This is what happens when a seller gets fed up with customers asking bullsh*t questions.

Respect. I shall soon create a selling thread with a picture like that.

Interesting MKB with hot-swappable switches from Massdrop

Really interesting, wonder if there is any downside. Hope to get Zealios + this board one day

Hi clackers, you guys still here

Today decided to some cleaning and i found my Poker 2 which is stored in a carry case. Its been 2 years since i use the Poker 2.

Just now when i try to use it, some keys are not responsive and some dont register at all...

So decided to open it up and see whats what.... i apply a 100 times clicking every keys and it seems that now it is a little better.

Do the contacts in the switches get oxidized or corrode if left no used for a ling time?


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welcome back antonio!

not too sure about the oxidized part, but i think i noticed a similar situation as you when i left my keyboard untouched for about half a year, 1 or 2 of my keys don't register properly or don't register at all.
i didn't bother to open them up, i just tapped at it very furiously since i was playing game and kept losing because of it lol! (it's using an old WYSE black switch.)
then i just left it to collect dust again and then picked it up to use again after i got new keycaps.
for some unknown reason, it works again.

i know the switch stem and the copper contact point tend to have slimy/greasy substance growing on it after a while as i have seen from most switches that i harvested from old boards.

Yap... i guess the theory behind the contacts/keypresses wasn't registering properly might be the contacts in the switch has some dust or rust.

As i'm typing this and hammering most of the keys all nite since yesterday, i guess the responsiveness has come back....too responsive until some keys registers double and sometimes triple....

And affter like 6 hours of using the Poker 2 Red, i now remember why I kept it away last time....

IT DAMN LIGHT!!! I'm so useeedd to browns , Reds justs feel like typing on a ccake...

p/s: i purposely lefft the errors in spelling to show there are still some erratic on some of the switches.

This post has been edited by antonio: Apr 18 2016, 10:30 AM

double or triple register is not good >.<
i am surprised it happens to linear switches, i thought usually it happens to blue switches.

my guess is there's dirt inside interfering with the contact point, but if it's me, i'd just replace all the switch lol!

its decreasing every minute... now feels like near to 99% without hiccups....

i think after all the typing now the contacts inside the switches are 'cleaned' due to the friction and hammering when using the keyboard.



But the spring still fees sooooooo soft....

Thinking of changing to a metal base since the plastic one isnt as sturdy n sounds hollow....


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do you mean a metal case?

Haiz....have to send my QFR-i in for RMA again, LED mati kudasai again. Temporarily using my newly acquired KBT Race 2 MX Blue.


This post has been edited by richard912: Apr 18 2016, 11:16 PM

bought from a forummer here? u beat me to it. haha

This post has been edited by irsyadfy: Apr 18 2016, 11:45 PM

Yap...metal or alu...as long as raises the height a bit and add some weight to it the ok already.

But I noticed there is like 2 type one which the pcb sits deeper and another one raises the PCB so the bottom section keycaps can be seen.

This is the 'Upskirt' type



This sits flush

Indeed. Siapa cepat, dia yang dapat!

Hihi,

I see you enjoying your new toy

You were right about "muscle memory", typing some what impaired Will use this for the time being until I can get another more suitable permanent MKB

Then sell to me mur mur ony lah. Haha
Btw whats ur say using 75% mkb? Im 50-50 bout using odd size kb. Will the unique arrangement of keys effect u in some way?

It's definitely more space saving but the problem with the Race 2 is its non-standard keys and of course, arrangement of the F-keys. Will need some getting used to. Will likely go back to a TKL. With all 2 incidents of LED dying so quickly on my QFR-i, am seriously considering non-backlit for my next MKB. Thinking of Topre for next MKB, a CM Novatouch comes to mind

I think you got a bad batch. What are the serial numbers for both QFR's?

No need to disclose the whole thing, just the part starting with SG and the subsequent 6 characters

is urs the black colour one? if yes, let go to me cheap cheap once u got bored. would like to try odd size MKB for the wow factor. lol
i use F keys for dota n TKL not so wow to show off to friends.