Re: Don't know how to diagnose

[Anastasia Coles]

I have an ADB keyboard (and the wrecked one is ADB). As far as I know I 
can't replace it with a USB one because then I wouldn't be able to turn 
my computer on and off (maybe I'm wrong on that). The one I wrecked I 
had carefully cleaned with q-tips and rubbing alcohol. Perhaps my 
mistake with that was that I took all the keys off one by one and 
cleaned around them. After I was done, some of the keys wouldn't 
respond and the computer crashed unexpectedly a few times. I live in 
the dustiest house in America so I clean the mouse ball often. I 
haven't tried cleaning the cables however.

I feel very wary about ebay. It seems to me (uninitiated as I am) like 
a swarming mass of garage sale junk, and I'd rather not throw my credit 
card into the fray. Is there a more direct way to get a replacement ADB 
keyboard?

Anastasia

On Friday, March 5, 2004, at 10:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I've been thinking it's my keyboard, but the last keyboard I 
"cleaned" doesn't work anymore. Are there instructions online 
somewhere that I could follow so I don't kill another keyboard (or 
maybe even tell me how to resurrect the old one)?
Don't go too overboard, this is just a first step toward debugging 
this problem.

Use a cotton swab and rubbing alcohol on the cable connectors.  Make 
sure there's no fur or other debris under the keycaps - pull and clean 
under some if you need.  Remove the mouse ball; clean it with warm 
water and a tiny tiny bit of hand soap, just to get the oils off.  
Clean the mouse rollers with a cotton swab and rubbing alcohol.


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