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Offline newtekuserTopic starter

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Help identifying oscillator on keyboard logic board
« on: March 22, 2022, 11:28:09 pm »
This is yet again another component from an old xt keyboard belonging to a compaq portable I.
A Google search for KSS4B shows it to be an oscillator running at 14.3MHz but pictures are different from mine (see below)
I did probe all 4 pins with my scope and it measures 4.6MHz on all so now I'm not sure if the part is not the same one or I have a bad oscillator (the keyboard throws a 301 error)
I also probed pin 6 on the keyboard connector and saw no clock signal... nothing at all.

Can anyone familiar with this part please confirm if this is indeed a 14.3MHz one?
« Last Edit: March 22, 2022, 11:30:11 pm by newtekuser »
 

Offline Venturi962

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Re: Help identifying oscillator on keyboard logic board
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2022, 01:02:27 am »
Here's a similar keyboard with 'KSS3M' marking so 'KSS4B' may not be helpful to understand what the part is: https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/compaq-portable-i-corroded-keyboard.57223/

This also shows that the chip next to it is a INS8035-6 (datasheet attached) which looks to max out at 6MHz, 4.6MHz would seem alright.
« Last Edit: March 23, 2022, 01:34:24 am by Venturi962 »
 

Offline newtekuserTopic starter

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Re: Help identifying oscillator on keyboard logic board
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2022, 05:11:42 am »
Here's a similar keyboard with 'KSS3M' marking so 'KSS4B' may not be helpful to understand what the part is: https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/compaq-portable-i-corroded-keyboard.57223/

This also shows that the chip next to it is a INS8035-6 (datasheet attached) which looks to max out at 6MHz, 4.6MHz would seem alright.

Is there any correlation between the 4.6MHz and the 6MHz IC next to it? That does have two XTAL pins but I thought it's running off its own internal oscillator.
 


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