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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Ryun on Wed, 15 February 2012, 19:43:06
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So I bought a CM QuickFire rapid with blues and I love it (only a few weeks old). That being said, I've noticed that while typing some keys make a much more pronounced click than the others. In fact, some dont even sound like they're clicking at all sometimes. They still register though.
Is this a known issue with MX blues or is this regular behavior? Is there any way I can remedy this? I've tried spraying a can of compressed air but it didn't really do much. Sorry if this is answered somewhere in the wiki, but I couldn't really find anything.
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I have had this happen to me with some of my blue switches. In my case it was fixed with compressed air. Mine also had a bit of a click though. If yours has no click entirely, there might be a different problem I am not aware of. Just make sure you depress the switch when using the compressed air, not sure if you did that when you tried it. It helped mine.
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Thanks for the tip, I'll have to try that again then. Yeah the switches do click but only slightly.
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So I cleaned them with compressed air again but nothing. However, I tried some isopropyl alcohol and that helped some.
It's weird. If I I bottom out the keys in question: no click (though I can hear the spring). If I only push them down until they actuate I get a tiny click. It's like something is stuck, which is silly because this keyboard isn't even a month old.
Maybe some debris got stuck in there? I dunno. I've been reading it's a pain in the butt to disassemble a plate mounted switch so I doubt I'll fix it if I have to desolder anything.
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Actually, I think I might have gotten it.