Packard Bell 5130 - Is this fixable?

[Finners]

Hi All

I have picked up a Packard Bell 5130 locally. Pretty dirty but it wasn't expensive. I have a §PS/2 to USB converter so plugged it in. No keystrokes are registered unfortunately. I get three flashing lights above the numbpad. Any thoughts on what might be wrong?
Is this fixable?

Note: I have a few other PS/2 boards and they work no problem (for example , 5140), so it isn't the converter/adaptor.

Regards
Finners

[Thorogrimm]

Not much of an expert keyboard technician but it definitely sounds like a power problem. You might want to open it up and check if there are any bad connections or burnt out circuits.

[micmil]

Hi All

I have picked up a Packard Bell 5130 locally. Pretty dirty but it wasn't expensive. I have a §PS/2 to USB converter so plugged it in. No keystrokes are registered unfortunately. I get three flashing lights above the numbpad. Any thoughts on what might be wrong?
Is this fixable?

Note: I have a few other PS/2 boards and they work no problem (for example , 5140), so it isn't the converter/adaptor.

Regards
Finners

I have another thread about this. You can play along and see what hasn't worked so far.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=25319

I've been trying to get it resolved for a few weeks. There has to be something wonky with the firmware, that's really all it can be at this point. Neither converter nor actual PS/2 connection resolves it.

[micmil]

Not much of an expert keyboard technician but it definitely sounds like a power problem. You might want to open it up and check if there are any bad connections or burnt out circuits.

I have two others that exhibit this exact same behavior. It's not power. Verified via multimeter and licking all the connectors for that zippy zap feeling.

Maybe just the multimeter.

[Finners]

ok thanks guys. Looks like there is nothing wrong the board, and there is nothing wrong with the USB converter I using.

Unfortunate as it's nice board to type on.

[ddrfraser1]

Do you have a ps/2 port you can plug it into?

Good news is these things are a dime a dozen.

[micmil]

Do you have a ps/2 port you can plug it into?

Good news is these things are a dime a dozen.

Both of mine just blast LED's solid when plugged into a PS/2 port. They won't turn off at all.

[ddrfraser1]

It’s haunted.

[micmil]

It’s haunted.

It does have a taint of the haint on it. At least the second one I bought does. I think it spent time in an aquarium.

[ddrfraser1]

Wow! Lol, quite the trove you’ve come across

[micmil]

Wow! Lol, quite the trove you’ve come across

I definitely have the most desirable collection of non-shitty rubber dome keyboards ever assembled.

[ddrfraser1]

Sounds awesome!