Hey what should I do, stuck asterisk key, it boots to my sdrive but stays there trying to arrow down infinitely. Can I fix this or do I have to get my old 130XE from my parents now?
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800XL stuck asterisk key
Started by rpc9943, Jan 23 2012 8:46 PM
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bbking67
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Posted Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:38 PM
if you unplug the keyboard what happens?
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rpc9943
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Posted Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:02 AM
Well, I'm not sure how to do that.
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Posted Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:16 AM
rpc9943, on Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:02 AM, said:
Well, I'm not sure how to do that.
Turn it over, remove the screws from the bottom. Turn it back over, and then lift the top, lift the right side 1/2 inch, and the left side 4-5 inches. Inside you will see the kb connected to the mainboard by a ribbon cable, carefully with two hands lift up on it...
Connect power/video connections, and turn it on... if the key is still stuck, then bad 4051 or pokey. if it isnt stuck then problem in the key itself...
sloopy.
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Posted Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:52 AM
Okay, well it turned out that now it's just the break key that works, and everything operates just fine. This must be the keyboard. I took the atari apart and removed the ribbon, and pencil erased it. There was the same outcome. I also got two atari 130XE's which both don't load properly, not sure what the hell to do with those! I think we have an atari 600 somewhere at my parents, maybe I'll just get that and hope for the best.
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