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Offline chamton

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Novatouch escape key not working.
« on: Sun, 22 May 2016, 15:10:03 »
Hello, I'm new here. As my first mechanical keyboard, I bought a Novatouch TKL. It's been great. However the escape key recently stopped working (luckily, I'm an emacs user). I've checked and it's definitely a hardware thing.
Is this something that I can easily fix myself by ordering a part online, or should I send this to a service center?

Thanks.
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Re: Novatouch escape key not working.
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 22 May 2016, 15:34:20 »
Quote from: chamton on Sun, 22 May 2016, 15:10:03
Hello, I'm new here. As my first mechanical keyboard, I bought a Novatouch TKL. It's been great. However the escape key recently stopped working (luckily, I'm an emacs user). I've checked and it's definitely a hardware thing.
Is this something that I can easily fix myself by ordering a part online, or should I send this to a service center?

Thanks.

Definitely get it checked out if you're still under warranty for it. If you don't want to open it and poke around I would send off and let the technicians poke around.
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Re: Novatouch escape key not working.
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 22 May 2016, 15:52:56 »
Give it to me, it's that simple.
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Offline jcoffin1981

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Re: Novatouch escape key not working.
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 23 May 2016, 14:05:48 »
You can download a program like EK Switch Hitter and then try pressing the switch with varying amounts of force and at different points on they keycap.  I would say take it apart and see if there is any debris and that all the parts are intact.  But if this is a new board or you are unsure of you you may just be better off taking advantage of the warranty
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Re: Novatouch escape key not working.
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 24 May 2016, 06:04:40 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

Definitely investigate the warranty option if it is still covered BEFORE you open it.
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