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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Evrycard on Sun, 25 January 2015, 05:51:01

Title: IBM Model M
Post by: Evrycard on Sun, 25 January 2015, 05:51:01

I am not sure if this is the right place to post:
Two of my keys are not responding very well. I have to press all the way down for them to work.
Is there a quick fix for that?

Title: Re: IBM Model M
Post by: user 18 on Sun, 25 January 2015, 11:08:44

Which two keys?

If you gently shake the board, do you hear any rattling noises?

Title: Re: IBM Model M
Post by: Evrycard on Sun, 25 January 2015, 15:23:34

Quote from: user 18 on Sun, 25 January 2015, 11:08:44

Which two keys?

If you gently shake the board, do you hear any rattling noises?

F2 and F3
The rivets are all OK.

Title: Re: IBM Model M
Post by: smknjoe on Sun, 25 January 2015, 15:25:28

Then it's probably a bad spring if you are sure that the rivets are okay.

Title: Re: IBM Model M
Post by: Evrycard on Sun, 25 January 2015, 17:05:19

Solved!!!
Pulled a bit on the springs fixed the problem.
They are responding very well now.

Title: Re: IBM Model M
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 27 January 2015, 04:09:37

Ouch for that solution :eek:

Need to be careful that you don't over-stretch the springs.

But good that you fixed it, and thanks for posting the solution :)