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Offline tp4tissue

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Fixing Mushy modifiers on Quickfire Rapid//Filco
« on: Mon, 28 January 2013, 17:17:15 »
My friend just got a quickfire rapid and tells me his "left-shift" and "right enter" is "mushy" and feels like Grinding..

This occurs when you press down near  edges of the key cap.

I checked his stabilizers and keycap alignment, no problems..


I took apart the keyboard, and it seems the "switch itself" is SLIGHTLY by < 2 degrees tilted off the "plate"..

So I desoldered the switch, and resoldered it.. and the mushiness is gone..


The point is,, if the modifier switches are tilted EVEN by a little bit... in this case, by the thickness of a single piece of paper, it can Cause mushiness.

Easy fix for anyone with this affliction, as I've seen post about it before.
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Re: Fixing Mushy modifiers on Quickfire Rapid//Filco
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 30 January 2013, 20:03:57 »
Are you sure it wasn't from the keycap touching the side of the top shell?
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Re: Fixing Mushy modifiers on Quickfire Rapid//Filco
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 30 January 2013, 20:05:56 »
Quote from: PointyFox on Wed, 30 January 2013, 20:03:57
Are you sure it wasn't from the keycap touching the side of the top shell?

YES... I am sure..

This is actually not a rare event.. I believe the Space bar switches are hand soldered on many boards to prevent mis-alignment.
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