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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: BakaPhoenix on Mon, 25 November 2013, 09:47:27

Title: Broken keyboard for switches
Post by: BakaPhoenix on Mon, 25 November 2013, 09:47:27

Hi, I found a not working TTeSport Meka G unit with cherry black for 20 euros + shipping.

Is it work buying if to take switches and resell them(i'll keep the keycaps since are italian layout and can be usefull for other iso keyboard since i'm italian)?

Edit: crap i was sure to be in the keyboard subforum, if a mod can mode it i'll be really gratefull <.<

Title: Re: Broken keyboard for switches
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Mon, 25 November 2013, 10:02:08

What is wrong with it do you know? It could be a simple repair. I suppose you can probably make the 20EUR back selling the switches, and maybe some other parts could be useful to someone for projects or mod practicing.

Title: Re: Broken keyboard for switches
Post by: BakaPhoenix on Mon, 25 November 2013, 10:10:08

The guy said that the pc have problems to recognize the keyboard, sometime It can work for an hour or two but after that it stop to work.
I asked him if changing the cable could fix the problem but looks like the space for the connector is enought only for the included cable. I might be able to mod a cable to let it fit, but if it doesn't work even with that i don't really know how to fix it

Title: Re: Broken keyboard for switches
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Mon, 25 November 2013, 10:17:45

Could be bad solder joint, maybe easy to fix with reflow.

Title: Re: Broken keyboard for switches
Post by: BakaPhoenix on Mon, 25 November 2013, 10:27:34

Well it doesn't matter anymore XD while i was here deciding another guy bought it XD

Title: Re: Broken keyboard for switches
Post by: Melvang on Mon, 25 November 2013, 11:10:33

For that price I would have picked it up just because that many switches could very well cost more than that.