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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: vatin on Sun, 11 September 2016, 21:37:11

Title: KBT Pure - 5 switches gone dead.
Post by: vatin on Sun, 11 September 2016, 21:37:11

Hi,

5 switches on my KBT Pure gone dead, and didn't register any key presses. They are

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given that this is a standard qwerty layout.
As you can see they are keys next to each other so what could be the cause?
I speculate it is due to PCB gone bad, because I don't think this many switches could fail at the same time.
If it is so I think I'll sell this keyboard for parts.

Title: Re: KBT Pure - 5 switches gone dead.
Post by: saxophone on Mon, 12 September 2016, 04:40:24

open up your keyboard, check the backside of the PCB. Chances are high it's gone cold solder / lacking contract between the switch and the PCB.