| No, I've been very careful about the beverage thing. Haven't smacked the back of the 102 yet, and the cable connections are pretty tight, but I think I may have a tentative diagnosis. I plugged the Avant in, and that was unresponsive also. This likely points the finger at the PS/2 to USB converter, which is really more than just an adapter. I had to try several before I found one that did a complete "translation", and reliably. It was a SIIG, and served me well for at least a couple years. These things probably have a much higher failure rate than the sort of keyboards we're talking about. If I was my usually prudent self, I may have set aside a spare on this. Otherwise, there is another trip out to Fry's in my near future. (My original question was more geared towards whether some chip or electrical component might go bad over time, even absent any mishaps. I'm thinking 'probably not', because these keyboards are well built and rather hardy items.) Before this happened, there were several occasional bootups where the Num Lock did not turn off automatically like it should have, and then could not be turned off manually. In retrospect, this may have been an early warning sign for that converter. Jordan --- On Thu, 5/17/12, Harry Binswanger
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