+bent_pin Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 My first 800xl. Boots funny. What do you think the issue is? Will continue the dots until you turn it off. VID_20240125_225404.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 This is the keyboard test. It plays a constant tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB5200 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 No, it is a abnormal boot, left! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 Looks like the period is constantly pressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manterola Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Try pressing the period key many many times. It might fix itself. However, it is more likely a mylar based keyboard, and there are small springs under the key caps, and sometimes a spring gets in a wrong position and you get a stuck key. Try removing the keycap to check, but try to be VERY careful since it is easy to break the guide and also easy to loose the minuscule spring. In other cases the mylar itself is defective. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 1 minute ago, manterola said: Try pressing the period key many many times. It might fix itself. However, it is more likely a mylar based keyboard, and there are small springs under the key caps, and sometimes a spring gets in a wrong position and you get a stuck key. Try removing the keycap to check, but try to be VERY careful since it is easy to break the guide and also easy to loose the minuscule spring. In other cases the mylar itself is defective. After some rapid presses, it stopped. then it started back up again less than a minute later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 Key feels exactly the same as the others. No sponginess, no slow pop-up. I'll talk to the seller before I do anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+kheller2 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 There is probably something stuck in the mylar (if its that version) but yes something is wrong with that specific key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Westphal Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 (edited) It's my sell. It passed all Diagnostic tests before it left, many times. I'll take care of him. I'll fix his wagons 😀 Edited January 27 by Paul Westphal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 As an ST user... 6 inch drop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 @Paul Westphal I took the keyboard out. The shift key, space key, and forward slash key all lifted off and left the plunger in place. When I lifted off the troublesome period key, the plunger came out with it. Is that what the plunger should look like? Thanks for getting back to me quickly on this.I appreciate you being a stand up guy. We'll get this worked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 I reassembled it but left the problem key out. Booted up without issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 I separated the plunger from the key and set the springs into the plunger. Then, I inserted them into the cradle while holding the computer upside-down. Then, I popped the key on, reconnected power and AV, and booted up without issue. In the keyboard test everything looks close to perfect, but neither the left nor right shift key, nor the control key show action in the keyboard test. Seems like I should be concerned about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 All working now. After RTFM, I discovered that you have to use the shift keys and the control keys in conjunction with another key in order to get a response from them in the keyboard test. That being said, this keyboard looks to be 100% now. @Paul Westphal sent out a really well cleaned machine at a reasonable price. Thank you, Paul. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 My beautiful, working 800XL Thanks @CaptainBreakout for the awesome sticker. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Westphal Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 (edited) These things happen sometimes. That 800xl was nice ( but non-working ) when I got it and even nicer when it left. Fully socketed, too! I'm always glad they go to someone that appreciates them.. which is why I have been primarily selling here on AA. Here: https://www.tindie.com/products/5cfab/320k-memory-upgrade-for-the-atari-xl-computers/ 😀 Edited January 27 by Paul Westphal 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Westphal Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 2 hours ago, bent_pin said: All working now. After RTFM, I discovered that you have to use the shift keys and the control keys in conjunction with another key in order to get a response from them in the keyboard test. That being said, this keyboard looks to be 100% now. @Paul Westphal sent out a really well cleaned machine at a reasonable price. Thank you, Paul. Thank You! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 1 minute ago, Paul Westphal said: These things happen sometimes. That 800xl was nice ( but non-working ) when I got it and even nicer when it left. Fully socketed, too! Super glad it went to someone that appreciates it.. which is why I have been primarily selling here on AA. Here: https://www.tindie.com/products/5cfab/320k-memory-upgrade-for-the-atari-xl-computers/ 😀 I've got an untested unit on the way from the bay. I'm going to keep this nice one for playing for now and use the other one to experiment on. I'd like to build my own ram upgrade from scratch. I also have a pile of 850s that I'm going to use to make an A8 network. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Westphal Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 (edited) 11 hours ago, bent_pin said: My beautiful, working 800XL Thanks @CaptainBreakout for the awesome sticker. It had a bad XL Delay Edited January 27 by Paul Westphal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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