I didn't find any. I really want to know
if anyone has had similar problems, and if so, was the plastic sheet/grid
at fault? 

If so I think I could replace it, because I took it out when I took the
keyboard apart, and then put it back in. This didn't seem to effect the
keyboard in any way.
 


Thanks!

-(Che) Franz Joseph Monro,                       | At UNE - The University of 
fmonro@gara.une.oz.au | fmonro@neumann.une.oz.au | New England, Armidale Aust.