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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: s0nix on Fri, 09 February 2018, 13:07:34

Title: Broken switches?
Post by: s0nix on Fri, 09 February 2018, 13:07:34

Hi,

I recently purchased my first mechanical keyboard and I've noticed two keys on my keyboard are somewhat hard to press. I have red switches and pressing those keys feels like blues, there's a bump before bottoming out. I removed the keycaps to investigate and here's what I saw:

(https://www.ipix.lt/images/653f5f38daa691568de06c53daba0e1f.jpg)
(https://www.ipix.lt/images/5565a35e6aa39b0b952a025ea71a2e45.jpg)
(https://www.ipix.lt/images/b57f1cc442c226d80d24d2437206947c.jpg)
(https://www.ipix.lt/images/dafba2682c37d7c8793c1da869cf8334.jpg)
(https://www.ipix.lt/images/80ef36ea2fe53896e70b2136b1525662.jpg)

Look below the LED's.

Should I send the keyboard back and ask for a replacement for the switches or a completely new keyboard?

Title: Re: Broken switches?
Post by: Daniel Beardsmore on Sat, 10 February 2018, 18:54:13

Well, how confident are you at performing the repair if you got fresh switches?