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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: theifzz on Thu, 29 December 2011, 01:29:12

Title: Got my first mechanical keyboard!! Then.......
Post by: theifzz on Thu, 29 December 2011, 01:29:12

Hi all! New to geekhack here, I just bought my first ever mech keyboard, a Rosewill RK9000RE, a few hours ago. Plugged the keyboard in when i got home, and after about an hour of usage, the "R" key decided to stop working.

After it stopped working, i replugged the keyboard and tried to press "R" again, instead it registered "rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr"

Any remedies for this problem? I can get it exchanged but it's a really far trip to the shop, if it can get fixed then i will not exchange it (if it's possible to fix it)

Thanks!

Title: Got my first mechanical keyboard!! Then.......
Post by: Evil_Spork on Thu, 29 December 2011, 02:56:39

Read the Wiki about cleaning the switch. First step is blowing canned air inside the switch and a general visual inspection.

If it's dead at least you get to deal with NewEgg.

Also remember: one faulty switch out of 104 on each keyboard out of like 1000 boards is pretty much expected. It may be a defect.

Title: Got my first mechanical keyboard!! Then.......
Post by: pitashen on Thu, 29 December 2011, 04:04:55

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