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Title: (need help) after desoldering and resoldering my space bar switch
Post by: aql712 on Fri, 15 July 2022, 12:20:41

hi guys, soldering my first keyboard here (kbdv2). after soldering all my switches, I realised my space bar switch was in the wrong place. so i desoldered and soldered in the right place.

after which, the keys to the right of the space bar (right alt, right ctrl, left, down, right) all stopped working.

if anyone can help I would appreciate it more than anything. took me hours to lube and I really wanna fix it without buying a new pcb. i will attach a photo, sorry for the poor soldering 😅

peace

Title: Re: (need help) after desoldering and resoldering my space bar switch
Post by: suicidal_orange on Fri, 15 July 2022, 12:35:27

Black but you got lucky and everything is visible.  Solder a wire between the switch pin and the hole and all will be well :)

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Title: Re: (need help) after desoldering and resoldering my space bar switch
Post by: aql712 on Fri, 15 July 2022, 12:43:46

thanks so much for the quick reply. will try this now😀

Title: Re: (need help) after desoldering and resoldering my space bar switch
Post by: aql712 on Fri, 15 July 2022, 12:55:11

it works. thanks so much.

however, i forgot to mention space bar also doesn’t work. how would i solve that?

thanks again ur amazing😀

Title: Re: (need help) after desoldering and resoldering my space bar switch
Post by: suicidal_orange on Fri, 15 July 2022, 14:26:03

No problem.  Can't be sure which end of the diode it goes to so lets just use another hole

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Title: Re: (need help) after desoldering and resoldering my space bar switch
Post by: aql712 on Fri, 15 July 2022, 14:33:54

ur a godsend! just finished my first board👌

thank yooooou