Stuck keys SN
If you have a XO with keys that are sticking please add your serial number here: Please don't delete the pre statements so the wiki keeps the per line formatting. Thanks. --Richard
CSN74701957 Left CTRL, Left Shift, A, Left Alt, and Spacebar CSN7490393E Left CTRL and shift CSN74701AD6 Left ALT and CTRL key CSN74701F0D Right shift CSN748001EC Left CTRL, shift, and alt keys CSN74800723 Left CTRL CSN74800C4D CTRL CSN74800E09 Left ALT and CTRL key CSN7480115D Left ALT key CSN74801395 CTRL, Left Alt CSN74801ADA Left CTRL, Right grab CSN74801B4C Left ALT and CTRL key CSN748028E0 CTRL, left HAND, ALT CSN74802DDB Left Grab CSN74803B7F Left ALT and CTRL key CSN74803ED1 Left CTRL, fixed with disassembly and cleaning CSN748057BF Left Alt, Left Fn, Space?, Alt Gr CSN74900A9F CTRL key, keyboard membrane torn CSN74901F1B Left Alt key CSN74902869 Left CTRL ALT and hand key. not fixed by cleaning. most keys in center don't work now. CSN74902FB2 Left ALT key, alt.gr key CSN74903405 CTRL key CSN74903A7F Left ALT and Left shift keys CSN75000128 CTRL key CSN7500023E c,s,d and shift+s,d,c gives special symbols like ß,Ð,Ç CSN75000512 occasional CTRL key CSN750010CA Left CTRL, left alt, down and right buttons CSN75001276 Left CTRL CSN75001C15 CTRL key CSN75001D7D Left ALT, CTRL key CSN749036F0 Left Alt, key CSN74802B7C CTRL, TAB? CSN7470365F occasional CTRL key, only started Apr 27 (been using daily since Nov) CSN75000960 Ctrl key (after 100 hrs use), fixed (?) by disassembly/reassembly
More Info: Recently some posts of mine have been taken and twisted a bit in various blogs and slashdot in to indicate that the keyboard failures are "widespread".
I would like to clarify what I see as incorrect info about the failure rates of the OLPC keyboard. Please re-post this info however you think best.
OLPC does not have evidence that the keyboard failures are widespread like the blog posts I've seen indicate.
The overall RMA return rate of all XO problems is less than 1%. Verified keyboard problems are a small part of that.
Correlating the RMA data to the actual failure rate of the keyboard is a bit more difficult because many people with the problem have discovered it outside of the 30 day RMA window. Its also hard to get a good estimate of how many unique users there are in the forums that reported keyboard problems.
There has not been a rash of reports from our other deployments so we believe that the problem was primarily in the early production runs. The first shipment of G1G1 machines were part of the early manufacturing runs.
The manufacturers of the keyboard have worked with OLPC to make some changes to the internal construction of the keyboard. We think these changes will help with the sticky keys issue. These changes have been rolled into the current keyboard production.
If indeed the problem is much more widespread then OLPC needs more accurate data on the failure rate. OLPC invites the community to help.
If you currently have an XO with a sticky key then please add your serial number to the following wiki page and what key(s) appear to be sticking.
Please don't add a lot of extra info. A simple one line post entry will be fine. I don't need e-mail addresses or long problem descriptions.