A2000 keyboard problem

[orb85750]

I have one of these older A2000 keyboards with the red Amiga keys.  When I hook it up to my A2000, the computer won't boot.  The computer does work with other keyboards.  Any guesses as to what is wrong with this particular keyboard?  Is this a common problem?

[ChaosLord]

You bought this "Amiga Keyboard" off Ebay didn't you?

Pls post pic.

[orb85750]

No, I didn't purchase it from ebay -- at least not recently.  I've had it in my storage for at least 5 years.

Any ideas?

[amiman99]

I have one old A2000 keyboard that does the same thing, and I found out that mine is shorted, so kinda dangerous.
The way I found out, I booted w/o the keyboard, and it was fine, but when I plugged in the keyboard, the Amiga crashed.
I took it apart and found xtal was loose, I'm not sure what else is wrong, but for sure, I'm not plugging that keyboard again!

[orb85750]

Thanks, I'll have to open it up to see if that's the case here.

I certainly won't be plugging it in while the computer is already on.  I learned my lesson there before -- when I plugged in a bad external floppy drive and my A2000 crashed and never booted again.