Simple Questions, Simple Answers (FAQ in the OP)

[Melvang]

Will there ever be another run of LZ boards on GH?

Doubtful considering at least three names that I know of were banned a while back.

[Puddsy]

Will there ever be another run of LZ boards on GH?

unless elton runs it, no

and i can say with confidence that he probably won't

[Blaise170]

If I hold down a key on my Ducky, it repeats way too fast. If I hold down backspace to delete a couple of words, for example, it ends up deleting almost the entire paragraph. It is very annoying and it started after using my Cherry G80 on my computer. The Cherry G80 acts normally, it is only the Ducky with the issue. Any idea what may have happened to the Ducky?

[BlueBär]

If I hold down a key on my Ducky, it repeats way too fast. If I hold down backspace to delete a couple of words, for example, it ends up deleting almost the entire paragraph. It is very annoying and it started after using my Cherry G80 on my computer. The Cherry G80 acts normally, it is only the Ducky with the issue. Any idea what may have happened to the Ducky?

The repeat rate probably got changed by accident (or during testing for QC etc.). Press Fn + F1 and then Fn + F5, that should reset it.

[Elocutive]

What is duck's website where you can actually buy his boards? Duck the Korean custom maker not ducky 
Edit: would also like the link to buying kmacs from Korea

[Premonition]

What is duck's website where you can actually buy his boards? Duck the Korean custom maker not ducky 

Here's his website, but he doesn't sell them complete afaik, only in group buys.
EDIT: Fixed, must have copied my bookmark URL somehow..

[Elocutive]

What is duck's website where you can actually buy his boards? Duck the Korean custom maker not ducky 

Here's his website, but he doesn't sell them complete afaik, only in group buys.

That's a league of legends forum link haha

[CommonCurt]

What type of MX switches are in Cherry boards ending with LRAUS?

[BlueBär]

What type of MX switches are in Cherry boards ending with LRAUS?

Blacks or clears.

[Premonition]

What is duck's website where you can actually buy his boards? Duck the Korean custom maker not ducky 

Here's his website, but he doesn't sell them complete afaik, only in group buys.

That's a league of legends forum link haha

WTF. Lemme fix that.

[Elocutive]

What is duck's website where you can actually buy his boards? Duck the Korean custom maker not ducky 

Here's his website, but he doesn't sell them complete afaik, only in group buys.

That's a league of legends forum link haha

Huh. I'm almost positive I saw a website once that was selling kingsavers, lighsavers, minis, and vipers. Maybe I was wrong. What is the link to the KMAC store? It is Korean and I am positive that I have seen that before, but I can't find it now.

WTF. Lemme fix that.

[elton5354]

kbd4u.co.kr

You can't order from there though.  It's only for people in S. Korea.  You can email the owner who is truecustom himself.

[Elocutive]

kbd4u.co.kr

You can't order from there though.  It's only for people in S. Korea.  You can email the owner who is truecustom himself.

Thank you. I was positive I had seen it somewhere.
EDIT: Do you know where I could buy a cheat or a kmac other than classifieds? do they have korean websites for them?

[frosty]

Every time I start up my computer with my poker 2 plugged in it needs to be reconnected or else it cannot work. Any fixes on this?

[BlueBär]

Every time I start up my computer with my poker 2 plugged in it needs to be reconnected or else it cannot work. Any fixes on this?

Is it plugged into a hub or an external device or directly connected to your PC?

[CommonCurt]

What type of MX switches are in Cherry boards ending with LRAUS?

Blacks or clears.

Thanks 

[frosty]

Every time I start up my computer with my poker 2 plugged in it needs to be reconnected or else it cannot work. Any fixes on this?

Is it plugged into a hub or an external device or directly connected to your PC?

Directly connected.

[BlueBär]

Directly connected.

Might be an OS/driver issue? Not sure.

[Blaise170]

If I hold down a key on my Ducky, it repeats way too fast. If I hold down backspace to delete a couple of words, for example, it ends up deleting almost the entire paragraph. It is very annoying and it started after using my Cherry G80 on my computer. The Cherry G80 acts normally, it is only the Ducky with the issue. Any idea what may have happened to the Ducky?

The repeat rate probably got changed by accident (or during testing for QC etc.). Press Fn + F1 and then Fn + F5, that should reset it.

You're a genius, thanks a lot!

[whentheclouds]

EDIT: Do you know where I could buy a cheat or a kmac other than classifieds? do they have korean websites for them?

you can order a KMAC from http://kbdmod.com/ if you find a Korean proxy. only place i've seen Cheats is the classifieds.

The repeat rate probably got changed by accident (or during testing for QC etc.). Press Fn + F1 and then Fn + F5, that should reset it.

wow, how does one even know these things? i have no idea where you learn it, but it definitely doesn't seem like one of those shortcuts you find out online. either way i'm really impressed!

[SpAmRaY]

EDIT: Do you know where I could buy a cheat or a kmac other than classifieds? do they have korean websites for them?

you can order a KMAC from http://kbdmod.com/ if you find a Korean proxy. only place i've seen Cheats is the classifieds.

The repeat rate probably got changed by accident (or during testing for QC etc.). Press Fn + F1 and then Fn + F5, that should reset it.

wow, how does one even know these things? i have no idea where you learn it, but it definitely doesn't seem like one of those shortcuts you find out online. either way i'm really impressed!

Usually that would be found in the keyboards manual.

[BlueBär]

wow, how does one even know these things? i have no idea where you learn it, but it definitely doesn't seem like one of those shortcuts you find out online. either way i'm really impressed!

I don't. I knew that some keyboards have variable repeat rate (for gaming purposes I guess?) and I guessed it had to do something with that, as apart from this way you can only specifically change the repeat rate in your OS settings. So being lazy, instead of looking for the manual I quickly googled "ducky repeat rate". Bunch of results from GH (some of them probably would have contained the answer, too) and one that was saying "The keys will stutter when i hold them and rapdily repeat ...". I clicked that and found the solution.

[whentheclouds]

alright that's cool. only wizards read manuals so i'm glad to know you're a regular person like the rest of us

[BlueBär]

alright that's cool. only wizards read manuals so i'm glad to know you're a regular person like the rest of us

I've read through the Poker 2s manual dozens of times even though I don't have one...

[whentheclouds]

lol, where did you get one?

[BlueBär]

lol, where did you get one?

Google.

[yasuo]

if i use a controller but not quite pin what can I use two controllers?

[BlueBär]

if i use a controller but not quite pin what can I use two controllers?

Probably. It depends on the game as well I'd imagine. I know in Arma I can use multiple ones simultaniously (TrackIR counts as a controller + joystick). Please keep this keyboard related though.

[yasuo]

if i use a controller but not quite pin what can I use two controllers?

Probably. It depends on the game as well I'd imagine. I know in Arma I can use multiple ones simultaniously (TrackIR counts as a controller + joystick). Please keep this keyboard related though.

what if I make a controller for left and one for right and how it works?

[BlueBär]

what if I make a controller for left and one for right and how it works?

Oh I think I completly misunderstood your question.

So you need more pins on your controller?

[yasuo]

yup

[BlueBär]

yup

There's the Teensy 2.0++ which has more pins. You can also try to optimize your matrix to make it more "square" to use the max amount of keys. So instead of making a 15x5 matrix (75 keys), change it so that it becomes a 10x10 matrix (100 keys).

[okwchin]

What screw threads are used in the stock poker/pure case.

I am looking for replacement screws and my M2 is a tad loose, and M3 won't go in. I don't have M2.5, but it might fit. Don't know if its an imperial or metric for starters.

[BlueBär]

What screw threads are used in the stock poker/pure case.

I am looking for replacement screws and my M2 is a tad loose, and M3 won't go in. I don't have M2.5, but it might fit. Don't know if its an imperial or metric for starters.

Check the OP: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40501.0#post_KK

[okwchin]

Omg.. Thanks for the link, but omg I feel stupid for missing that.

Answers my question, thanks!

[Elocutive]

Does the vintage black housing make it feel smooth or is it something else?

[BlueBär]

Does the vintage black housing make it feel smooth or is it something else?

Unknown. It's most likely a different mold or plastic that was used for the slider. I doubt that it's the housing.

[ajx]

Not a valid vimeo URL
Except CPTBadAss who said it could be a faulty switch
Anyone can confirme this?
I am going to send it back to the vendor
Unfortunetaly, its not in my country, i have to pay return shipping fees
They asked me to fill in a form for RMA
I already sent through mail this video link
But i must explain what issue this keyboard does have
Thanks

[yasuo]

yup

There's the Teensy 2.0++ which has more pins. You can also try to optimize your matrix to make it more "square" to use the max amount of keys. So instead of making a 15x5 matrix (75 keys), change it so that it becomes a 10x10 matrix (100 keys).

teensy hard fine here, is arduino leonardo r3 enough for 24pins?

[MOZ]

Not a valid vimeo URL
Except CPTBadAss who said it could be a faulty switch
Anyone can confirme this?
I am going to send it back to the vendor
Unfortunetaly, its not in my country, i have to pay return shipping fees
They asked me to fill in a form for RMA
I already sent through mail this video link
But i must explain what issue this keyboard does have
Thanks

Faulty switch.

[henz]

Which cases will my WASD v2 fit in? Ive read here somewher that its almost the same as a filco.

So my list of options so far:
Gon, Probably wont work.
Tex, Filco/oni TKL best bet.

Anyone has any more options?

[CPTBadAss]

Anyone has any more options?

According to this post, it looks like it will fit a Vortex case too. I think that if you're going to get a non custom case though, go for a Tex case. I was really impressed by them when I saw them at MechanicalKeyboards.com's storefront.

[Puddsy]

Vortex case or TEX case. Nothing else as far as I know.

[hanshan]

[following question is being nominated for Most-Incredibly-Trivial-and-Who-really-Cares award of the week]

grey keys white keys - I have a mix of these (not the key caps but the underneath things) so is there some kind of pattern?  Seems strange IBM would just randomize these (maybe someone swapped around some stuff on the board before I bought it?)  Anyway is there any purpose to the different colors?   [question of

[CPTBadAss]

Anyway is there any purpose to the different colors?

I know RGB modifiers were used to help people identify CTRL, ALT, and Shift. Perhaps the two tones are used to easily ID the alphas and mods?

[BlueBär]

I know RGB modifiers were used to help people identify CTRL, ALT, and Shift. Perhaps the two tones are used to easily ID the alphas and mods?

Keys that produce a character are white while the rest is grey. He's talking about the lower part of two part caps though.

[hanshan]

Not so sure about the character vs other keys - unless I'm not operating with full deck....hmmm...perhaps could be phrased better... enough white ones for the alpha keys with two left over = 35. remainder are grey

[BlueBär]

Not so sure about the character vs other keys - unless I'm not operating with full deck....hmmm...perhaps could be phrased better... enough white ones for the alpha keys with two left over = 35. remainder are grey

You're talking about the keycap stem colours though, not about the keycaps themselves, right? I don't think the keycap stem colors indicate anything. Mine are all grey iirc.

[CPTBadAss]

Oh my bad. I've got a whole bunch of stems that are different colors from the tops. White, black, and beige. I think they just use whatever color is on hand and fits their specifications.

[yasuo]

the spacing well done or too close?
http://imgur.com/1xPYDqS