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Title: Crooked Keyboard Keys :(
Post by: pagonda on Tue, 02 August 2011, 11:32:09

Hello, I ordered a Adesso Pro MKB-135B keyboard yesterday as my first mechanical keyboard and today it arrived :D...But the keys are crooked D: Is there a fix to this or should I ask J&R for a replacement? thanks [ATTACH=CONFIG]23082[/ATTACH]
Sorry If it's a little hard to see, but the W,T,Y,I,F,J keys are all misaligned and it looks way worse in real life(the J key is real messed up like the photo suggests

Title: Crooked Keyboard Keys :(
Post by: pagonda on Tue, 02 August 2011, 11:33:56

Oh snap..I found more messed up keys : Left Alt, Left Control, left arrow, 0, F10

Sad Face

Title: Crooked Keyboard Keys :(
Post by: dreamingftw on Tue, 02 August 2011, 12:07:37

With that many keys not aligned, I would just ask for a replacement. As your first mechanical keyboard, I know how it feels to have to be waiting for it to come back :(

Title: Crooked Keyboard Keys :(
Post by: The Solutor on Tue, 02 August 2011, 12:17:40

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Could have been worse. Could have been a $300 Topre.

Or a 160$ filco :smokin:

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Title: Crooked Keyboard Keys :(
Post by: pagonda on Tue, 02 August 2011, 12:19:48

Thank you for the replies guys :)

Title: Crooked Keyboard Keys :(
Post by: Peter on Tue, 02 August 2011, 12:22:49

'This image has been removed or deleted' ...

Title: Crooked Keyboard Keys :(
Post by: The Solutor on Tue, 02 August 2011, 12:23:27

Quote from: ripster;391622

Dude, you still haven't figured out perspective?

Better to ask yourself what kind of strange perceptive can rotate clockwise just the center of the image... :pound:

Title: Crooked Keyboard Keys :(
Post by: Atenacius on Tue, 02 August 2011, 12:46:41

Quote from: ripster;391629

One guy RMA'd his HHKB for this.
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This dude also. (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?7579-HHKB-Pro-2-tilted-key-alignment-issue)

I could live with that.

Title: Crooked Keyboard Keys :(
Post by: Chobopants on Tue, 02 August 2011, 13:15:05

Normally I say something like "push them down a bit and make sure they're seated right" etc etc but that J key looks WAY off. I'd probably RMA.

Title: Crooked Keyboard Keys :(
Post by: The Solutor on Tue, 02 August 2011, 13:21:02

OP, I think you have thwo oprions

#1 return the keyboard.

#2 tell yourself that is a perspective illusion and live with it.


Seriously you should start to understand if the error is in the keycaps, like the filco photo i posted, or is in the switches.

Just swap two keycaps, to understand it.

If the error is on the keycaps you can think to replace them as filco people are used to, if the switches are misplaced return the keyboard is the best option.

Title: Crooked Keyboard Keys :(
Post by: csm725 on Tue, 02 August 2011, 13:30:28

Clever FILCO ping reference.

Title: Crooked Keyboard Keys :(
Post by: nhwhaup on Tue, 02 August 2011, 19:32:52

RMA it.  That is just so unacceptable!

Title: Crooked Keyboard Keys :(
Post by: pagonda on Fri, 05 August 2011, 21:53:39

I RMA'd it, now I'm eagerly waiting for the replacement :D

Title: Crooked Keyboard Keys :(
Post by: Lanx on Fri, 05 August 2011, 22:23:19

lol j&r will just give you a previously returned adesso then just look for "B-stock" anywhere or where tape would be.

Title: Crooked Keyboard Keys :(
Post by: bluecar5556 on Fri, 05 August 2011, 22:55:15

Isn't the aesthetically crooked keys just that, looks off but would otherwise not effect the quality of typing in the slightest?  Looks matters more to some people and especially if you paid a lot of money for something.  Does it effect the quality of the typing that you can tell?