Hi, I am new to the "hands on" side of mechanical boards and have a issue with a AEK. Got this Salmon AEK in the post via ebay shipped from America to the UK (urgh). It was pretty poorly packaged.
When I press the number "3" or the letter "w" I get a "x" straight after (3x wx etc) and when I press the x I get three or four x's..... space bar is internitent.
If it was a UK seller I would just bounce it straight back, but with the distance I thought I would ask for any advice before sending back or cracking it open for a PCB short or dirt etc. I've popped the offending caps and nothing obvious to be seen.
I've tested the imate and cable with a AEKII and that all seems fine so it must be the AEK.
Advice welcome!
Ghost key strokes on Apple AEK
- chip chop
- Location: United Kingdom
- Main keyboard: FC660C
- Main mouse: IntelliMouse
- Favorite switch: ALPS & Topre 45g
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Sorry for the delay, I was doing battle with ebay about the repackaging their agent did for trans-shippment before opening it up.
There where some deposits on the underside of the PCB, no sign of any cracking or dry joints. So gave the PCB a good clean all over, also a loose hairpin spring had been running round the bottom of the case, possible PCB track scratching?
Either way the fault persists, I will have a look at the switches as some point, but its only a Salmon board so... I picked up a M0116 Orange Alps to tide me over in the mean time.
There where some deposits on the underside of the PCB, no sign of any cracking or dry joints. So gave the PCB a good clean all over, also a loose hairpin spring had been running round the bottom of the case, possible PCB track scratching?
Either way the fault persists, I will have a look at the switches as some point, but its only a Salmon board so... I picked up a M0116 Orange Alps to tide me over in the mean time.
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- Location: Melbourne
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try opening X switch, pull the contact switch plate out. and see if you get the same problem. If it is that switch that is giving you problems ...chip chop wrote: ↑Sorry for the delay, I was doing battle with ebay about the repackaging their agent did for trans-shippment before opening it up.
There where some deposits on the underside of the PCB, no sign of any cracking or dry joints. So gave the PCB a good clean all over, also a loose hairpin spring had been running round the bottom of the case, possible PCB track scratching?
Either way the fault persists, I will have a look at the switches as some point, but its only a Salmon board so... I picked up a M0116 Orange Alps to tide me over in the mean time.
- Wingklip
- Location: Sydnegrad, Soviet Republic of Australasia
- Main keyboard: IBM 3178 Model F C2
- Main mouse: G502 Logitech Proteus core
- Favorite switch: Beam/plate spring
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Are you converting it with a 1k pull up resistor from VCC to Data line?
Try Hasu's firmware? Or are you already using it?
Try Hasu's firmware? Or are you already using it?