STEIN@UCONNVM.BITNET (Alan Stein) (08/07/90)
I'm finding that the keyboard on my IIGS seems to freeze up fairly frequently (several times a week). It goes dead, but then starts working OK if I pull out the cable and then reconnect it. Am I heading towards a repair job? It just started happening recently. Alan H. Stein | stein@uconnvm.bitnet Department of Mathematics | University of Connecticut | Compu$erve 71545,1500 32 Hillside Avenue | GEnie ah.stein Waterbury, CT 06710 | SNET (203) 757-1231
nrunyon%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Neil Runyon) (08/07/90)
In article <9008062105.AA25787@apple.com> STEIN@UCONNVM.BITNET (Alan Stein) writes: > > I'm finding that the keyboard on my IIGS seems to freeze up fairly >frequently (several times a week). It goes dead, but then starts >working OK if I pull out the cable and then reconnect it. > Am I heading towards a repair job? It just started happening >recently. Your problem is the ADB connector in your keyboard, they probably have a bunch of dirt and stuff on them. You need to unsoder the ADB's and clean them off, and re-soder them back on. An Apple Dealer should do this for about $10 dollars, if they try to charge you more, I would really Bitch about it. Once done, everything should be running smoothly again. BTW: if you have a dealer do it, make sure you test the keyboard before you leave the store (On a Mac in you have to) and make sure the connectors were sodered back on correctly. Neil M. Runyon - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil M. Runyon CyberSpace - Watch out for AI, they will rip U of U - CS Dept your eyes out...along with a nrunyon@peruvian.utah.edu few other vital body parts.
kgreen@pro-angmar.UUCP (Kevin Green) (08/08/90)
In-Reply-To: message from STEIN@UCONNVM.BITNET Alan, It is time to think about replacing your keyboard. About a year and a half ago I had the same problem. If your keyboard is the GS original munchkin, then the problem is most likely that the ADB ports have wiggled enough that the soldering jobs have broken down. You are therefore not getting a proper electrical connection on the solders. If the soldering is the problem, don't be a fool like me. I tried to re-solder by hand and the boards are just too delicate. Also, you could take it to a Service Center, but the hourly rate for repair service is an example of extorsion. End suggestion: go out and buy a Mac keyboard (normal or extended). I got one for about $100 and love the better feel of the keys, etc. Also, I opened up the keyboard to look at the connections/soldering and was pleased to see a much better job than the GS.
MQUINN%UTCVM@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU (08/08/90)
>don't be a fool like me. I tried to resolder by hand and the boards are >just delicate. I would try this before getting a new keyboard (only if I didn't really want a new keyboard). You'll save ALOT of time and trouble by resoldering it first. I've had no soldering experience before, and it only took me 5 minutes till I had it connected back to the GS and working (after the iron warmed up, of course). I didn't see anything 'delicate' about the board, except that if you drop it on the floor when it's not in the case, it MIGHT break. But seriously, try the soldering first, if it doesn't work before you start you don't have much to loose.