Advice on keyboard that stopped working

[sendas]

I'm looking for some advice. I bought a F1 model Ibm model M that came with a Soarers Converter. It worked fine for a year then just stopped being recognized by the OS. Would the issue almost certainly be the Soarers Converter? This F1 is a tank.

How do I begin to troubleshoot a Soarers Converter? Im familiar with linux and command line but have no experience with hardware or programming.

[fohat]

I always start with cables and connections (and that can be internal as well as external).

[engr]

Do you have a computer with a PS/2 port? I would start by running it natively via PS/2 without a converter.

[sendas]

I'll see if I can check inside the soarers to see if anything looks off.

This keyboard is the big Din connector, Can I use a DIN to PS/2 adapter without a converter?

[sendas]

Do the dip switches on the bottom of the keyboard matter? it is possible my kid could of messed with them

[fohat]

I'll see if I can check inside the soarers

Is it an Orihalcon cable?
Sometimes people refer to Orihalcon's cables as "Soarer's" and I would certainly not open one up.