Author Topic: One of the screws on my keyboard actually goes through the ribbon connector thing (Read 1556 times)

Shyfe · « **on:** Thu, 15 October 2009, 02:49:32 »

seemed odd to me. anyone encounter this before? is it supposed to be like this?

ch_123 · « **Reply #1 on:** Thu, 15 October 2009, 02:55:42 »

Which keyboard are you talking about?

Shyfe · « **Reply #2 on:** Thu, 15 October 2009, 03:16:06 »

model m, sorry

JBert · « **Reply #3 on:** Thu, 15 October 2009, 06:24:39 »

Pictures would be nice...

ch_123 · « **Reply #4 on:** Thu, 15 October 2009, 08:56:06 »

I think it's a case of "If it works, it works"

Shyfe · « **Reply #5 on:** Wed, 21 October 2009, 05:28:14 »

i'll take pictures later today if you guys want. I'm kind of curious how it works even though there's a screw stabbing through the cable. The response time seems to be fine and all the keys work, but it must be giving something up if there's a huge screw just stabbing through it right?

FourOhFour · « **Reply #6 on:** Wed, 21 October 2009, 06:59:25 »

If the screw entirely misses all of the traces on the ribbon cable it wouldn't cause any problems at all. If it hits one (and only one) trace, it'd still probably work fine... the screw is conductive too. I'd certainly expect problems if it were shorting two traces.

timw4mail · « **Reply #7 on:** Wed, 21 October 2009, 08:49:29 »

Quote from: ripster;127370

I think if you attach back the Model M speaker to the grille you might get AM radio reception.

lol

Shyfe · « **Reply #8 on:** Wed, 21 October 2009, 13:06:11 »

I realized that it just goes to the LED indicators so it doesn't really matter.

ironcoder · « **Reply #9 on:** Wed, 21 October 2009, 13:43:57 »

use a plastic screw

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Author Topic: One of the screws on my keyboard actually goes through the ribbon connector thing (Read 1556 times)