My professor and I were crunching some numbers, he hit the "+" key, and it got stuck in the down position. Does anyone know how to remedy this situation?
48GX button is stuck
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04-03-2007, 12:37 PM
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04-03-2007, 02:13 PM
Quote: Since I lack anything useful to say, I'll just note, in passing, that this is why it's better to "massage" the numbers than to "crunch" them. Ask any statistician. ▼
04-03-2007, 11:12 PM
Quote: Yeah, that was a pretty useless comment, Dave.
04-04-2007, 08:02 AM
Not sure if this will be much more useful than Dave's comment, but, since none of the experts have chimed in, I'll tell you what I know.
04-04-2007, 01:49 PM
A couple of months back I got a 48GX which had an ON key stuck down and I was not able to move it whatsoever. Just my 2ยข
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04-04-2007, 04:16 PM
I have seen this, too. Straightened up the mtal, and freed the key.
04-06-2007, 01:35 PM
Thanks so much, Jeff, Massimo, and Ron. You gave a lot of great tips and I'll probably try out some of the less-complicated ones this weekend. Hopefully, just the metal is off-center! Natan
04-06-2007, 03:57 PM
The problem was indeed the metal bezel holding down the bottom of the "+" button. I'm trying to think exactly how that could have happened. Maybe the calc got shifted around in a funny way in my bookbag (even though I always keeping it in the case - with the quick guide inside facing the keys for extra protection). By the way: This is a minute point, but my calc is a 48SX, not a GX. ▼
04-06-2007, 04:23 PM
Trying to pull the metal back down generally ends in disaster. I've found you can carefully shave the metal away at the bottom to enlarge the opening. A new #11 X-Acto blade works well but you must do this with the plate lifted away from the calculator and be *very* careful not to allow the blade to go past the metal and hit the key. If you hit the key hinge at the bottom (which is obscured by the plate), the + key will become loose and eventually you'll end up with a dead, non-repairable calculator. You also need to keep the shavings out of the keyboard. It takes a steady hand. The usual cause for the damage is from the calculator having been dropped on the corner. SX's and GX's are for almost all purposes, identical, at least mechanically. |