Re: Apple lle typing out garbage.....

["John J" <azazel@tm.net.my>]

thanks for the advice, but still the same is there any place I can purchase
a new KB Rom (8305d).........i think this one needs to be replaced
............

any online stores that sell this rom?

Thanks
John
Rubywand wrote in message <37FABB1F.86AB05CD@swbell.net>...
>John J writes ...
>>
>> Hi \
>> I need some help....my Apple lle has gone bonkers........each time I type
>> any letter it's not appearing as the letter I type e.g if i TYPE "J"  "H"
>> appears if I hit return key...a "?" ........it's all gone
haywire.......but
>> the strange thing is after about 20 to 30 times I type the same letter
then
>> it appears once ( the original letter i type) then it goes back to it's
>> faulty old self
>>
>> Can anyone tell me what is actually wrong? Is it the keyboard rom chip
has
>> gone faulty or something else on the motherboard or the keyboard it self?
> ....
>
>     This sort of thing used to happen on our II+ (and, it crops up on
other
>machines).  A fairly common explanation is a poorly seated KB encoder IC or
KB
>ROM (when there is one) or ribbon connector (when the KB circuit is mounted
to
>the KB).  A faulty KB encoder IC or ROM is a possibility, too; but, a poor
>socket contact is more likely.
>
>     A try at fixing things is to scootch up and re-socket the KB encoder
and
>KB ROM in order to reestablish socket contacts (assuming the IC's are in
>sockets).
>
>
>
>Rubywand