Powerbook G3 Wallstreet Keyboard/ Power Problem 1

[Hoosie2]

My two year old pulled the spacebar off of my Powerbook G3 Wallstreet laptop. It appeared that nothing was broken. I snapped the spacebar back on. It is attached and behaved like it used to. Now when I type any character nothing happens. However the mouse works without issue. I made the mistake of turning the computer off to see if a reboot would cure the problem. Now the power button intermittantly works. When the computer does turn on none of the keys work at all. It is possible he hit a bunch of keys and disabled/enabled something I suppose. The computer was on when he pulled the spacebar off. Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot further would be great. Thanks

 

[jimbopalmer]

Never had this happen, but if replacement is the answer you find, remember ebay

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.

 

[JStig]

I'd try the following:

1) Make sure the NumLock (Fn + F5) is off - sometimes causes the keyboard to act differently that one might expect if one doesn't know it's on.

2) Carefully disengage the keyboard, and examine all the connections; make sure nothing else was visibly "strained" by the 2-year-old test engineer (;^])

3) Try carefully prying off the space bar as was done earlier (sounds like you have nothing to lose if you're at this point) and look for some other damage/connection problem/foreign substance that might be gumming up the works.

Jimbo's comment about eBay is correct - - in fact, it reminds me I need to deal with an old 233 Wallstreet that I should part-out one of these days.....it just never ends.