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Offline IPT

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unresponsive "A" key on Ducky Year of the Dragon
« on: Mon, 15 October 2012, 11:17:07 »
So my Ducky Year of the Dragon "A" key sometimes goes unresponsive

if i spam it alot or type like "Asdf" multiple times, it returns to working, but if not pressed for like 2 mins goes back to not registering.

Is this a short somewhere that maybe an easy fix?  Or do i gotta try to send it back to taiwan and ask for warranty lol...

Thanks for the help!
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Re: unresponsive "A" key on Ducky Year of the Dragon
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 15 October 2012, 12:41:45 »
Quote from: projectD on Mon, 15 October 2012, 11:17:07
So my Ducky Year of the Dragon "A" key sometimes goes unresponsive

if i spam it alot or type like "Asdf" multiple times, it returns to working, but if not pressed for like 2 mins goes back to not registering.

Is this a short somewhere that maybe an easy fix?  Or do i gotta try to send it back to taiwan and ask for warranty lol...

Thanks for the help!

don't bother with the warrenty. Take it apart, check the switch solder joints. If they're ok, check the solder joints on the usb port, if that's ok, check the solder joint and connector from the mainboard to daughter board.

If all of that is OK, desolder the affected "A" switch, and switch it with one of the Lesser used switches, like "scroll lock",

If all of these things fail to alleviate problems,

Buy a new board
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Re: unresponsive "A" key on Ducky Year of the Dragon
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 15 October 2012, 14:16:43 »
^^ That's a bummer 'cause it is a limited edition keyboard with a unique number.  It's not like Ducky can just replace it with another with the same number as there are only 2012 of them.
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Re: unresponsive "A" key on Ducky Year of the Dragon
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 15 October 2012, 14:22:10 »
I love my Ducky Shines but one of them has the same intermittent problem with the Enter key.  It finally gave out almost completely.  I have a friend who can solder so I bought some switches from WASD (Cherry MX Blue) and swapped out the switch.  That fixed it mostly.  It works about 95% of the time, but the key still doesn't register occasionally, so I'm not sure what other problem could be causing it.
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Re: unresponsive "A" key on Ducky Year of the Dragon
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 15 October 2012, 15:20:44 »
guess i should find someone who's handy with soldering, maybe i'll contact boost as he's in NY lol
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Re: unresponsive "A" key on Ducky Year of the Dragon
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 15 October 2012, 17:26:08 »
Quote from: projectD on Mon, 15 October 2012, 15:20:44
guess i should find someone who's handy with soldering, maybe i'll contact boost as he's in NY lol

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