[Ti] 500Mhz spacebar failing?

[Steve Martin]

I've got it mostly working now. I completely took it apart, even the 
little white "clips" (there are 3).  Under the rightmost white clip, I 
noticed a lot of "gunk".  I removed it with a toothpick and afterward, 
the spacebar would stick down.  Turns out there was more gunk under the 
little metal piece the top  bar slides under.  Now it is a bit better, 
but not completely fixed. I think I will need a new keyboard.

On Friday, June 13, 2003, at 03:37  PM, Trevor J. Hutley wrote:

> At 13:55 -0500 13-6-2003, Steve Martin wrote:
>> A new spacebar didn't help so I guess I'll try a whole new keyboard 
>> :-(
>
> Steve - as I said, by coincidence I have a problem with my space bar 
> as well.  I replaced it yesterday with a space bar from the spare 
> keyboard (from a different Ti) of a kind friend.  I worked all day 
> with the new space bar, lost about 1 hour doing manual editing of all 
> my work.  The new spacebar seemed to function worse than the one it 
> replaced.  So this evening, I took it off again, and tried several 
> times to re-fit it very carefully, using several small screwdrivers, 
> and plenty of light, to help position the 'wires' in exactly the right 
> places - quite a bit of trial and error .  Finally, it seemed to fit 
> well, I pressed it hard all over to 'snap' it in to position, and now 
> it is working perfectly, 100%.  So my suggestion would be to try again 
> !
>
> T.
>
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