Bert Coules
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Are keyboards classified as peripherals? Apologies if not.
I was more than mildly miffed today to discover that the ribbon cables in my admittedly old Cherry keyboard aren't fitted with proper connectors but simply have the bare wires pushed into a fixed fitting on a small sub-board.
I had to remove the main board for some intensive cleaning and the screws holding the sub-board to the case are completely inaccessible unless you remove the cables - and once they're removed there is of course no need to unscrew the sub-board, since the main assembly then just lifts away. And while the cables are dead easy to unplug, getting them re-inserted is another matter entirely.
I like to think I'm fairly dextrous, and I was working under a good bench lamp and with a magnifier, but it took me a ridiculous time to get the things back again and I was very concerned about the possibility of damaging one or more of the wire ends. I'm surprised that such a quality product doesn't have proper connectors.
Sorry, just wanted to tell someone...
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I was more than mildly miffed today to discover that the ribbon cables in my admittedly old Cherry keyboard aren't fitted with proper connectors but simply have the bare wires pushed into a fixed fitting on a small sub-board.
I had to remove the main board for some intensive cleaning and the screws holding the sub-board to the case are completely inaccessible unless you remove the cables - and once they're removed there is of course no need to unscrew the sub-board, since the main assembly then just lifts away. And while the cables are dead easy to unplug, getting them re-inserted is another matter entirely.
I like to think I'm fairly dextrous, and I was working under a good bench lamp and with a magnifier, but it took me a ridiculous time to get the things back again and I was very concerned about the possibility of damaging one or more of the wire ends. I'm surprised that such a quality product doesn't have proper connectors.
Sorry, just wanted to tell someone...
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