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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: y11971alex on Sat, 23 April 2016, 12:51:25

Title: Model M Card to Base Initials Missing
Post by: y11971alex on Sat, 23 April 2016, 12:51:25

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Of the ~10 Model M keyboards that have come into my hands, none of them had a "Card to Base" initialled.  Is there any clear reason why?

Title: Re: Model M Card to Base Initials Missing
Post by: fohat.digs on Sat, 23 April 2016, 16:52:31

No idea why, but I think that the statute of limitations has run out on getting it remedied.

Title: Re: Model M Card to Base Initials Missing
Post by: E TwentyNine on Sat, 23 April 2016, 17:26:43

I want to say "card to base" probably had something to do with the capsense boards where they had the soldered wires running from the controller to the PCB.  If that's screwed up it took some work to redo.

The stickers got reused for the M, and I'm guessing that test was folded into "merge", which may be the first test after the internals are put together.   Way easier to swap out an M controller and put the keyboard back in the line.

Just a guess though.