Amiga 1200 keyboard problems...

[petercli]

Today I  put  a  ACA1232 card into my amiga.
 
 the amiga booted up , but some keyboard keys were not working. example:I want to type 'CPU' to test my card. The 'c' does not work, but 'p' does .
 
 So I reseated the keyboard ribbon . Now the h.disk light stays solid on , and I don't get any video.
 
 I found this article : http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=597612

DO I need to start cutting up the ribbon cable? What is a  A1200  keyboard membrane   ?
 
 Thanks in advance, Peter

[petercli]

Hi Mike,
 I was doing some other modifications,   like taking out the rf shield etc.
 
 I was able to boot ok, but some keys didn't work. so I reseated the ribbon cable. That's when the weird stuff started happening.
 My main question :  can a bad keyboard ribbon stop the amiga from booting?
 
 I saw the keyboard on amigakit,  but it says English UK .( I live in USA )

[petercli]

I solved the problem !
 Turns out the problem was caused by the hard drive cradle - it must have been creating a short because after I removed it everything works great.
 Thanks guys for your suggestions.