8 Jun
2010
8 Jun
'10
6:15 p.m.
On 8 Jun 2010 at 16:07, Fred Cisin wrote:
two physically adjacent keys?
That sounds as though it could be as simple as some foreign matter.
Or domestic, it doesn't really matter where it came from. You would
be amazed at what is in keyboards - staples, marijuana seeds, Pepsi,
etc.
Turn it over and on end, and shake it and rap it a good one.
If that doesn't help, do NOT remove the space bar! But you can pop
the other keytops off and clean out the top.
What's that about not removing the space bar? I've done that on
several of the model Ms that I own. What's supposed to be the
problem (other than getting the equalizer wire put back right)?
But foreign matter is usually the problem. Today I ate an oatmeal
cookie over my model M and the return key stuck. Turning the
keyboard upside down and giving it a couple raps on the desktop
dropped the crud out.
If you really need to open it up, a 7/32" thinshell nutdriver or
socket--most are too thick to completely fit down the recess. Snap-
on, Sears and K-D carry them.
--Chuck