Re: GS Lover seeking help...

[meekins@tortoise.cis.ohio-state.edu (Tim Meekins)]

In article <1992Nov25.014951.19625@nuscc.nus.sg> ltchean@rambutan.iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean) writes:
>
>Please help!
>
>My GS is behaving strangely these days. This are the syndrome:
>
>1. A lot of time (and everytime yesterday) the computer will locked itself
>   when I start typing. Yes, only when I start typing. If I don't use the
>   keyboard, I can play whole night without problem.
>
>2. Sometimes when I start typing, it will be all in UPPERCASE. No matter the
>   caps lock key is down or not. During this time, clikcing on the folder
>   will select/unselect only that folder, but not the others. It is wield!
>   It never happened to me... have I discovered a Finder feature?
>
>3. Occasionally the computer will just slow down a lot... and then freeze.
>
>
>Any clues? Shift booting does not help (especially on the first problem).
>

SOunds like the classic bad solder joint in keyboard syndrome. I just went
through this myself last summer. Basically, the socket your keyboard
cable plugs into will slowly have its solder joints broken due to
the stress caused by the cable. Simply take the back of your keyboard and
lightly reheat and remelt the solder joints on the connector.
This fixed mine when I had the problem. In fact, when I started to
resolder, I saw how the entire joint had come off of the pc board. I had
not even noticed that until I finally resoldered it. All it takes
is a microscopic hairline fracture and the joint will be bad.

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