I'm new to keyboards. Trying to build one with truly effective backlit letters. Seems few are interested. Little info or direction even from people with stuff to sell. Not much available and hard to find. Makes no sense.
Shine through keycaps seem to have a stigma with some people unfortunately. I invite you to come pay a visit to BudgetKeebs either on Reddit (budgetkeebs.com) or Discord (discord.budgetkeebs.com) and drop a comment in either our weekly question thread or #questions channel and tag me with u/badmark or @badmark and we can discuss what you are looking for.
The best way is to open it up and inspect the back of the PCB, otherwise you can carefully push on the sucket from the front and if it's loose or not there, you've got your answer.
Any tips on actually having both locking tabs of the switch always stick up? It’s like a gamble for me if both, only one, or none of the up and down locking tabs actually stick out
I'm looking at purchasing a used hot-swap keyboard with a broken key. I hoping to repair the key. I'm hoping it's just the switch, but what potentially could be broken besides that?
I just got akko v3 cream yellow i wanted to ask i had yellow gaterons and im trying to put my new switches on but the switches dont match the pcb board
I usually give it a slight wiggle in the slot before i press it down fully , helps to ensure the pins are slotting into the holes properly
Looks like Akko buttery yellow creams.
Man this tip would have helped a day ago 😅 bent three switch. It was my first time doing it though, so could have been worse.
Same 😢
I'm new to keyboards. Trying to build one with truly effective backlit letters. Seems few are interested. Little info or direction even from people with stuff to sell. Not much available and hard to find. Makes no sense.
Shine through keycaps seem to have a stigma with some people unfortunately. I invite you to come pay a visit to BudgetKeebs either on Reddit (budgetkeebs.com) or Discord (discord.budgetkeebs.com) and drop a comment in either our weekly question thread or #questions channel and tag me with u/badmark or @badmark and we can discuss what you are looking for.
How do you know if your hotswap socket came undone?
The best way is to open it up and inspect the back of the PCB, otherwise you can carefully push on the sucket from the front and if it's loose or not there, you've got your answer.
Any tips on actually having both locking tabs of the switch always stick up? It’s like a gamble for me if both, only one, or none of the up and down locking tabs actually stick out
Plate tolerance issues perhaps?
I'm looking at purchasing a used hot-swap keyboard with a broken key. I hoping to repair the key. I'm hoping it's just the switch, but what potentially could be broken besides that?
The hot swap socket could be pulled off of the PCB.
I just got akko v3 cream yellow i wanted to ask i had yellow gaterons and im trying to put my new switches on but the switches dont match the pcb board
Is it because the Akko has 3 "pins" and the Gateron Yellow has 5?
@@MechKeyboards oh ok but when i look at the gateron it doesnt have no pins
If it has no metal pins then it is an optical switch and they are not compatible.
@@MechKeyboards ye i figured am gonna get a new pcb
what yellow switch means?
Huh?
@@MechKeyboards the color
@@johnxina9546 the color is just the one chosen by Akko, it does not mean anything.