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From: hclausen@adspdk.UUCP (Henrik Clausen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Hardware problem in Software ??
Message-ID: <185209f7.ARN1185@adspdk.UUCP>
Date: 6 Dec 90 12:34:47 GMT
References: <1990Dec4.183634.3676@csc.anu.oz.au> <613@cbmger.UUCP> <1990Dec5.041711.1678@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
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In article <1990Dec5.041711.1678@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, Joe Porkka writes:

> peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes:
> 
> >In article <1990Dec4.183634.3676@csc.anu.oz.au> myb100@csc.anu.oz.au writes:
> >>
> >>Amyway, sometimes on boot-up, my 'm' and 'n' keys don't work. 'Fine' everybody
> >>says - 'check your keyboard contacts'. Well, yes, that'd be my reaction too,

   Do you by chance have an older A2000?

   This is very similar to the 'missing character' problem. I had the same
symptoms, and I solved it by cutting the two capacitors on the motherboard.
It seems that one of the special keys appear to the system to be held down.
This looks like the LAmiga key, I've also seen a case of the Ctrl key being
'held' in this way. Thus, everything you paste will have that qualifier,
but hitting the key (Ctrl/Alt/LAmiga/RAmiga) in question will make the
problem go away.

   Your local dealer should be able to do it. It is a HW problem.

                                            -Henrik

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