ASUS eeePC 701 problem and solution

My eeePC was very sick.

On boot, it would spray the screen with random
characters. If I did get a desktop, I found
that I couldn't type several characters, like
v and t.

A USB keyboard worked perfectly with it, though.

I Googled 'eeepc 701 teardown' and discovered
how to remove the keyboard.

I carefully released the ZIF connector for
the keyboard and cleaned the black contacts
on the flat cable with a pencil eraser.
After wiping off the resulting grunge with
a cloth towel, I installed the keyboard and
now my eeePC works once again.

--Winston

Winston<Winston_at_BigBrother.net> wrote in message
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My eeePC was very sick.

On boot, it would spray the screen with random
characters. If I did get a desktop, I found
that I couldn't type several characters, like
v and t.

A USB keyboard worked perfectly with it, though.

I Googled 'eeepc 701 teardown' and discovered
how to remove the keyboard.

I carefully released the ZIF connector for
the keyboard and cleaned the black contacts
on the flat cable with a pencil eraser.
After wiping off the resulting grunge with
a cloth towel, I installed the keyboard and
now my eeePC works once again.

--Winston


For us old-worlders , teardown = dismantle ?