Razer keyboard not working

[PhilipN]

So I have had my Razer Blackwidow Ultimate for around a year and a bit and recently the H key has been not working very well at all. I am talking like writing out full documents and having to go back over every word with H in it because it didn't work while I was typing it out the first time. So I am wondering if there is anything I can do to fix this instead of having o get a whole new keyboard because of one key. If there is no solution, I would love some new keyboard recommendations but to warn you I am not looking for super duper expensive keyboards (I only got this one because it was on sale).

 

Anyways thanks for the help.

 

 

[DaltonM]

Have you taken the key cap off and made sure that there's nothing under it or anything? 

[PhilipN]

9 minutes ago, DaltonM said:

Have you taken the key cap off and made sure that there's nothing under it or anything? 

how would i go about taking the key cap off?

[DaltonM]

No clue how this guy stretches this out for 5.5 mins lol 

2:20 in you can see him do it. 

 

Use something plastic and flexible to simply pry off the key cap. Don't use too much force, if you're feeling sketched out about, try it on a key you never use first, like scroll lock or something. 

 

There's also keycap pullers which you can buy, but it's not really worth it for just one key. 

[PhilipN]

1 minute ago, DaltonM said:

No clue how this guy stretches this out for 5.5 mins lol 

2:20 in you can see him do it. 

 

Use something plastic and flexible to simply pry off the key cap. Don't use too much force, if you're feeling sketched out about, try it on a key you never use first, like scroll lock or something. 

 

There's also keycap pullers which you can buy, but it's not really worth it for just one key. 

Ok so i took it off and at first, the key switch for h was still super bad but i pressed it like 100 times and now it seems to be working a lot better at least lol...Not sure how long this will last but thanks for the help anyways

[DaltonM]

1 minute ago, PhilipN said:

Ok so i took it off and at first, the key switch for h was still super bad but i pressed it like 100 times and now it seems to be working a lot better at least lol...Not sure how long this will last but thanks for the help anyways

No problem I would also suggest looking at the other keys that are working. How is H key different? 

 

Have you cleaned the keyboard recently? Take it outside and hit with compressed air. 

[PhilipN]

3 minutes ago, DaltonM said:

No problem I would also suggest looking at the other keys that are working. How is H key different? 

 

Have you cleaned the keyboard recently? Take it outside and hit with compressed air. 

To be honest I have never cleaned it (it does not look dirty at all) however I will do just that. I took off the J key as well and the difference was that I had to press very hard to make the H key work (sometimes it still wouldn't work) but the J key activated the key stroke very precisely without very much pressure at all.