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Whats the most useless key on a full size keyboard?

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as i discused in a previus topic my Corsair K70s esc key broke when i was transporting it to a LAN, so now i need to fix it. my plan is basically to take a useless switch on the keyboard, like End or PauseBreak and desolder it, then desolder the Esc key and switch them around and resolder them, thats the plan so please coment what the most useless key on a full size keyboard like a K70 is :)

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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Why dont you just buy the right kind of switch and solder it on?

A cherry switch costs like 10 cents in bulk, but you can get a few for a few $.

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between scroll lock and tilda probably. 

The pipe(key above your right enter is used in coding)

 

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4 minutes ago, Rolling Potatoe said:

Why dont you just buy the right kind of switch and solder it on?

A cherry switch costs like 10 cents in bulk, but you can get a few for a few $.

well were can i get one? i dont really have much money and i dont want a Khali rip off one xD

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

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"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Zeinone said:

Scroll lock

basicly this, it performs no function outside of software that directly utilizes its toggle function. (never seen this happen outside of very specific professional software, in fact laptops dont even have a scroll lock afaik)

 

scroll lock was also a popular soldering point to add toggle-able LEDs to a normal keyboard before we had fancy LED keyboards.

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7 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

well were can i get one? i dont really have much money and i dont want a Khali rip off one xD

Ebay to the rescue:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHERRY-MX-Series-Keyswitch-Red-MICROSWITCH-KEYBOARD-MECHANICAL-SWITCHES-GENUINE-/121240068935?hash=item1c3a78a347:g:AE8AAOSw-jhT~ePV

 

might be cheaper at an online keyboard store though

 

edit: packs of 10 for 10 bucks here https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_list&c=57

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5 minutes ago, Mattboxer2000 said:

Insert.

often used as a keybind in games that have A LOT of keybinds.

 

in some 3rd person adventure games they use ins/del/home/end/pgup/pgndn to rotate the camera around. (its a tertiary after wasd and the arrow keys)

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2 minutes ago, Rolling Potatoe said:

Ebay to the rescue:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHERRY-MX-Series-Keyswitch-Red-MICROSWITCH-KEYBOARD-MECHANICAL-SWITCHES-GENUINE-/121240068935?hash=item1c3a78a347:g:AE8AAOSw-jhT~ePV

 

might be cheaper at an online keyboard store though

i was thinking, it'd be amazing if cherry sold replacement keys seperately straight out the factory.

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i would say the pause break key is the most useless on my keybaord

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scroll lock

context menu

num lock

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5 minutes ago, GeorgeKellow said:

Pause break for me, I don't know what it does 

that's a good old-school variant of what Ctrl+C does in command line nowadays, instead you used "Pause" or "Ctrl+Break"

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Pause/Break.

 

I don't even know what it's supposed to be used for...

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2 minutes ago, daniellearmouth said:

Pause/Break.

 

I don't even know what it's supposed to be used for...

This is only a guess, but- Pausing?

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Just now, Aereldor said:

This is only a guess, but- Pausing?

That much is obvious, but...what in? Everything uses the Escape key now.

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Pause break for me. I use scroll lock for Steam screenshots.

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