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by dove
Thu Mar 29, 2018 6:00 pm
Forum: Hardware issues
Topic: buttons that don't register well
Replies: 198
Views: 138400

Re: buttons that don't register well

would you say that this mod has made your keys more clicky all around or less clicky? Is registration a function of clickiness? :? I thought it's more a matter of proper alignment (or call it centralisation) ... and the absence of dirt (or fuzz) under the domes ... I believe they are correlated, in...
by dove
Wed Mar 28, 2018 3:50 pm
Forum: Hardware issues
Topic: buttons that don't register well
Replies: 198
Views: 138400

Re: buttons that don't register well

Take a look at the bottom horizontal edge of the PCB Mine has some rests of ... (how should I call that..."inter PCB connections"? Those "break here" thingies, which holds a couple of PCBs together before they get their electronic parts soldered. After that the PCBs get broken o...
by dove
Wed Mar 28, 2018 1:30 am
Forum: Hardware issues
Topic: buttons that don't register well
Replies: 198
Views: 138400

Re: buttons that don't register well

As an addendum to my already too long post... :roll: My gut here is screaming that it's the alignment of those metal dome switches. (Though the ENTER issue might have a little more at play.) There might be some useful food for thought here: https://www.ecnmag.com/article/2010/06/reverse-dimple-compe...
by dove
Wed Mar 28, 2018 1:07 am
Forum: Hardware issues
Topic: buttons that don't register well
Replies: 198
Views: 138400

Re: buttons that don't register well

I have a recent run DM42, have handled another from the same timeframe in person, and can corroborate the reports about keyboard consistency. The left side of my ENTER key does not click, though the right side does. By various incantations of adjusting the PCB screws, I can get the center of the ENT...