[ILUG] OT Keyboard problem

[ollie at eillo.org]

 Thanks for the suggestions, I tried taking it out and putting it in 
 several times - theres not really much you can do wrong.

 Sometimes a few more keys worked, sometimes less, but its for the bin 
 now anyway.

 Given the state of the laptop I wouldnt be confident that the new 
 keyboard will work either. . .


 On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:50:43 +0000, Steven Kavanagh wrote:
> I'd say that it's a case of the ribbon cable not seated correctly as 
> it
> sound like some of the cable is making contact but not all, hence 
> only a
> few button presses being registered.
>
> If it's not that then replacement keyboards for the G60 aren't 
> expensive at
> all.
>
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/Replacement-Compaq-CQ60Z-Keyboard-compatible/dp/B002K315C2
>
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Conor Daly <
> conor.daly_ilug at cod.homelinux.org> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 03:51:08PM +0000 or so it is rumoured 
>> hereabouts,
>> Nick Geoghegan thought:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 16:33 +0100, ollie at eillo.org wrote:
>> > > Any ideas as to what could cause this? Keyboard appears to be 
>> properly
>> > >  connected and I tried reconnecting it several times to be sure.
>> >
>> > The exact same thing happened to myself.
>> >
>> > You have probably damaged the ribbon cable. Open the laptop back 
>> up, and
>> > see if there are any kinks in the cable.
>>
>> Or just failed to reseat it properly...
>>
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