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- From: rene@hal.et.tudelft.nl (Rene Bodenstaff)
- Subject: Re: Keyboard error. please help
- Message-ID: <1993Jan08.122228.10336@donau.et.tudelft.nl>
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- Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
- References: <wk81wB1w165w@tcscs.UUCP>
- Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 12:22:28 GMT
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- In article <wk81wB1w165w@tcscs.UUCP>, tcscs!zeta@src.honeywell.com (Gregory Youngblood) writes:
- > My server has started having problems...it keeps getting a keyboard error.
- > I've tried another keyboard and it does it again.
- >
- > It is a Keytronics keyboard, and was serviced and cleaned in 92, and has been
- > working fine until today when this started.
- >
- > Is there a keyboard controller on motherboards? Or is it all contained in
- > keyboards? We're looking to figure out if the motherboard could be shot, or
- > if the keyboards are the problem.
- >
-
- Most errors are caused by bad connections. Check your cable from the key
- board to the PC. Check de DIN connector (female) on your motherboard.
- Check the soldering of this connector.
-
- I have had all kind of trouble with my keyboard (beeping at power up,
- missing keystrokes, etc.) and it always boild down to a rotten connection
- somewhere.
-
- Something about the keyboard controller. The keyboard itself is equiped
- with a microcontroller, which handles your keyboard input. It is controlled
- by your PC via a simple _language_. (You could program your keyboard your-
- self, and let the LEDs flash impressively on your deck... :-) ). It is not
- likely that the error can be found there.
-
- ---< Sonic says: "more haste is more speed" >---
-