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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: defstar on Sat, 18 February 2012, 01:08:25

Title: Scorpius M10 - 7 keys don't work
Post by: defstar on Sat, 18 February 2012, 01:08:25

So I have a dodgy Scorpius M10 sitting around and I'd like it to complement my Majestouch TKL brown. Only issue is, 7 critical keys don't work! The keyboard was purchased new. It has not been subject to any sort of environmental hazards :P The keys stopped working very shortly after I started using it.

The keys are: Y U G H J N M

I opened up the board and don't see any issues with the solder, although I've provided a few images (http://imgur.com/a/8Q7ty#0) because I'm not very confident that I could even spot a soldering issue (all photos taken with keyboard at same orientation).

I suspect this is not a soldering issue (at least not at the location of the keys) because you will notice that all the dodgy keys are in a cluster.

If this is not a soldering issue, what other components could fail on a keyboard to take out a cluster of keys?

Returning it is out of the question, unfortunately.

[edit] I think this (http://i.imgur.com/ScrNz.jpg) could well be the problem! As it does not appear to be connecting any one key this would lead me to assume it's screwing up a cluster.

Title: Scorpius M10 - 7 keys don't work
Post by: defstar on Sat, 18 February 2012, 02:04:25

Thanks for the reply, ripster.

What exactly are we both looking at? What do I need to bypass?