Re: Troubles reconnecting new ALPS controller

2010-04-14 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 9:10 PM, John Watlington wrote: > I believe that if you examine the connector and the part that came off > carefully, you can reattach them.   Again, it could also have been ripped > off in a manner that broke it. I had similar connectors on other XOs come off (but intact)

Re: Troubles reconnecting new ALPS controller

2010-04-14 Thread John Watlington
On Apr 14, 2010, at 7:39 PM, Daniel Drake wrote: > On 14 April 2010 20:06, John Watlington wrote: >> >> Teach the repair centers to not disconnect that cable. > > I might be wrong but isn't it necessary to unplug it in order to > replace the keyboard? > It certainly makes replacing the keyboar

Re: Troubles reconnecting new ALPS controller

2010-04-14 Thread Daniel Drake
On 14 April 2010 20:06, John Watlington wrote: > > Teach the repair centers to not disconnect that cable. I might be wrong but isn't it necessary to unplug it in order to replace the keyboard? It certainly makes replacing the keyboard controller impossible, but that isn't something I've seen nec

Re: Troubles reconnecting new ALPS controller

2010-04-14 Thread John Watlington
Teach the repair centers to not disconnect that cable. The connector is designed for a single insertion, and no removal. This wasn't clear to us/Quanta until recently. We've discussed replacing it. The idea behind that connector is that it will never become disconnected accidentally. It'll p

Troubles reconnecting new ALPS controller

2010-04-14 Thread Daniel Drake
After the switch to the ALPS touchpad + controller, it's nice to see the departure of the 2 ribbon cables that don't have clips (the extra bit of plastic came off too easily, making it hard to disconnect the cables), but we now have a new difficulty: The small ribbon cable that connects the mouse