[ILUG] OT Keyboard problem

[Steven Kavanagh]

Yeah those ribbon cables are incredibly fiddly.

Glad you got it sorted!

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 6:07 AM, <ollie at eillo.org> wrote:

> Once again thanks for the suggestions - apparently there is something you
> can do wrong - I wasn’t snapping the ribbon cable in properly. I got it in
> properly and now it works fine again. Though you do need tiny hands to do
> it :)
>
>
>
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:16:57 +0100, ollie at eillo.org wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the suggestions, I tried taking it out and putting it in
>> several times - theres not really much you can do wrong.
>>
>> Sometimes a few more keys worked, sometimes less, but its for the bin
>> now anyway.
>>
>> Given the state of the laptop I wouldnt be confident that the new
>> keyboard will work either. . .
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:50:43 +0000, Steven Kavanagh wrote:
>>
>>> I'd say that it's a case of the ribbon cable not seated correctly as it
>>> sound like some of the cable is making contact but not all, hence only a
>>> few button presses being registered.
>>>
>>> If it's not that then replacement keyboards for the G60 aren't expensive
>>> at
>>> all.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.amazon.com/**Replacement-Compaq-CQ60Z-**
>>> Keyboard-compatible/dp/**B002K315C2<http://www.amazon.com/Replacement-Compaq-CQ60Z-Keyboard-compatible/dp/B002K315C2>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Conor Daly <
>>> conor.daly_ilug at cod.homelinux.**org <conor.daly_ilug at cod.homelinux.org>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 03:51:08PM +0000 or so it is rumoured
>>>> hereabouts,
>>>> Nick Geoghegan thought:
>>>> > Hi,
>>>> >
>>>> > On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 16:33 +0100, ollie at eillo.org wrote:
>>>> > > Any ideas as to what could cause this? Keyboard appears to be
>>>> properly
>>>> > >  connected and I tried reconnecting it several times to be sure.
>>>> >
>>>> > The exact same thing happened to myself.
>>>> >
>>>> > You have probably damaged the ribbon cable. Open the laptop back up,
>>>> and
>>>> > see if there are any kinks in the cable.
>>>>
>>>> Or just failed to reseat it properly...
>>>>
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