A small update on another disaster that happened on the trip.
From
http://forum.liberty.asn.au/viewtopic.php?t=180 ("Walkthrough: Hyperflow Top Mount Intercooler Install")
Ric wrote:Ric wrote:In electrical terms, there is no difference which terminal you disconnect.
It's just safer to do the negative, as this won't make any sparks fly if yours spannrrrre se
I'm back on air.
I spilled some water on my notebook keyboard on Wed night, and now a quarter of the keys don't work right. Finally stopped at a town large enough to have a Dick Smith where I could buy an external keyboard.
I meant to type:
"It's just safer to do the negative, as this won't make any sparks fly if your spanner touches the body."
I started back at work today, and repairing the laptop was high on the agenda.
After a bit of experimenting, we discovered that the panel above the keyboard could be popped off.
It was then a simple matter to remove the keyboard assembly.
I blew it out with compressed air, bathed it in contact cleaner, and blew it out again, which achieved absolutely nothing
I then investigated the FFC connector where it plugs into the motherboard, and discovered a low resistance between two pins.
A bit of probing with a sharp dentist's probe under a microscope managed to dislodge whatever was doing it, and now it's good as new. No more lugging a USB keyboard around
(Sorry about the fuzzy pics, left my cam at home, so had to use the phone to take them.)