Sticking key on a Cherry silent keyboard Stream 3.0
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2022
- This is a video showing how I fixed a sticking key on a Cherry Stream 3.0 keyboard. This is a silent keyboard so it has a scissor mechanism rather than a straightforward mechanical one. I am uploading this because I couldn't find anything on UA-cam or Google that would help me.
Please forgive the state of the keyboard, I had no idea how minging it was until I started filming this with a bright light and (relatively) HD on a mobile. - Наука та технологія
Thanks for posting this! I had a slightly different problem (when I tried to pop off a key, the two white parts separated) but your demonstration helped me work out how to put it back together
You have to be a bloomin' surgeon to clean a keyboard with scissor keys. I once tried 'popping' off a sticking keycap on an old Thinkpad not realising it had a complex mechanism. Ended up taking the laptop to a computer repair shop!
Having said this, I'm thinking about buying the Cherry Stream TKL keyboard.
Thanks a bunch! Managed to repair my stuck D key by using de numpad DEL as a donor. Sadly in my case it wasn't just a case of gunk, the silicon spring cup had broken in half! No regrets though, my model has been in use for some 8 years. It's an older wired version called the G230. Basically the same but without rebrand. Guess I'll have to go through some old laptops and check if those have scissor switches with intact cups. These parts are hard to find! Honestly scissor switches are just as repairable as mechanical keyboards aside from the unnecessary part scarcity.
Oof that sounds like exactly what happened to me, the spacebar on my 3.0 was sticking so I popped it up and the little silicone bit had split horizontally... I was told by Cherry that it can't be repaired (easily) and they don't sell the replacement parts, and now the 3.0 seems to have evaporated from Europe lol (I did finally manage to find a black one that I'm hoping to get, but the white one is just... gone). How did you repair it with the donor? Is it possible for a non-techie person to attempt?
thank you so, so much for this. this is my first time cleaning a keyboard after I spilled tea on it... it's insanely helpful, thank you!!
thank you for making this! it didnt help me in the slightest since they changed the design on the cherry switches but i really apreciate the effort and intention!
solution for me was to let frustration get the better of me and basicaly punch the key back in with force lol MMV
Ah, the old percussive maintenance. Sort of a shame they changed the design, I've just got used to it.
Brilliant - exactly what i needed - thank you
Thank you so much for this video!
I wonder how the Tab key is replaced, as it popped off mine stream 3.0 . It has a metal clamp of sorts and the scissor part is attached to the key itself not the base. Any Idea on that?
I'll dig the keyboard out of the attic and have a look. The scissor part detaches from the top and bottom on the other keys so it's pot luck whether you find it on the key or the base when you pop the key off. I'm not sure if the Tab key is different because it is larger.
Didn't matter how meticulous I was, the mechanisms on most of these keys are extremely flimsy and complicated. I would not recommend doing this, I just broke two keys trying to get them unstuck. Now the right shift key is stuck down and another key had the tiny little hinge pin broke off. It's just not worth it. These things just aren't made with repair in mind
sucked your camera angle just killed me.
try the left ALT key.. 🥲