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- Jan 13, 2005
ok so I got a free Logitech 710+, got it from a friend that had some one give it to him.
I guess the duder had it about a week and his cat knocked a soda onto it. my friend was told if he wanted to fix it it was his, but my friend being kinda lazy, busy with family stuffs and not the pc gamer type gave it to me. either way the guy wanted it gone so it was that or trash
I plugged it in and it works. Some of the keys are a bit stiff and don't have a very fast rebound and require more foce than others to press so it makes things kinda weird. all the keys work though with out repeating letters.
I took it apart and held some of the switches that were bad down and soaked them with 99% isopropyl it fixed a lot of the slightly sticky buttons but there are about 17 really bad ones still.
I'm not sure about hot to go on repairing them. should I just replace them or desolder, dismantle & replace them?
some of them are keys that won be used very often but t i o p are the worst followed by 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 = above the letters / over the number pad is bad too as well as some F keys.
how would you guys go about it, I have quite the soldering/desoldering set up with a panavise adjustable weller, various tips, plenty of braid, solder types, solder sucker. No De-soldering iron but it might be reason enough to get one now and possibly modify it with a small vaccum pump so I wouldn't have to use the squeeze bulb.
any way. its a decent keyboard and I figure since I got it for free its worth putting some effort into it, I just don't know how to go about it all.
and yes I did type this with the keyboard in question, all keys work but if I am missing a letter here and there it was a stiff key
I guess the duder had it about a week and his cat knocked a soda onto it. my friend was told if he wanted to fix it it was his, but my friend being kinda lazy, busy with family stuffs and not the pc gamer type gave it to me. either way the guy wanted it gone so it was that or trash
I plugged it in and it works. Some of the keys are a bit stiff and don't have a very fast rebound and require more foce than others to press so it makes things kinda weird. all the keys work though with out repeating letters.
I took it apart and held some of the switches that were bad down and soaked them with 99% isopropyl it fixed a lot of the slightly sticky buttons but there are about 17 really bad ones still.
I'm not sure about hot to go on repairing them. should I just replace them or desolder, dismantle & replace them?
some of them are keys that won be used very often but t i o p are the worst followed by 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 = above the letters / over the number pad is bad too as well as some F keys.
how would you guys go about it, I have quite the soldering/desoldering set up with a panavise adjustable weller, various tips, plenty of braid, solder types, solder sucker. No De-soldering iron but it might be reason enough to get one now and possibly modify it with a small vaccum pump so I wouldn't have to use the squeeze bulb.
any way. its a decent keyboard and I figure since I got it for free its worth putting some effort into it, I just don't know how to go about it all.
and yes I did type this with the keyboard in question, all keys work but if I am missing a letter here and there it was a stiff key