I used to snip the frayed edges off the ones on my speccy and plug them back in and it worked fine.
Tried it with the SAM though and cut a little bit too much off - had to buy a new keyboard...! On 14 Apr 00, at 14:17, Frans van Egmond wrote: > I'm having problems with 2 of my Sam's keyboards. The plastic ribbons > connecting > to the motherboard seem to be the problem. I'm attempting repairs with > conductive silverglue, but no success so far. Does anyone know of other > solutions to fixing keyboard ribbons? Personally I think the spectrum and sam > designers should've used something more durable... Is there a way to replace > ribbon with some decent wiring? > > Frans > > Peace, Love and Kisses... JohnnaPig Teare - ICQ 53764545 Get paid to surf the net - no catches... http://www.alladvantage.com/home.asp?refid=ebq212
