Repairing Mechanical Keyboards

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@franstam

Poseidon is not the only one with this problem, in fact, all mechanical switches will failed sooner or later, just a matter of MTBF/MTTR. The micro switches in mice are exactly the same, it will failed one day when you least expected.

The last known distro was DigitalHub/Ban Leong, not sure whether or not they are still the distro.

 

[Fatfool]

sigh these TT Poseidon Z keyboards have this common problem for failing switches or whatever causing non-registering keys or double keypress register.

does anyone know who is the distributor for TT esports in sg for RMA, and is it still 5 year warranty for this keyboard? thanks.

i have one set that has the above problem.

oh and hi @fatfool long time no see

Ohhh interesting.

it sometimes activates and sometimes doesn't. (sometimes it activates after a few presses) so I guess the contacts are not in contact at some points. It's curious how it's affecting the Q key though as that is not a key that appears to be in much use.

From your explanation, the newer hall effect and optical switches will not suffer from this wear as they do not activate based on electrical contact points.

I've found a guy who claims he's able to fix the keyboard though. He just needs some replacement switches. I checked and it seems the filco majestouch uses plate mounted switches so I went to order some.

I'll keep you guys up to date on the issue.

Thanks.

And yes, long time no see. Life's taken over. Career and potentially more in the future means I don't post or view as much. These days I build my rigs not for gaming but for satisfaction haha.

I still enjoy refined builds though. That's why I have this beat up Filco in the office which is more comfortable than the crap supplied by the company

 

[Godeau]

it sometimes activates and sometimes doesn't. (sometimes it activates after a few presses) so I guess the contacts are not in contact at some points. It's curious how it's affecting the Q key though as that is not a key that appears to be in much use.

From your explanation, the newer hall effect and optical switches will not suffer from this wear as they do not activate based on electrical contact points.

A key that isn't used frequently is more susceptible to oxidation(corrosion).

That is why when you hit the key a few times it comes back to life, and sometimes it might also cause repeated key presses because the contacts inside those individual switches aren't registering/or are registering multiple times through the up down cycle. Just google keyboard chattering and you'll see a tons of problems surrounding mechanical keyboards and their switches. (Optical switches shouldn't have this problem, perhaps ..dust buildup inside the switches might hinder it's functionality?)

Hence it is why I initially advised buying a set of soldering kit for keeping if you're going to get mechanical keyboards still in the future, because all switches with metal contacts will oxidize at some point in it's lifespan. To visualize how oxidation is, just take a look at any usb product with it's connector left exposed and not plugged into a usb port for a long time; the once shiny contact when you first purchased turns dull and chalky and in some cases at high humidity, some rust is even seen.

Glad that you managed to find someone to repair your keyboard.
Btw, all my mechanical keyboards experienced chattering issues at some point in time..

 

[forests_gump]

Having consider level of difficulty for hands-on DIY key replacement & our nation call towards Green lifestyle (Carbon tax?!?)

I would consider this to be a "doable" DIY attempt, without huge investment nor high failure risk.

- get a 20-30w solder iron, some solder should cost below $30
- the solder pads on PCB for mechanical keys while small, but with a little care, you can remove the faulty key, and replace with a new key.

1 variable is availability mechanical key type, quantity & cost of get the new replacement keys.

This effort shouldnt high cost compare to getting a new mechanical keyboard, however has great significance "One small step for you, a Giant step for Singapore“ - considering singapore culture has so far been a nation has everything "Brand-new/use & throw" culture.

 

[kimsix]

i can pass u a spare cherry mx6.0, the aluminum paint half dropped off and without keycaps(i use the caps for another keyboard because i like its half height). the red switches should work fine.