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Trying 100% Repair SGI PS/2 Keyboard from Tea Damage! - megaimg - 11-23-2021
I just got a free SGI Grey PS/2 Keyboard that was damage by Tea. After Disassembly and clean up everything , Top membrane have some damage traces that I will fix will conductive paint. The other part is missing is couple of key plungers and the LED for the Cap Loc, Num Lock, etc. Apparently the previous owner try to clean it, and lost this parts...Anyone have extra plunger or LED light information or pictures so I can 100% restore this keyboard.
RE: Trying 100% Repair SGI PS/2 Keyboard from Tea Damage! - Raion - 11-23-2021
It's a cheap rubber dome design -- i"m not trying to be sardonic or anything here, but it's a piece of junk and you're better off giving up. The build quality is AWFUL on those, they creak and crack even when new... get a good IBM Model M or M2 and slap an SGI logo on it
RE: Trying 100% Repair SGI PS/2 Keyboard from Tea Damage! - megaimg - 11-23-2021
(11-23-2021, 05:18 AM)Raion Wrote: It's a cheap rubber dome design -- i"m not trying to be sardonic or anything here, but it's a piece of junk and you're better off giving up. The build quality is AWFUL on those, they creak and crack even when new... get a good IBM Model M or M2 and slap an SGI logo on it
The Idea is to restore the hardware and try to keep it original...but yes, IBM M or M2 will be better!
RE: Trying 100% Repair SGI PS/2 Keyboard from Tea Damage! - Raion - 11-23-2021
I get it. The mechanical ones are very similar to the Dell AT101 designs. The rubber ones are cheaply designed, and I haven't found an OE-spec similarity but I'd start with maybe a Dell Quietkey if you're really really hell bent on trying to fix it. Just be prepared for a bad experience. They're disappointingly bad keyboards.