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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: RiGun on Sun, 02 October 2011, 00:56:10

Title: Stuck key on a IBM Model M
Post by: RiGun on Sun, 02 October 2011, 00:56:10

Hey guys, I've found a 1992 Spanish Model M in good condition but it has one problem, the [ key is stuck, you can press it and it makes a clicking noise but the [ appears before you hear the click, also sometimes a [ randomly appears after I hit the letter P, I took the keycap and didn't see any difference with other keys, I don't have the tool to open it so before I start looking for one I thought I should ask if anyone know if there is a way to fix this.

Any idea what the problem might be?

Title: Stuck key on a IBM Model M
Post by: Ascaii on Sun, 02 October 2011, 02:13:33

You will need to reseat the sping on the hammer, the easiest way is the chopstick-o-death method by sandy55. Search for it on the gh search.
Ripster also posted this pic, which might help you understand what I mean better:
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?8731-Broken-spring&p=156128&viewfull=1#post156128

Title: Stuck key on a IBM Model M
Post by: RiGun on Sun, 02 October 2011, 03:43:50

Thanks a lot for the quick answer, I'll try this as soon as I get home.