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Offline dohbot

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Metal Case interfering with PCB?
« on: Fri, 01 January 2016, 17:46:00 »
Hey friends! I just changed my case with my FC660M to a metal one and it is now interfering with the letters it spews out. for example R make R3 sometimes pressing space hard makes R3 and pressing 4 or 5 makes 45y. I guess that I need to put something between the PCB and case but what should that be?
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Re: Metal Case interfering with PCB?
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 01 January 2016, 17:52:17 »
If the switches are shorting on the case you don't have much thickness to play with, maybe try some electrical tape?
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Re: Metal Case interfering with PCB?
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 01 January 2016, 17:57:00 »
If the switches are shorting on the case you don't have much thickness to play with, maybe try some electrical tape?

I just cut some notebook paper and trying to fit the keyboard in now. If that doesn't work I will try some electrical tape in a moment
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Re: Metal Case interfering with PCB?
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 01 January 2016, 18:14:28 »
If the switches are shorting on the case you don't have much thickness to play with, maybe try some electrical tape?

Fixed it!
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Re: Metal Case interfering with PCB?
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 01 January 2016, 19:10:27 »
If the switches are shorting on the case you don't have much thickness to play with, maybe try some electrical tape?

Fixed it!

Great!

For the benefit of people searching this problem in the future was the paper a success or did you need tape?
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Re: Metal Case interfering with PCB?
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 01 January 2016, 19:14:36 »
If the switches are shorting on the case you don't have much thickness to play with, maybe try some electrical tape?

Fixed it!

Great!

For the benefit of people searching this problem in the future was the paper a success or did you need tape?

Right, the paper did work but it took some careful cutting and a lot of reseating.
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