Date   : Sun, 10 Jul 2005 07:16:00 +0100
From   : "John & Helen Simpson" <john@...>
Subject: Re: Membrane type keyboards

> "John & Helen Simpson" <john@...> wrote:
> > I've taken the keyboard apart and mechanically its fine. 
> There is some 
> > dust and fluff between the keyswitches and the membrane, which I'll 
> > clear out. The membranes are lightly stuck together. Is 
> this normal or 
> > should I separate them and clean between them?

> JGH wrote: 
> If it's been stored for some time with something sat on the 
> keyboard some contacts may have stuck closed. This happened 
> to one of my Compacts, which has a membrane keyboard. Most of 
> it was fixed by the above type of cleaning, and by tapping 
> firmly on each key several times.
>  
> I can't advise on if peeling the membrane apart is suitable 
> on the A3000 as I've never done that.

For the benefit of others (and by way of thanks), I should point out
that Jonathan's advice was completely successful. Just wiping the dust
off the outside of the membrane and putting everything back together
again was enough to get the keyboard working fine. Peeling the membranes
apart would certainly seem to be unnecessary and probably not a good
idea.

This should apply to Masters (later version) /Compacts as well. 

john