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Title: Upside down cherry switches
Post by: JackieOReally on Wed, 18 January 2017, 02:37:14
Hi, I bought a new filco and some of the switches are upside down, what do I do ?
Title: Re: Upside down cherry switches
Post by: Halverson on Wed, 18 January 2017, 02:58:08
Does it work fine? I'm pretty sure some switches are upside down just because of the way the pcb is designed.
Title: Re: Upside down cherry switches
Post by: ghostjuggernaut on Wed, 18 January 2017, 04:42:46
Quote from: Halverson on Wed, 18 January 2017, 02:58:08
Does it work fine? I'm pretty sure some switches are upside down just because of the way the pcb is designed.
Yep I have had the same thing. It doesn't make a difference.
Title: Re: Upside down cherry switches
Post by: Findecanor on Wed, 18 January 2017, 04:46:09
If it works, then don't worry. Keyboards with Cherry MX switches and backlighting have all its switches "upside down".
The switch design allows keyboards to have switches oriented up, down or even left or right.
Title: Re: Upside down cherry switches
Post by: smithyithy on Wed, 18 January 2017, 06:13:18
MX Browns on my MagicForce are upside down. They're the white LED version, perhaps the reason why?
Title: Re: Upside down cherry switches
Post by: pixelpusher on Wed, 18 January 2017, 10:35:41
Yes, the switches are upside down so that if you add LEDs the light will be at the top of the key (where the legends usually are).  All is normal.
Title: Re: Upside down cherry switches
Post by: JackieOReally on Wed, 18 January 2017, 13:15:36
Thanks guys. Hadn't seen one upside down before.
Title: Re: Upside down cherry switches
Post by: romevi on Wed, 18 January 2017, 13:16:43
A lot of companies do that to make the LEDs at the bottom. Doesn't affect anything else.
Title: Re: Upside down cherry switches
Post by: sems on Wed, 18 January 2017, 13:50:50
My atreus has some switches sideways, I don't think that would be a problem at all.