Mechanical Keyboards

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Are you addicted to the clicking sounds of your beautiful and impressive mechanical keyboard?
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Here you can discuss everything about mechanical keyboards (and only mechanical keyboards).

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submitted 3 months ago by wfh@lemm.ee to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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Has anybody attempted to fix an USB-C connector?

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[–] Flipper@feddit.org 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You just need a steady hand and a lot of practice. Than even 0201 is possible with a normal soldering iron.

[–] Uranium_Green@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You aren't wrong, but as someone who managed to screw up and damaged the copper traces when trying to resolder an old mini-usb back onto my old keyboard; you do really need to have a good understanding and a lot of practice with SMDs and temperature control.

I went from a less than 50% success ratio when resoldering SMD LEDs to about 95% success after I bought a £20 mini-heatgun with a narrow (5mm) nozzle

[–] pezhore@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

A digital solder gun with a properly sized tip and a magnifying glass with helping hands (flexible clips) helps immensely. I had to hand solder a surface mount resistor that looked about the size of the tip of a pencil. It wasn't pretty but I got it done.