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From: ~misfit~ on 19 Dec 2009 21:30 Somewhere on teh intarwebs BillW50 wrote: > I recently got another Gateway MX6124 that the keyboard was said to be > dead. For a four year old laptop, it looks brand new and looks like it > was never used. No dust in the fan or anything. So I lifted the > keyboard out and the clip to hold the ribbon cable for the keyboard > was just gone. Now I have a hard time believing it ever worked before > without one from the factory. If the clip is still laying somewhere > in the machine, I sure haven't found it yet. > > I got the keyboard to work if I held my finger on the connection. So I > thought I could use tape and stuff (folded cardboard) to keep a good > connection. One that would work as well as my finger does. But after > about an hour, I gave up and grabbed a clip from a spare motherboard > and it now works perfectly. > > Now my question is, I have a hard time believing those clips can come > loose on its own and just fall out. Instead it seems to me the guy > probably wanted to change the keyboard for some reason and he didn't > know how to release the ribbon cable and broke the clip. What do you > all think? And have anybody got one to work with a missing clip > before? As now, I am one clip short. I once managed to use a thin piece of plastic as a wedge (the same width as the ribbon, inserted on the opposite side to the contacts) and then, after testing that it worked, hot glued it in place. AFAIK it's still working although it was half a decade ago and I've lost track of the laptop. > And another note, why do they say not to use scotch tape to hold the > wires in place inside of laptops? As what is wrong with scotch? Nothing. I love Ardbeg. -- Shaun. "Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.
From: BillW50 on 21 Dec 2009 22:55 ~misfit~ wrote: > Somewhere on teh intarwebs BillW50 wrote: >> I recently got another Gateway MX6124 that the keyboard was said to be >> dead. For a four year old laptop, it looks brand new and looks like it >> was never used. No dust in the fan or anything. So I lifted the >> keyboard out and the clip to hold the ribbon cable for the keyboard >> was just gone. Now I have a hard time believing it ever worked before >> without one from the factory. If the clip is still laying somewhere >> in the machine, I sure haven't found it yet. >> >> I got the keyboard to work if I held my finger on the connection. So I >> thought I could use tape and stuff (folded cardboard) to keep a good >> connection. One that would work as well as my finger does. But after >> about an hour, I gave up and grabbed a clip from a spare motherboard >> and it now works perfectly. >> >> Now my question is, I have a hard time believing those clips can come >> loose on its own and just fall out. Instead it seems to me the guy >> probably wanted to change the keyboard for some reason and he didn't >> know how to release the ribbon cable and broke the clip. What do you >> all think? And have anybody got one to work with a missing clip >> before? As now, I am one clip short. > > I once managed to use a thin piece of plastic as a wedge (the same width as > the ribbon, inserted on the opposite side to the contacts) and then, after > testing that it worked, hot glued it in place. AFAIK it's still working > although it was half a decade ago and I've lost track of the laptop. Sounds like a plan to me. I still want to connect up a keyboard to that motherboard here pretty soon. Although that hot glue idea! Maybe I'll skip that part. <grin> >> And another note, why do they say not to use scotch tape to hold the >> wires in place inside of laptops? As what is wrong with scotch? > > Nothing. I love Ardbeg. lol -- Bill Asus EEE PC 702G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC Xandros Linux (build 2007-10-19 13:03)
From: the wharf rat on 23 Dec 2009 11:07 In article <hgt7j3$s7o$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >Worse. I just Googled this and it appears Fn keys doesn't return scan >codes, so key remappers don't work. And worse, Fn keys are all Why don't you just buy a new keyboard?
From: BillW50 on 23 Dec 2009 11:38 In news:hgtf80$oaj$2(a)reader1.panix.com, the wharf rat typed on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:07:28 +0000 (UTC): > In article <hgt7j3$s7o$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >> >> Worse. I just Googled this and it appears Fn keys doesn't return scan >> codes, so key remappers don't work. And worse, Fn keys are all > > Why don't you just buy a new keyboard? If you followed the thread, you will learn that the keyboard isn't the problem and I have a lot of spare Gateway MX6000 and MX6100 series keyboards anyway. The problem is a simple one. The clip is missing off of the motherboard to hold the ribbon cable in the socket. These clips looks like they only cost a penny to mass produce. Although I haven't found a supplier so far. And the only good source is taking from another motherboard. That is how this one came up missing. I used it to fix another Gateway with a missing clip. -- Bill Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) - Windows XP SP2
From: BillW50 on 23 Dec 2009 08:56
In news:hgpftc$ql3$1(a)news.eternal-september.org, BillW50 typed on Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:55:02 -0600: >> I once managed to use a thin piece of plastic as a wedge (the same >> width as the ribbon, inserted on the opposite side to the contacts) >> and then, after testing that it worked, hot glued it in place. AFAIK >> it's still working although it was half a decade ago and I've lost >> track of the laptop. > > Sounds like a plan to me. I still want to connect up a keyboard to > that motherboard here pretty soon. Although that hot glue idea! Maybe > I'll skip that part. <grin> I worked on this other motherboard without the clip yesterday. And the only way I could get the keyboard to work is to create a mound so high that the keyboard would no longer lie flat. And that won't work out too well. And I noticed that you could get by with an external keyboard, except for one task. As without an internal keyboard, there is no way to adjust the brightness. As virtually no external keyboards has an Fn key. Worse. I just Googled this and it appears Fn keys doesn't return scan codes, so key remappers don't work. And worse, Fn keys are all non-standard. So if you do get something to work for one, it won't for another. Also Dells have a nice feature that allows the Scroll Lock to act as an external Fn key. But it isn't a Dell. <sigh> -- Bill Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) - Windows XP SP2 |