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Offline Debeucci

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Right side of leopold fc660 keyboard stopped working
« on: Sat, 30 August 2014, 15:13:17 »
hey guys,

I'm wondering if anyone can help me out here. One minute, my leopold fc660 is working like a champ. The next, the keys on the right side stop responding. Seems from the  9,o,l,m on to the right just don't respond. My insert button still has the light on. I've swapped computers. Same thing.

Am I screwed or is there a way to fix this?

Thanks for replying.
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Offline ComradeSniper

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Re: Right side of leopold fc660 keyboard stopped working
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 30 August 2014, 15:14:31 »
Is it a 660C or 660M?
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Offline Debeucci

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Re: Right side of leopold fc660 keyboard stopped working
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 30 August 2014, 15:48:46 »
I believe it's a fc660c
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Re: Right side of leopold fc660 keyboard stopped working
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 30 August 2014, 23:39:22 »
I have no experience with that board, but I know that it doesn't have NKRO, correct?

I wonder if one of the keys is stuck. Try roughing up the keys a bunch to see if it frees it up.
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Re: Right side of leopold fc660 keyboard stopped working
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 31 August 2014, 00:08:05 »
Quote from: Altis on Sat, 30 August 2014, 23:39:22
I have no experience with that board, but I know that it doesn't have NKRO, correct?

I wonder if one of the keys is stuck. Try roughing up the keys a bunch to see if it frees it up.

I don't think that would be the case at all.
Considering the keys, I would almost think that a whole column is damaged, but I don't think "M" would be in the same column as "9" so it's probably not that either.
Maybe you could open it up and make sure everything is secured in place.
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Re: Right side of leopold fc660 keyboard stopped working
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 31 August 2014, 00:17:21 »
Is it still under warranty?  Maybe consider returning it before doing anything silly with it.
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Re: Right side of leopold fc660 keyboard stopped working
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 31 August 2014, 00:56:24 »
I sold the Leopold to OP--it's outside warranty period now.

I can't really explain this either. I opened the keyboard up to dental mod before I sold it, but neither the mod nor disassembly explains why part of the keyboard would randomly cut out a year later.
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Re: Right side of leopold fc660 keyboard stopped working
« Reply #7 on: Sun, 31 August 2014, 01:01:13 »
Could be a loose connector, perhaps.

This is all I could find at short notice - maybe one of the wires is squashed and occasionally shorting.
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Re: Right side of leopold fc660 keyboard stopped working
« Reply #8 on: Sun, 31 August 2014, 01:07:07 »
Quote from: rowdy on Sun, 31 August 2014, 01:01:13
Could be a loose connector, perhaps.

This is all I could find at short notice - maybe one of the wires is squashed and occasionally shorting.

I thought about that before making the post above. I don't see how it could loosen itself inside the casing, but the cable is the only possible culprit that seems logical.
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Re: Right side of leopold fc660 keyboard stopped working
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 31 August 2014, 01:19:04 »
Quote from: FrostyToast on Sun, 31 August 2014, 00:08:05
Quote from: Altis on Sat, 30 August 2014, 23:39:22
I have no experience with that board, but I know that it doesn't have NKRO, correct?

I wonder if one of the keys is stuck. Try roughing up the keys a bunch to see if it frees it up.

I don't think that would be the case at all.
Considering the keys, I would almost think that a whole column is damaged, but I don't think "M" would be in the same column as "9" so it's probably not that either.
Maybe you could open it up and make sure everything is secured in place.

I've seen stranger things happen.. I still think it's worth a try before opening it up and seeing what's what.
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