Replacement of keyswitch

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Hello everyone.

I have this really annoying problem with my "D" key. It revolves around when i press it once, it almost always types 2 or 3 times. This is really annoying and i would like to fix it. I think it's the keyswitch that is broken or has a lose connection. The keyboard is btw a Corsair K95 RGB with brown switches. 

I have seen people changing keyswitches on the internet (and yes, i know the warranty gets voided if i disassemble it, but i have already had it for 2 or 3 years), i am just worried about the LED and whether or not this is possible. If not, does anyone have another solution? Maybe some kind of software that puts like a 1 second delay on my D button? Or has anyone had the same problem before?

 

Thank you in advance!

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It's possible.You have a soldering iron? You would need to desolder the switch and solder on replacement switch. It's not that hard and switches are easy to buy.

 

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7 minutes ago, dgfdojpndfgdjnoperwfnouipj said:

Hello everyone.

I have this really annoying problem with my "D" key. It revolves around when i press it once, it almost always types 2 or 3 times. This is really annoying and i would like to fix it. I think it's the keyswitch that is broken or has a lose connection. The keyboard is btw a Corsair K95 RGB with brown switches. 

I have seen people changing keyswitches on the internet (and yes, i know the warranty gets voided if i disassemble it, but i have already had it for 2 or 3 years), i am just worried about the LED and whether or not this is possible. If not, does anyone have another solution? Maybe some kind of software that puts like a 1 second delay on my D button? Or has anyone had the same problem before?

 

Thank you in advance!

Replacing the keyswitch is 'as simple as' opening up the keyboard, desoldering two pins (the keyswitch pins to the PCB), removing it from the plate and inserting a new keyswitch in. Then it's as simple as soldering that in place.

LEDs almost always nowadays are SMD components, meaning they are soldered onto the PCB and do not have to be removed in this process.

 

Simple diagram of how it will be (seen from the side):

 

So either the LED will stick out from the switch (which it likely won't be), or the LED will be on the bottom.

 

If you have a bit of experience with soldering, have an iron, some wick, some flux and some desoldering braid, it would be totally possible to replace the switch.

Usually I recommend buying a couple switches of the same variety, but I also always recommend using these replacement switches in another location. You don't want your D key to feel different. So I always recommend getting some new switches, taking out your Pause Break switch on your board, soldering that into the D-key place and placing your replacement keys back, where you you removed the Pause Break.

 

There is some program which could make it so some key presses are not registered, but that is not great. Some games pick these programs up as cheats, it reduces how often you can press this key, etc.