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Offline uJalled

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Re: Filco or Cooler Master
« Reply #50 on: Sun, 23 December 2012, 19:24:37 »
^ and ^^ - twins?

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Offline dorkvader

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Re: Filco or Cooler Master
« Reply #51 on: Wed, 26 December 2012, 18:00:59 »
Filco due to awesome customer service.  They (Diatec) mailed me free replacement parts twice now while my keyboard was out of warranty.

^^That suggests you had something break on your Filco twice. Wonder if many have needed CM replacements yet?

One problem was a slight misalignment of the case, another may possibly be a problem with the IC, but may be a Windows problem.

As for CM, I've had 4 of them, and all had warped space bars.  The CM Storm Pro I got wobbled when I typed on it.
Of the 4 CM's I've owned (and the three or so I've tested and mailed to others) none have had warped spacebars. Note that this doesn't mean that there is no wobble. Wobble is caused by different heights/tolerances/spacing on the costar-stabilizers. My Titanium spacebar has the same (Expected) degree of wobble.
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About NKRO/ghosting. "Ghosting" is generally used interchangeably with NKRO, but I do believe they are different issues. Whenever I press more than 25 or so keys on my "NKRO" keyboard: Strange things happen (In windows). TO me, NKRO is the ability for the keyboard's controller to distinguish if/when all keys are pressed (or any combination). By my definition, USB keyboards can have NKRO (and then not use it to maintain compatibility with old/slow USB HID standards)

One good reason to get a filco, despite the price, is the compatibility. Filcos are pretty common, so there are projects that replace the controller, use the case, etc. Given that the keyboards are almost otherwise the same, I have gone with CM for the better price/performance.

On my to-do list is to find out what exactly is causing my alt to not work, so that I can (In theory) fix my CMstorm, and help others with that issue. I don't use alt on that keyboard, but I still want to find out the issue.