qix_maniac Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Just bought another atari 800xl. Every letter works on the keyboard. All system checks are good only problem is the RESET button does nothing Anyway I can fix this or do you think the keyboard is about to die? The select,option, and start work fine...joysticks ports and fine and cartridge slot is good too... anyway I can fix RESET button??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Reset is seperate to every other key and on some machines probably copped a bit of user-induced torture. It's not part of the matrix, it uses pin 24 on the keyboard ribbon. More likely than anything it'd be a mechanical or switch contact problem, should be covered in one of the threads about repairing keyboards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 If Reset key has a reserved pin on the keyboard ribbon, perhaps you could check keyboard ribbon too, in particular where it plugs into the motherboard's connector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Probably more a physical problem with the switch itself - my 600XL does it. It became better after repeat usage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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