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Offline worthexliscape

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Hyerpx Alloy Elite column < Space L O 9 F9 ] STOPPED working
« on: Sat, 05 August 2023, 14:59:48 »
Hello,

This is my first post here, asking for help. I have HyperX Alloy Elite keyboard and it's almost 3 years old. Two days ago a section of keys stopped working. Those keys are:

< Space L O 9 F9 ]

Without much thinking, I went to a technician to get them replaced with new Cherry MX Red switches. He replaced them nicely but keys are still not working. After a bit of research, I checked PCB traces for the broken connection issues and it turns out power connection going through each key in series is working fine. Checked it using multimeter continuity. Also, every switch is working fine.

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But it seems there is a problem in sending signals. I checked the series connection continuity of these zener diodes. I found that diodes of keys <, L, O, 9, F9 are connected in series. The connection between them looks fine. But I couldn't find the related series connection of SPACEBAR and [.

How do I figure out the broken trace/connection between these keys and the controller? Can someone help?

Let me know if I need to share more pictures or details.

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