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dead keys days after warranty expires - sgiavaras - 05-14-2017
Hello everyone!
Loving my pinebook so far, q4OS runs beautifully and the hardware is surprisingly nice for the price point!
Unfortunately the keyboard now has 2 dead keys (a and s) days after my warranty has expired.
Is it worth breaking open the pinebook to see if I can reseat the rubber dome or clean the connection or am I SOL?
Thanks.
EDIT: the keyboard actually has 3 dead keys, Caps, A, and S.
There was no trauma to the unit as far as I am aware.
RE: dead keys days after warranty expires - dkryder - 05-14-2017
if you have not already, take a look at the photos in the thread, "a full teardown"
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=4523
RE: dead keys days after warranty expires - MarkHaysHarris777 - 05-14-2017
(05-14-2017, 11:57 AM)sgiavaras Wrote: <snip>
Unfortunately the keyboard now has 2 dead keys (a and s) days after my warranty has expired.
<snip>
Interesting.
... did you spill anything into it ? knowing, or unknowing ? ( you won't know except to open it )
I would open it; remove power (unplug the battery) and then reseat all of the connectors; please deshock yourself (ground yourself first).
Usually when buble domes stick many more keys die ... do a full check of the keyboard; probably more than those keys are out ( column or row )? (not keyboard row, eletrical row-- scanning row)
tab Q Z space etc
I suspect that if you reseat all connectors it will work again.
RE: dead keys days after warranty expires - sgiavaras - 05-15-2017
Thanks for the helpful advice!
When I have some free time this week I'll be opening it up. I suspect that reseating all the connections will solve my problem.
Will update when I do!