Date   : Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:00:30 -0000
From   : ken.lowe@... (Ken Lowe)
Subject: Reviving a dead BBC+

Sorry for the delay in responing. Not getting too much time to look a this 
problem...

>I'd second that about the keyboard connector too. Can be easily 
>over-looked.

I should have mentioned that I tried both the cable and keyboard in a known 
good Beeb and they work fine. Also took a good keyboard and cable an plugged 
it into the broken Beeb+ but it made no difference.

>I was actually looking through some of  my old "spares" today. And I 
>powered
>up a (marked as broken by the previous owner) issue7 B. Anyway, the issue
>was corrosion on the keyboard pins on the beeb's PCB. Cleaned that up and 
>it
>worked :)

Checked all the solder connections on the keyboard pins and they look fine. 
Also, took the opportunity to do some keyboard checks. If the keyboard is 
missing it doesn't stop the cursor from appearing on the screen and the 
startup beep isn't continuous. On my faulty beeb+ I don't even get that far. 
I don't see the cursor, and I have a continuous beep. I seem to have a more 
fundamental hardware problem. Any other thoughts before the system VIA comes 
out???

Ken.