In article <MPG.228971fe8a49bde098968a@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
nothimself@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article <TFCTj.8504$iK6.4920@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, blank@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> says...
> > Philippe Lemaire wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks for all your advice but now my laptop keyboard failed
> > > and repairing it became more im****tant...
> >
> > I have seen 3 different keyboard failures on a laptop.. And of course
3
> > different cures
> >
> > 1: The flexible cable (Like the one on the mini-disc but shorter and
> > more wires
> >
> > 2: The keyboard itself (usually due to damage from liquids)
> >
> > 3: the mother board on the computer
> >
> > In some cases use of an external USB type KB will fix 1 or 2
> >
>
>
> Thanks !
>
> But I have first to remove the BIOS password to let USB and XP
> take the control of the PC...
>
> A keyboard is cheap on e..y but only US !
> Not that expensive in Belgum compared to oil...
> The major point is to be sure it is the keyboard
> that got fluid not the small pcb just underneath
> that got liquid too !
>
> After one and two rinses under running water about 8 keys were out
> from which one for the password :-( !
>
> I put it 15 minutes in distilled water this morning. We will see
> tomorrow night...
>
>
> Philippe
>
Still 3,5,R,Y,< not working !
No place on the web to find the ribbon connector pinout...
Philippe still unsure whether the keyboard or the PCB is defect
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