Apple Extended Keyboard II: Removing the metal frame

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 22:01:13 -0700

Hello there,

The ^/ ° key went dead, so I soldered a new ALPS tactile switch onto the back - and all of a sudden two more keys refused to function: a &

While reassembling the AEK I noticed a copper strip, about 52 mm x 2mm with a drilled hole at one end of it, which hadn't been there before and presumably fell from somewhere between the metal plate and the mother board.

Is there a way to separate the metal plate from the AEK's mother board?

Thank you

⟐ Answer edited February 14, 2022 at 22:01 MST

Apple Extended Keyboard II: command shortcuts not working

Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:10:59 -0700

I wiped down my keyboard with one of those lysol wet wipes and now my command key won't work ... for example: I'm in InDesign and my command C just types a c and doesn't copy. I have the extended keyboard plugged into my MacBook Pro. I wiped down both keyboards. Now I can't figure out how to restore my command shortcuts or if I got the inside of my keyboard wet. But all the keys work as a typewriter, just not the commands. I'm thinking that I somehow locked the command out or something as I rubbed over all the keys, but have no idea. Anybody?

⟐ Answered September 21, 2016 at 16:10 MST

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Apple Extended Keyboard II: command shortcuts not working