Ty so much! I'm honestly going to just have a spare pcb for my sonnet and envoy. I would hate for them to stop working 10 years from now and have no way to fix them. As usual, you guys are the best. Keep the products and content coming please.
Just a pro tip, make sure to twist the wires in a spiral (rolling it with your thumb and index) to keep it together and tin it (applying a small amount of the solder) before soldering to the socket ends to make your lives easier. 👍
My keyboard (epo maker th80) caps a s d f g keys are not working can you help me i tried changing the switches still doesnt work i would really appreciate it, love your videos
the pad (originally on the PCB) typically breaks from the circuit and comes off with the hotswap socket. So it's difficult to connect that to the original circuit on the PCB (way tooo small & not on the top layer.)
If the silver pads are still in place then you just need to resolder them. if it fell off, you need the jumper wires since the pads aren't connected to the circuit on the pcb anymore. the circuit is layered in the pcb, so you can't just solder the pad or glue the pad back.
Can you help? I have a problem with my mechanical keyboard. When I press one key, three more are printed. For example, I press the j key, and dhj is printed.
Hello I broke my escape key hot swap socket on my dz64? pcb… will it work if I buy a separate sockets and smd diode? Any recommend sockets that I can use? Thank you very much!!
I just buy new RK61 and the enter button is not working. I try all of solution, not until I open the back of the keyboard. Yes, the hotswap socket pad is lifted. Just push down then now its workk ! THANK YOUUU
The pads themselves lifted off of the pcb. They are connected by the traces you can see running through the pcb. It's too small to be able to reconnect yourself so you need to use the wires in this case.
Does anyone have a problem where the key registers when using tweezers from the back but doesn't register when actually pressing the switch from the front? My Haven TKL's tab key isn't working when a use different switches and press it, but it does work when I use tweezers from the back. Please help!
my keyboard is non hot swappable and 65% and the up arrow, down arrow, and whole right edge have stopped responding although the rgb still functions. I’m confused on how to go about fixing this or if it’s even possible to fix. can anyone help me with this?
I just watched this, I just got my gmk67 keyboard and I noticed that the enter button is not working so I checked to inspect what happened and I saw that the enter key has a broken hotswap and I temp fixed it using a painter's tape and tapped modded the pcb. yikes
@@lasermanpl thanks for replying I have heard of people converting solder PCB to hotswap. I thought it would be easy to convert it the other way around.
I don't think you should make short like that (yellow cable). Advising to degrade your circuit is a rubbish advice! And just why wire to next socket when D52 is right there?
Ty so much! I'm honestly going to just have a spare pcb for my sonnet and envoy. I would hate for them to stop working 10 years from now and have no way to fix them. As usual, you guys are the best. Keep the products and content coming please.
Just a pro tip, make sure to twist the wires in a spiral (rolling it with your thumb and index) to keep it together and tin it (applying a small amount of the solder) before soldering to the socket ends to make your lives easier. 👍
Might be better using thin solid core wire here.
Love you man! This video saves my old keycool 84 ❤️
Nice video ! I emailed you regarding a broken hotswap socket and you helped a lot thanks for the great work
My keyboard (epo maker th80) caps a s d f g keys are not working can you help me i tried changing the switches still doesnt work i would really appreciate it, love your videos
Thanks! This was super helpful! Glad I found this tutorial as I was just about to e waste my pcb.
So how does the socket work in the first place, without the jumper wires? I thought just resolder them onto the PCB will do the trick?
the pad (originally on the PCB) typically breaks from the circuit and comes off with the hotswap socket. So it's difficult to connect that to the original circuit on the PCB (way tooo small & not on the top layer.)
If the silver pads are still in place then you just need to resolder them. if it fell off, you need the jumper wires since the pads aren't connected to the circuit on the pcb anymore. the circuit is layered in the pcb, so you can't just solder the pad or glue the pad back.
Can you help? I have a problem with my mechanical keyboard. When I press one key, three more are printed. For example, I press the j key, and dhj is printed.
Question: Didn't you by pass the diode with this conection?
yes, that will lead to ghosting
outstanding video
Hello I broke my escape key hot swap socket on my dz64? pcb… will it work if I buy a separate sockets and smd diode? Any recommend sockets that I can use? Thank you very much!!
I just buy new RK61 and the enter button is not working. I try all of solution, not until I open the back of the keyboard. Yes, the hotswap socket pad is lifted. Just push down then now its workk ! THANK YOUUU
what if I broke the switch port but the hotswap socket didn't come off? how do I desolder it?
I did a tape mod on the pcb of my drop alt keyboard and now the 3, E, D keys don’t work. I used green painters tape.
Somebody help!
My kyboard has the lttr "" Brokn. I will try to fix it.
Wait so why does the pcb normally not have a ton of wires on the back? Does reattaching the socket not reconnect it to the circuit?
The pads themselves lifted off of the pcb. They are connected by the traces you can see running through the pcb. It's too small to be able to reconnect yourself so you need to use the wires in this case.
my row of left shift to /?key is not working where do i start the bridge?
One whole column buttons not working how to find issue
Does anyone have a problem where the key registers when using tweezers from the back but doesn't register when actually pressing the switch from the front? My Haven TKL's tab key isn't working when a use different switches and press it, but it does work when I use tweezers from the back. Please help!
my keyboard is non hot swappable and 65% and the up arrow, down arrow, and whole right edge have stopped responding although the rgb still functions. I’m confused on how to go about fixing this or if it’s even possible to fix. can anyone help me with this?
can you also use copper or solder wire for this?
What gauge wire did you use?
jumping with joy cuz my key works again
any updates on when the july order envoys will be shipped ?
anyone added these hot swap pcb's to a k2v2 non hot swap version? gonna be switching my switches and would like to be able to put these on.
I just watched this, I just got my gmk67 keyboard and I noticed that the enter button is not working so I checked to inspect what happened and I saw that the enter key has a broken hotswap and I temp fixed it using a painter's tape and tapped modded the pcb. yikes
Was it completely loose? It works just by putting tape on it, I'm in the same situation😅
@@alezg1212 it was not in the pcb LMAO, but I did a fix and now it stayed there, but now my problem is the > button
thank you so muchhh
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC MY C IS WORKING AGAINN
Curious can you convert the pcd or damage hotswap socket into solder one
You'd need wires to solder switch pins - in the big holes after removing socket there is nothing to solder to.
@@lasermanpl thanks for replying I have heard of people converting solder PCB to hotswap. I thought it would be easy to convert it the other way around.
What are the odds that my “Z” key also doesn’t work & the 0
Grind finer.
Thx
last time I worked on fixing my mouse, i broke it comletely. Now im gonna try to fix my mechanical keyboard. Guess what key I broke? hahahahah
h that’s what i broke
I don't think you should make short like that (yellow cable). Advising to degrade your circuit is a rubbish advice! And just why wire to next socket when D52 is right there?
+1
'Promosm'
Omg! If you're posting such a video there are some flaws in production 😢
This video is meant to be educational and informative for the keyboard hobby as a whole - there are no problems with our PCBs at the moment!
If a socket was already popped off when it arrived from the factory it would be covered by Mode's warranty