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Title: Different sound on Esc key
Post by: exousia7 on Mon, 15 April 2013, 11:42:11
So I purchased a Ducky 9000G2 with MX blue switches, and when I got it I played around with it and realized the Esc key sounded different from the rest of the other keys.....is this normal?
Title: Re: Different sound on Esc key
Post by: AuRinBei on Mon, 15 April 2013, 11:57:36
How different? Like a lower or higher pitch? If so, that's normal. Keys make slightly different sounds on the keyboard depending on where they are. Escape key is isolated by itself, so it usually sounds a little different.
Title: Re: Different sound on Esc key
Post by: exousia7 on Mon, 15 April 2013, 11:58:51
It's lower pitched clicks compared to other keys
Title: Re: Different sound on Esc key
Post by: khaangaaroo on Mon, 15 April 2013, 12:37:51
Sometimes switches come out of the Cherry factory less clicky. I don't think they're tested for their clickiness, just whether or not they work. There was a run of QFR boards that had a few non-clicky keys and people got butthurt: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40056.0
It's pretty easy to replace the switch. You can even adjust the insides of the switch to make it more clicky if you understand how they work and are good working with small parts.
Title: Re: Different sound on Esc key
Post by: Rule16 on Mon, 15 April 2013, 21:32:30
So I purchased a Ducky 9000G2 with MX blue switches, and when I got it I played around with it and realized the Esc key sounded different from the rest of the other keys.....is this normal?
If its a pitch difference its acoustics due to the fact that the escape key is in a small isolated hole instead of an island.
Title: Re: Different sound on Esc key
Post by: PointyFox on Mon, 15 April 2013, 21:33:20
Does it quack?
Title: Re: Different sound on Esc key
Post by: bazemk1979 on Mon, 15 April 2013, 22:35:05
Does it quack?
lmao