I have "fixed" a kids musically keyboard and a computer keyboard like this. I also had problems with the flexible printed circuit they use.
A soft graphite pencil does work, but is fairly short term but eventually the graphite seems to wear and migrates away. I have had much better luck using the paint-on repair kits for rear-windscreen heaters. Any auto accessory or even $2 shop or variety store might have these. These seem to be basically a metallic paint and are much more durable. YMMV Martin Visser Network Consultant - Global Services COMPAQ, part of the new HP 3 Richardson Place North Ryde, Sydney NSW 2113, Australia Phone *: +61-2-9022-1670 Mobile *: +61-411-254-513 Fax 7: +61-2-9022-1800 E-mail * : martin.visserAThp.com -----Original Message----- From: pop.iprimus.com.au [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 10 July 2002 9:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] OT if you stretch the point somewhat. Hey Yeah its just a carbon pad you can either try and remove a carbon pad from some other not so used piece of electronics and replace it (yes you can remove it often its just stuck on with cheap glue) or you CAN buy RFI coating paint (I think you can get some at Dick Smith)that does the trick. What I usually do though is replace the whole pad ,I have a massive collection of mixed sizes in the lab because i do product development and I often have to try different pad sizes to get a proper response. If all fails just use some tin foil you use to cover the Sunday roast and glue that on over the worn out carbon pad. Richard Neal ******************************************************************* Im not a geek and I can prove it just ask my AI quantum state computer I built out of mums washing machine. ******************************************************************** Gentoo Linux 1.3a On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 17:07, Bill Bennett wrote: > I have a little pocket organiser (Canon DM-320 $10 at the Post > Office (many) years ago, no expense spared when I'm looking > after Number One). Unfortunately, I've become rather addicted > to it. > > So when the button that tells me the time began to fail, I > carefully prised the casing apart and inspected. > > There's a little pad that connects to a section on the circuit > board when you press it. The conducting material has worn away > to the extent that pressing the pad makes no odds. > > The original conducting material (carbon?) looks like it was > impregnated into the pad. I could probably paint some conducting > material over the face of the pad using a dinky brush. > > But what? Is there such a thing a liquid carbon? I'm not sure > what the common-or-garden pencil uses these days. > > Any suggestions will be carefully considered. > > Uh, please eschew the cracks about cheapness. I have great > affection for that little dooflang. The breed is now well and > truly extinct, with the exception of a solitary specimen that > used to sit in my top pocket... > > Regards, > > William Bennett. > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
