#5658 NORM Update.: Sticky Alt or Control Key

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#5658: Sticky Alt or Control Key
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  Reporter:  davidpfarrell  |       Owner:  wad      
      Type:  defect         |      Status:  new      
  Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  Update.1 
 Component:  hardware       |     Version:  Build 653
Resolution:                 |    Keywords:           
  Verified:  0              |    Blocking:           
 Blockedby:                 |  
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Changes (by rraucci):

  * version:  Build 650 => Build 653
  * milestone:  Ship.2 => Update.1


Comment:

 I also had the sticky keys problem described here.  I fixed it (for at
 least the last three days) by disassembling my unit and peeling back the
 lower left corner of the keypad, then cleaning under the group of keys
 around the Left Alt key that was acting up with a pencil eraser.  I
 noticed that the strata was rougher in that area, and smoothing it out
 seems to have helped.

 I don't know if this fix will last forever, but I hope so.  I think the
 bumpy strata under that part of the keypad may be acting up in a
 thermoresistive manner, expanding and causing a problem over time with
 power on, diminishing with power reset, and changing with the weather.

 Scraping it down seems to have helped a bit.

 I have a G1G1 unit, running Build 690/Update 1 prerelease, Q13 firmware.

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