Damaged switch on keyboard

[morganzeus]

I smacked my keyboard out of anger. And the cherry mx blue "p" switch is now stuck.. i can get it unstuck by putting a key on it and then releasing it. but it is very easy for it to get stuck.. do i have to deal with any soldering stuff? thanks your your help

[suicidal_orange]

Unless there are gaps in the plate in the four corners of the switch you'll have to desolder it to take the top off, then if you're lucky it will be fixable but more than likely you'll need a replacemwnt switch.

In the future remember not to hit your keyboard, unlike people they rarely self-heal )

[Altis]

Pro Tip:  If you have them, steal the switch from the Pause/Break key or Scroll lock since they're pretty much useless.

You can open the broken switch up and disable it from operating then mount it in the place of the one you took so it still looks normal.

To remove the switch, you'll need to desolder the pins underneath it then press in the tabs on the front and back of the upper portion (check out YouTube for how to remove a Cherry MX switch).

[3K]

Are the switches plate-mounted?

Maybe a piece of the slider broke off, you would have to replace the same then.