Here I was this morning, camera and screwdriver in hand ready to make a review for you guys and.... the board is totally dead
It worked fine last night, and earlier this morning, now it's not responding at all. Tried different usb ports, another computer, rebooting, using the ps2 adapter and plugging it in that way. No dice. I hadn't done anything to the keyboard (in the sense of taking it apart, etc), it was sitting on my desk where I had been just typing away on it since Thursday evening.
I guess we'll find out how good ergogeek's customer service is...
I opened the board to see if any of the wiring had become loose, but everything checks out fine. I didn't see any of the soldering problems that other users had reported btw.
Annoyances about this board are that the screws being used to hold it together are low quality and were a pain to remove. The little rubber feet underneath the keyboard were misaligned. Not a big deal in my book, as it didn't really influence how it sits on my desk at all.
I also found a weird small piece of paper inside the board. Quality control doesn't seem to be doing a great job. The board comes without a plastic bag around it in the box, and since the foam they use is low quality as well, the first thing I had to do was to blow out all kind of foam chunks (including a larger one that would blocking my left shift key).
None the less, I think the all around build quality of the board is pretty decent, and the weight is at least heavier than your average rubber dome board.
Most importantly, the blue cherries are a joy to use. Clicky, but more silent than a model M, and also a lot lighter. I think both the tactile and auditory feedback you get from pressing a key is fabulous. Right now I would prefer them over buckling springs (but that's also the mood I'm in right now) - but I would have to spend more time with them before I could really give a definitive answer to that.
I did record a soundbit for you guys that I'll post as soon iMav enables the right attachments upload (I guess we are still trying to decide which one in the other thread).
I took some pictures, but they look like crap. I'll reshoot them if anybody really really wants to see anything specific. I'd like to wait to see how the situation is resolved before I put more effort into this board. We might just have to look into the Das line for blue cherries (unfortunately at a much higher price tag).
Last interesting little tidbit of information: some of the keys are aligned lower than avarage (I imagine to aid touch typing), specifically the delete & end, and the entire lower keys (ctrl, win-key, alt, spacebar). For the protuberances used on the F and J keys used for finding the home row, the one on the F is slightly thicker and higher.
I'll keep you guys posted and will post the sound clip asap.
