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- From: jbk4@email.psu.edu (The Prophet)
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- Subject: Re: Keyboard Cleaning
- Date: 5 Mar 1996 23:05:04 GMT
- Organization: Cybernetic_Expressions
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- In article <753.6637T1192T1804@kiss.de> cox@kiss.de (Joseph Cox) writes:
- > I have an Amiga 4000 keyboard and the "X" key is intermittent. Sometimes
- > I have to press it more than once before it displays. I thought I
- > could clean it.
- >
- > I took the top and bottom shells off but I don't know how to proceed from
- > there. The keycaps don't seem to be the pull off type. They appear to be
- > permanently connected to spring loaded plungers that depress into a raised
- > base.
- >
- > There doesn't seem to be any access to the contacts. Is it possible to
- > clean it, or do I have to get a new keyboard?
- >
-
- I clean my A3000 keyboard whenever the planets align, I suppose that the A4000
- board is similar enough(A2000 kboards are).
-
- First, don't pull or try to pull your keys off.
-
- After removing the external casing(top & bottom), you are left with the internal
- unit. Looking at the underside, it looks like(it is) a circuit board with a
- dozen or so tiny screws.
-
- Get a cup or other container and a small phillips-head screw driver.
-
- Remove all tiny screws and place them in a cup for safe keeping. Don't knock
- the cup over, that would be very bad.
-
- Now you should be able to remove the circuit board and access the contact
- pads for cleansing. Scrub away but I don't recommend steel wool ;^)
-
- Anyway, that's the jist of what I did for my ailing 's' key(and others) once
- upon a time.
-
- Good Luck,
-
- Jaeson K.
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