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HP 12c keyboard repair Message #1 Posted by Pierre Brial on 29 June 2004, 12:35 p.m. Hi all, A friend of mine give me an HP12c with a curious malfunction : The top row of keys of the numeric keypad don't work : this is CHS, 7, 8, 9, and ./. All the other keys work, and the X ON autotest doesn't return an error. Externally, the calculator doesn't seem to have received any damage. Before to open it I prefer to ask you, friend collectors, if you have any advice about causes and cure of this malfunction. All the best Pierre Brial Reunion Island

Re: HP 12c keyboard repair Message #2 Posted by renato (Brasil) on 29 June 2004, 1:20 p.m., in response to message #1 by Pierre Brial I had one HP-12c (Made in Malaysia) with this problem. This row of keys, in this one-chip unit, is connected to one CPU pin. This CPU pin had a bad solder. Fixing was just a matter of carefully heating this pin. 1234

Re: HP 12c keyboard repair Message #3 Posted by Randy on 29 June 2004, 1:20 p.m., in response to message #1 by Pierre Brial What's the serial number?

Re: HP 12c keyboard repair Message #4 Posted by james summers (UK) on 29 June 2004, 1:22 p.m., in response to message #1 by Pierre Brial Hi Pierre The symptoms sound very familiar as I had a similar problem due to one pin on the CPU not being soldered to the board. I can do no better than refer you to this thread: http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/archv013.cgi?read=34793 where I found some very good advice which enabled me to fix my 12C which is still going strong. As Luiz would say.... Success (and let us know how you get on)

Re: HP 12c keyboard repair Message #5 Posted by james summers (UK) on 29 June 2004, 1:24 p.m., in response to message #4 by james summers (UK) Hey - how about that - co-ordinated posting!!! A new Olympic sport?

co-ordinated posting!!! A new Olympic sport? Message #6 Posted by Renato (Brasil) on 29 June 2004, 8:19 p.m., in response to message #5 by james summers (UK) My first win ! Yeah. I must say your research has dragged you. Interesting : I posted a very similar comment one year ago, and did not remember it ! Renato 1234

Thanks mentioning d8^) (N.T.) Message #7 Posted by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) on 29 June 2004, 9:15 p.m., in response to message #4 by james summers (UK) 123456 to remove

HP 12c **REPAIRED** Message #8 Posted by Pierre Brial on 30 June 2004, 11:15 a.m., in response to message #1 by Pierre Brial Hi all, I've been deeply impressed to receive, within 50 minutes, four wise answers to my post. Thank to you, this HP12c is now repaired. One other saved ! It is indeed a Malaysian unit, serial Number 3635M01102. The faulty pin was the one pointed out by Randy Sloyer : second from the bottom of the right row. It was not possible only visually to see that this pin was not perfectly soldered on the board. Even with a multimeter I had some doubt, because when you test the pin, you press it, enabling the contact ! The contact was soldered again by pressing the pin with a small screwdriver and making melt the solder with the iron. I was surprised not to find in the calculator the famous voyager's polycarbonate wrapping. Thanks again Pierre Brial

Congratulations, excellent news!! (N/T) Message #9 Posted by james summers (UK) on 30 June 2004, 12:21 p.m., in response to message #8 by Pierre Brial

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