Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!ccncsu!!miranda!jafo From: jafo@miranda.UUCP (Sean Reifschneider) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: A2000 KEYBOARD PROB. Message-ID: Date: 21 Nov 90 19:36:09 GMT References: <4f3e7512d8d227335424@canremote.uucp> <1990Nov21.221454.794@agora.uucp> <387@nemesis.bula.se> Lines: 20 >In article <387@nemesis.bula.se> kleist@nemesis.bula.se (Svante Kleist) writes: >In article <1990Nov21.221454.794@agora.uucp> billsey@agora.uucp (Bill Seymour) writes: >>In article <4f3e7512d8d227335424@canremote.uucp> bill.young@canremote.uucp (BILL YOUNG) writes: >> The correct fix (from Commodore) for the rev 4.2/HiTek missing >>character problem is to remove those two caps. Any reputable Amiga service >>center can do it for you. It's a very simple mod, you basicly just break >>the caps off where their leads join the circuit board. The SetCPU fix is >>for the timing problems with the earier cherry keyboards, and is a software >>fix to a firmware problem. That's completely different than what you're >>seeing. > >Could you also please specify those cap's?? You might check the list of commonly asked questions for these groups. I found them at one time, and they had already been removed. My system has always had that problem, though. Maybe I don't have the HiTek keyboard? It has the filled/empty 'A's for the amiga keys, instead of the C= symbol. Do I need to put caps back in my motherboard? Sean