Here is the hack I came up with, it's easy to do with my skills and tools and the result is pretty clean :
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(https://imgur.com/sTEVmt3)
Thank you for this post! This made it easy to revive my Ergo Pro, after I tried and failed a few times at fixing the microusb port.
Here is the hack I came up with, it's easy to do with my skills and tools and the result is pretty clean :
Show Image
(https://imgur.com/sTEVmt3.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/sTEVmt3)
Many thanks for posting this fix, it saved my Matias Ergo Pro w/ Salmon ALPS & PBT caps keyboard (https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=23000) that I absolutely love!
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Note to Matias: It's beyond ridiculous to engineer a robust keyboard such as the Ergo Pro and then saddle it with a friggin' surface mounted micro USB port. The USB cable acts as a large lever on the port and it is inevitable that any movement of the keyboard or cable whatsoever result in failure of the port. The heavy keyboard already has 3 USB-A ports on it, why not use the same for the connection to the computer???
This is the most love/hate relationship I've ever had with a keyboard. Love the layout and feel (esp. with the upgraded ALPS Salmon switches and ABS keycaps), hate the lack of reliability in the Matias QuietClick switches, the micro USB port, and controller chip failures...