PS/2 Keyboard Wiring Repair
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Is that the one with the turbo button in the middle of the cursor keys?
BTW Monoprice has PS/2 adapter cables for those AT keyboards for 72¢ + about $3 shipping. I ordered 30 of them for some IBM...
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You're dedication is making me want to pull out the Focus 2001 tactile feel keyboard from my box of 1990's PC parts... Slowly purging the Seagat MFM hard drives out of this same box :lol:
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pinouts.ru/Inputs/KeyboardPC6_pinout.shtml
I would normally suggest that but of course colors aren't common.
the types of components that the leads are connected to should give you clues as to...
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Thanks for the info larry.
You never want to use a mushy $5 keyboard once you use mechanical keyboard. A new one can cost $100 or more. Besides that, if feels good to make broken things work and...
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It's not just a hobby; it's a lifestyle, dammit!
Keyboards with mechanical switches cost at least $60, and a lot of those USB to PS/2 adapters don't work very well if you type fast or have to hold...
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Don't make any assumptions about the wire colors and their functions because NMB not only doesn't use the normal red for +5V and black or GND, but their colors aren't even consistent among models. ...
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Ok I'll ask..why would you bother, unless its just a hobby, I mean they are so cheap to find or use a USB to PS/2 adapter.
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Yeah I'll just try it out and see if it works and switch wires if they don't, figure I ask here just in case.
Thanks for the help.
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Well, I don't think you can hurt much if you guess and get it wrong. Imagine how many keyboard cables get shorted out by pets or kids chewing on them?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS/2_connector
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Yeah that's what I am trying to do but I am unsure of the wires. Red is probably 5V and black is GND, the other black is some sort of shielding or something, not sure of the other 2 colors.
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I would cut the plug and wires off of another PS/2 Keyboard and try to solder them together.
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I found a mechanical keyboard with the PS/2 wire cut. There are 5 wires and I need to know the correct wiring.
Some pics of the controller board:
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