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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Moleboy on Mon, 16 April 2012, 16:59:57
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I uhhh, a few weeks ago spilled a very small amount of hot chocolate in between the keys. I ran out of compressed air, but even with it, I couldn't clean some of the stickier stuff. I'm trying to clean it out thoroughly, and I can take a picture, it isn't terribly gross since I already once-overed it...but any recommendations?
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your ducky should have came with a keycap puller... this way you can get to the switches a lot easier.. hope this helps
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your ducky should have came with a keycap puller... this way you can get to the switches a lot easier.. hope this helps
M'dear, he already has all the caps removed, as per the title :p :p :p
I uhhh, a few weeks ago spilled a very small amount of hot chocolate in between the keys. I ran out of compressed air, but even with it, I couldn't clean some of the stickier stuff. I'm trying to clean it out thoroughly, and I can take a picture, it isn't terribly gross since I already once-overed it...but any recommendations?
If its a very small amount of stuff, I suppose you can take a cotton swab and work at it slowly......
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Sorry, too early in the morning for me. What you need to do is remove the cherry switches.. In order to do that you either need a flathead screwdriver or binder clips. There 2 clips on each side that you carefully losen to pull it out. Here is a clip on how to remove it. GL
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The ducky shine is pcb mounted?
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The ducky shine is pcb mounted?
yea your right >.< your gonna have to desolder the board to get the switches out.
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The ducky shine is pcb mounted?
yea your right >.< your gonna have to desolder the board to get the switches out.
PCB mounted is fine, its plate-mounted that's the issue. On the worse note, your Ducky Shine (mine as well) is dual PCB plate-mounted. That means that it does have pins and also must be desoldered to remove. There should be a video online of someone disassembling their Ducky YoTD so check that out. One thing is that with the newer ones, they put a sticker over one of the holes to get access to screw so you void your warranty, but that's only good for a year anyway.
If you plan to go this route, make sure to pick up a decent soldering iron (Weller is a great brand), good electronic solder that's thin (less heat transfer to other heat sensitive parts), and also a good desoldering iron. I've heard the radioshack ones are decent, they are about $15, but you can always spring for a $200+ one with an electronic vacuum pump lol.