deskthority

I used to do this all the time and never once had any issues with my Model M keboards... You may have just been unlucky (or myself super lucky!). Double-register presses are usually the tell-tale sign of a liquid spill that is causing havoc with the membrane. Do you have any spare cables or even a ...

fohat wrote: ↑

08 Feb 2019, 03:15

So you have done a complete shutdown and cold boot by now, haven't you?

Yes I have

My first response is to shut everything down completely cold, unplug all the connections and examine them, carefully re-seat all the connections, and then restart from dead cold. Unfortunately, that ship has long since sailed. I plugged it back in immediately once I realized what had happened needi...

Chyros wrote: ↑

07 Feb 2019, 09:01

Stupid question maybe, but someone's gotta ask; when you re-plugged it, did you cold- or hot-plug it?

I hot plugged it. I needed it when a customer walked up to the counter and once I realized what had happened I quick-plugged it back into the board and started typing.

Muirium wrote: ↑

07 Feb 2019, 08:52

Sounds like they did worse things than just pull out the SDL cable. Sure it didn’t get liquid damage?

No, that's all he did.

I have an old Model M 05FEB 86 that I bought through Reddit and brought to work to be a daily driver for myself. One of my co-workers thought it would be funny to unplug my cable from the back of my keyboard. Now it doesn't register presses, double registers presses and just it f*cked in general. Ca...