Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!oliveb!dragon From: dragon@oliveb.UUCP (Give me a quarter or I'll touch you) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Keyboard problem (how to maintain)? Message-ID: <1343@oliveb.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Jun-87 11:41:58 EDT Article-I.D.: oliveb.1343 Posted: Thu Jun 11 11:41:58 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Jun-87 09:43:19 EDT References: <3914@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Organization: Dragon Technology, Inc. San Francisco, USA Lines: 36 in article <3914@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>, mic@lapis.berkeley.edu (Michel Bruneau) says: > > The 's' key on my keyboard is almost dying (it need more attentive touching > than the rest of the keys in order to print). Now I know that AT&T keyboards > are not worth a piece of -hit, but still, I wish to know how to repair > myself this little inconvinience (a technicien servicing would > cost more than the price of a new keyboard). Please, I am dying to receive > help about this (before the s key dies altogether). > By the way, I own thee keyboard since summer 1985 and never took particular > care of it... Should I try to suck the dust from under the keys and how??? > Michel Bruneau Repairing a non-functioning key on MOST AT&T keyboards is pretty simple. If you have a model 301 (which is the 83-key-like-IBM model), all you need is a small screwdriver. With the power off, use the screwdriver to gently pry up on the four sides of the key top to lift it off. When you life the keytop, you'll see the actual mechanism. It is held into the assembly by two latches. Push these together and the mechanism should lift up out of the assembly. The mechanism will have a conductive rubber contact on the bottom, and the the hole where you took it from will have a pattern in the printed circuit. Most likely you will find dust/dirt on the printed circuit or on the conductive rubber. Just blow it off and put it back together the way it came apart. (This should be right for most of the AT&T keyboards, but I don't guarantee it!) p p two latches. -- Dean Brunette {ucbvax,etc.}!hplabs!oliveb!olivej!dragon Olivetti Advanced Technology Center _____ _____ __|__ _____ 20300 Stevens Creek Blvd. | | _____| | | Cupertino, CA 95014 |_____| |_____| |__ |_____