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Used keyboard I bought has keys that don't respond when pressed. Any hope in saving? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.sdf.org to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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Its a Razer Blackwidow elite I got for cheap, the listing just said "sold as is" and had some pictures. Didn't mention anything about bad keys. Kicking myself now for trying to cheap out. My question is if there is anything I can do to repair it. If so is it worth doing? The switches are not hot swappable if that's important.

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Are there rows or columns of keys that don’t work

Given that Razor's a "gaming company", it might have N-key rollover, might not use a matrix encoder.

googles

Nope. Looks like their Huntsman models do have N-key rollover, but not the Blackwidow line.

[–] hallettj@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for looking that up! I could be wrong, but I think that boards with N-key rollover generally do use a matrix but with the addition of diodes to prevent ghosting. (Details on Deskthority.) The only designs I've seen that don't use a matrix are small split boards with fewer two dozen keys per side/controller where it's practical to get a controller with enough IO pins to use a separate pin for each key.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, looks like that is correct.