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Offline Evrycard

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IBM Model M
« 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?
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Offline user 18

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Re: IBM Model M
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 25 January 2015, 11:08:44 »
Which two keys?

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

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Re: IBM Model M
« Reply #2 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.
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Offline smknjoe

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Re: IBM Model M
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 25 January 2015, 15:25:28 »
Then it's probably a bad spring if you are sure that the rivets are okay.
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Offline Evrycard

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Re: IBM Model M
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 25 January 2015, 17:05:19 »
Solved!!!
Pulled a bit on the springs fixed the problem.
They are responding very well now.
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Re: IBM Model M
« Reply #5 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 :)
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