debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > songbird <songb...@anthive.com> wrote: >> Timothy M Butterworth wrote: >> ...keyboard sometimes stops working... >> > I have that problem occasionally. I just unplug the USB connector >> > then plug it back in and the keyboard works again. >> >> yes, but it also may indicate a poor connection or a >> bad cable so perhaps checking that is a good idea. >> >> in the past i have had keyboards that were designed >> with a plastic case which is not rigid enough to stand up >> to my use case (on my lap, unsupported at either end), >> after a few years both of them developed the same >> intermittent failure where the connection ribbin inside >> the keyboard was losing a firm contact. which was too >> bad since i liked those keyboards otherwise (i still have >> them but have never figured out how to repair them and >> they're not worth sending back to be repaired). > > Glue some ply or plastic underneath to stiffen them?
unfortunately too late for that, once i took them apart i could not get them back together again to where they would work reliably. :( it is a very strange design of a connection where it is basically a type of ribbon held only by pressure and not very well. i don't know why they could not have used a more normal slot that you stuck the ribbon cable in... for $0.25 or so... songbird
