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Joined 2010-08-03
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Hello, everyone. I bought this keyboard with several dead keys. I bought new contacts from Roland and the problem was still there. Obviously I would have to replace the two circuit panels underneath the contacts so I bought those also. After I went to put it all back together again, I noticed I had lost the black plug that goes in the middle part of the ribbon cable and not the other two on the ends. You know, the multi-holed part that you actually press into the circuit board? It's the part that, on computers, you press into the pins on hard drives or onto the motherboard controller jacks but it's the center one like when you use the same cable for a second drive on a computer of the old type ribbon cables.
I looked and looked and nothing. I can't find the same cable at any computer parts stores and we have tons of those stores in Miami, FL. It has been almost a year since I just put the keyboard away hoping a cable like this would show up. The amount of pins on the plug is two rows of 13 each and it's three plugs total being one on each end of the cable and one in the middle which is the one I lost.
I called Roland and they don't sell that part alone. Unbelievably, they said that part only comes when you buy the entire keyboard section with keys, circuit boards and cables. They said maybe I should try calling Roland in Japan. Can you imagine going through all that for a lousy ribbon cable? I would not be surprised if Roland Japan told me they don't sell it alone either. I'm trying to find someone who may be selling a broken one out part by part or just the whole keyboard broken outright. Can anyone help? I would prefer the entire ribbon cable because I fear a new plug alone, even with the correct amount of pins, may not fit perfectly in the cable holes. I have seen 26 pin plugs alone, though. I don't know if I can use it. Help!!! Someone point me to the complete cable.
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