Well, it turned out I just had to pry the key caps off with a bit of wiggling and extra pressure. Then the front/back lock tabs were just as your video showed, and easy to lift with the dental tool.
I had about 8 keys that were 'dead'. On very close examination I saw that the carbon pad had two small dents that matched the contacts on the board. So after cleaning the contacts and the carbon, I rotated the dome 90 degrees so that the dents no longer matched the contact points. Worked perfectly! --Brad On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 6:34 AM Brad Grier <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting. Glitch in the Matrix -- Brian, I didn't get your reply via > email but did see it on the Discord mailing list roll-up (nice to have > that!!). > > Thanks for posting that link to the video. It looks like you had no > problem removing the key caps from the mechanism. I tried yesterday but > they seemed more resistant than other keys have in my experience. I'll try > again and maybe just 'worry at it' a bit more. > > Good detail on that video of lifting the front and back lock-tabs. Very > helpful! Thanks, and I'll report back on how it goes. > > --Brad > > > > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 10:01 PM Brad Grier <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, I've got a couple of dead keys on a Model 102. I understand >> they're the rubber dome type of keys. I'm thinking I can pop the keys, >> check and clean the contacts. >> >> But. >> >> They seem to be quite firmly affixed (haven't pulled too hard yet) so was >> wondering if there's something 'different' going on there regarding the way >> the keys are mounted and the best way to remove them. >> >> It doesn't look like an ALPS board that the others use... >> >> >> --Brad >> >> >> -- >> -- >> Brad Grier >> >> >> > > -- > -- > Brad Grier > > > -- -- Brad Grier
