There is a lot of wrong info here. This method is NOT APPLICABLE for all keyboards. You can only do this in keyboards which are hot swappable. Trying this stunt on a soldered switch will make your problem 100 times worse! Also, you don't need that screwdriver tool. If your keeb is hot swappable, there's a 90% chance it came with a switch puller. Use that instead.
It’s good practice to use a wired keycap puller and also to use a proper switch puller, you can damage the pins on the switch or the socket if you don’t use a proper tool , also not all keyboards have the feature to pull out switches (hotswap), for most keyboards the easiest way to make sure your keyboard isn’t just confusing keys is to factory reset it, it’s usually fn + space
Make sure your keyboard is Hot-Swappable! If it is not you can damage the while board if the switch is soldered (it is melted into the board and if you want to remove it you have to heat up the metal holding the pins in place)
Man... You saved me from returning a product and waiting another week just to get a new one. It was the switch that was the issue for me. I switched it with another (mine is hotswappable) that is useless which I don't use. I never thought about switching it with another switch on the keyboard. Tytytyty!
I had a bad switch on my space key on my mechanical 20 days after i bought the keyboard. I got the idea of swapping keys on my own without watching this. Smart is as smart does.
If you can get it out then it's hotswappable if you can't then it's soldered if you wanna know if a keyboard can be hotswapped then look at the info of the keyboard on thr buying page it should say hotswappable if it can be hotswapped
Imagine a kid trying this out on his non hotswappable mechanical keyboard but dude pls research first before trying to "help" people in the internet because others might break their keyboard trying this method
As a programmer, I wouldn't suggest you use switches keys in the f row as replacement, I'd suggest you use keys like pause, scroll lock, page up/down, or even insert as these I've noticed are used much less. The f row keys are still essential for operating system stuff (I don't use windows so I don't remember important f row key binds for windows).
i saw some people make fun of this but i can't believe i never thought of this, sure if you have multiple keys broken this is not a good fix but i had just one broke and found it a waste to buy a whole new keyboard. i just swapped the switch with the one on the print screen button and it works wonders
tysm bro, some of my keyboard button wasnt working because i spell over my water bottle but then i tried to swap the unworking one to the button that i rarely use just like u said and now its start working again :D
Would dabbing with a cotton swab do? Have a key oard that the W key won't input sometimes and just left it in a corner of the house cus I wasn't dealing with it
Try cleaning your keyboard first, take off your keycaps and also use an anti-duist spray directly on the switch, make sure to keep the spray straight so it doesn't create damp and wet up the switches that might result in actually breaking it.
The reason why this is happeni ng is because the inside of the switches the inner pin connectors are broken or short, the metal isnt near the stem of the switch and because of that, the switch isnt registering the keypress, i recommend getting new switches, if it keeps happening its maybe because you are pressing too hard, or just buy a new keyboard.
They say that these mechanical keyboards have a 50 million clicks life span. Mine gave out after 20 days. I dont know if its poor quality or just an accident or whatever.
I have a black widow v4 50% and all of the sudden my spacebar is unresponsive for a few seconds then works and then doesn’t is there anyway I can fix this?
Yeah I had this problem and thankfully my keyboard is %100 and there is a lot of keys that I dont use , just a little soldering and I fixed my keyboard .
yeah, for YOU. the point is he means to say if you don’t use a specific key a lot, you’re able to just swap it out with a switch that’s not working on the keys that are more important to you
Did my guy rly just take one minute to say : replace the switches. Like ok thanks for telling someone to pry off the switches on their soldered keyboard but u could’ve at least made them break it in 3 seconds rather than 60
that my friend is why i switched over to corsair keyboards it wasn't the switches faults, it was the boards fualt in the keyboard itself both tab and q button stopped working i had the k556
I don't know about all the keyboards but once mine wasd keys were not working so i just pressed F12 (just a normal click)and it started to work again regularly.
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There is a lot of wrong info here. This method is NOT APPLICABLE for all keyboards. You can only do this in keyboards which are hot swappable. Trying this stunt on a soldered switch will make your problem 100 times worse! Also, you don't need that screwdriver tool. If your keeb is hot swappable, there's a 90% chance it came with a switch puller. Use that instead.
Yeah just was gonna say i have sotered switches
@@cheesycheese60 You can definitely get the switch desoldered and removed but shit, don't fkn rip it out like this guy has shown!
@@Nooboroshi oops
No offense but I don’t think this guy has much experience in keyboards
@@derpgodyt6316 😂😂
"Fix your keyboard"? LOL
Doctor: "I'm going to fix your right leg by swapping it with your left leg!"
That funny ngl but he mean if your main bottons that you need are not working replace them with the bottons that you dont use
the point of the video flew over your head my dude lmao
it works:)
op thought they're cooking
It’s good practice to use a wired keycap puller and also to use a proper switch puller, you can damage the pins on the switch or the socket if you don’t use a proper tool , also not all keyboards have the feature to pull out switches (hotswap), for most keyboards the easiest way to make sure your keyboard isn’t just confusing keys is to factory reset it, it’s usually fn + space
This^
@@JSwag69 bruh no way I was just litsenting to your slowed version of simp, actual fire.
lol my swithes did not come with pins
@@StrictViperVR most likely means it’s optical , you can still risk breaking the fragile socket
@bagel boy ik and it turns out my keyboard is not meant for optical switches so I have to get new ones
i love you i had this problem for so long and had several mental breakdowns but now i found youre video i thank you
Make sure your keyboard is Hot-Swappable! If it is not you can damage the while board if the switch is soldered (it is melted into the board and if you want to remove it you have to heat up the metal holding the pins in place)
Man... You saved me from returning a product and waiting another week just to get a new one. It was the switch that was the issue for me. I switched it with another (mine is hotswappable) that is useless which I don't use. I never thought about switching it with another switch on the keyboard. Tytytyty!
I had a bad switch on my space key on my mechanical 20 days after i bought the keyboard. I got the idea of swapping keys on my own without watching this. Smart is as smart does.
The keyboard enthusiast in me is dying
@Cocoo because you dont use a tool like that to pull out the switch as you can severly worsen your problem
I'm not an enthusiast but that still makes me cringe, after my keys stopped working on my k552 I just got new switches
@@AdyyY77 lmao, u clearly dont have k552 then, its impossible to pull out the seitches using a switch puller.
@@leaguessse4454 you can pull our the switches with ease, I just replaced the outemu reds in my k552 with akko cs lavenders its pretty easy
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Hey man ty for help, my "Y" key got broken and I was looking for help and I found you. Thanks man !
As a redragon k552 owner i have no idea how in tf your meant to get a switch out without desoldering
By buying a hotswap
mine is swappable
Some of them are hotswap, but some are not.
If you can get it out then it's hotswappable if you can't then it's soldered if you wanna know if a keyboard can be hotswapped then look at the info of the keyboard on thr buying page it should say hotswappable if it can be hotswapped
Redragon kbds are not hotswappable tho?
Man i felt really bad for someone who owned a non hotswappable keyboard and tried this method ...
That was me
@@goossbumpsboy1645 fr i broke my 60% keyboard snapped the key right in half sad
Same :(
Imagine a kid trying this out on his non hotswappable mechanical keyboard
but dude pls research first before trying to "help" people in the internet because others might break their keyboard trying this method
Help I'm trying but theres only cylinders with springs sticking out under my keys
@@magusperde365 lol are you joking or this is for real ?
@@WatchDoges2 also I dropped my keyboard on someones feet and he died (from my two comments guess my keyboard)
@@magusperde365 an IBM keeb? lmao
@@WatchDoges2 yup a model m! I was just joking about my switches being springs
As a programmer, I wouldn't suggest you use switches keys in the f row as replacement, I'd suggest you use keys like pause, scroll lock, page up/down, or even insert as these I've noticed are used much less. The f row keys are still essential for operating system stuff (I don't use windows so I don't remember important f row key binds for windows).
very effective and money saving tip at the moment, thanks bruhh .
i saw some people make fun of this but i can't believe i never thought of this, sure if you have multiple keys broken this is not a good fix but i had just one broke and found it a waste to buy a whole new keyboard. i just swapped the switch with the one on the print screen button and it works wonders
I havent even modded a keyboard yet and already know people finna break their keyboards with this one
it worked for nine second after i broke it, very much thank you
I did that too before. The Shift Key was not working well for me, and I swapped it with the Right Shift Key. It works flawlessly now.
With what keyboard?
@@Trex3n20 T-Dagger Bermuda
Bro thank you soo much it worked for me.. You just save my 150$ ❤
thanx a lot brother my Z key was not working i tried all method but not worked but your method worked. Again thank you so much
Bro u literally love you im so dumb I didn’t think if this xD
pov: ur keyboard is not hot swappable 💀💀
thanks very much man, i swapped the switch from the key on the left of my right ctrl key
Tried this and worked 5 minutes later
tysm bro, some of my keyboard button wasnt working because i spell over my water bottle but then i tried to swap the unworking one to the button that i rarely use just like u said and now its start working again :D
I couldent pull off the keys but I realised that there was food and dog hair in it. I shaked it off and got it out! thank you
Usually, u get extra whatever they called the things you mentioned to replace, so u don't have to get it from another key.
No, do not do this, just put a little bit of isopropyl alcohol and click it like 20 times, then put the keycap back on and that's it
Would dabbing with a cotton swab do? Have a key oard that the W key won't input sometimes and just left it in a corner of the house cus I wasn't dealing with it
@@Tony-ih5qz well try it out I guess it's better than nothing, but the alcohol works 100% unless the switch is just shit
You need to make sure it's the isopropyl one tho, normal alcohol would break the keyboard
@@eddgaleon6061 will do thanks
Why we have to use alcohol?
Note that this is *ONLY* for hotswapple keyboards
that would have been nice to know before breakin my keyboard huh
I love you you maked my key board work❤
Aka putting the broken switches in a different spot
Actual trash vid
not to mention...how often are the switches the problem? My problems are usually pcb related.
@@elasmojones yea sometimes it could be a faulty board, or an old one. Brands do try to gimp sometimes
@@OneMindReezy mines is a faulty one.
i spent a lot of money on it.
@@anya4957 that’s unfortunate
I spilt water on my keyboard lol and now some of the keys arent working thx for the help its working alr now
Hey Thank you so much for this trick. It's worked 😊
Thx
this helped 3 years later
Please do research before you making a "How to" video!
Try cleaning your keyboard first, take off your keycaps and also use an anti-duist spray directly on the switch, make sure to keep the spray straight so it doesn't create damp and wet up the switches that might result in actually breaking it.
The reason why this is happeni ng is because the inside of the switches the inner pin connectors are broken or short, the metal isnt near the stem of the switch and because of that, the switch isnt registering the keypress, i recommend getting new switches, if it keeps happening its maybe because you are pressing too hard, or just buy a new keyboard.
They say that these mechanical keyboards have a 50 million clicks life span. Mine gave out after 20 days. I dont know if its poor quality or just an accident or whatever.
Worked like magic thanks
yo thank you so much it fr worked
I also watched this because of my Red Dragon keyboard and its only 2 months old.
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You made my day! Thanks a ton...
wow thx it actually worked with my i and o keys
YOU SAVED MY LIFE
it feels good to have a hot swappable pcb
Just the fact that he used a plastic key cap puller oh the pain
Thanks worked for the reddragon
bro you helped me a lot 99
TYSM! i had the same issue with my w a s d and it worked. THANK U
still not working
YOU ARE A GOAT BRO
Worked like magic thanks
Thanks so much i didnt replace them but they stoped spamming
but make sure the keyboard is hotswap able or else you have to weld it
This is the worst explanation ever. This helped no one.
if WASD and arrow keys are swapped (test if u have the problem) do fn (its located at side of right-alt) so fn+W should do it
Btw you can just buy some otemu blues
I feel stupid that I haven't thought about this before
Imagine ife someone tries this with a non hot swap keyboard
Thanks! It works for me
None of my keys are working but it is detected by the pc and its on, wtf is going on
You know you get 5 switches in the box with the keyboard? You don't have to swap them, just use the reserve ones.
I have a black widow v4 50% and all of the sudden my spacebar is unresponsive for a few seconds then works and then doesn’t is there anyway I can fix this?
This was -100000090000099009895095584/10 because you made me destroy my laptop!
The switch probably has a bent pin or something of the sort considering it was fixed by simply switching in out.
Thats fucking genius
Thanks ur the best btw he have the same keyboard but I have red switches
Don’t tell me you actually ripped the switch out
"couple months now" FUCK i aint purchasing a redragon keyboard
Your keyboard is a couple months, you fix it with warranty from the manufacturer
Lol, you might as well use Gordon Freeman's crowbar to get that switch from socket. I am not even talking about keyboards with soldered switches.
hold window+w
Fun Fact: is ur not keyboard is not working just reset computer.
After resetting computer and still not working then buy another one.💀💀
THAT EZ😂
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rip to all the beginners with not hotswapable keyboards trying this
Yo bro, don't do this if you're keyboard is not HOTSWAPPABLE, you're just gonna end up ruining it 💀
Thanks I got the same one
Dude, thank you so much!
If it is not hotswappable it will not work and might damage your entire keyboard. Make sure to find out if your keyboard is hotswappable or not
Yeah I had this problem and thankfully my keyboard is %100 and there is a lot of keys that I dont use , just a little soldering and I fixed my keyboard .
oh this, all i did was take out the eky and the mechanic thing under it, pop them back on and it worked
This monster swaps out the most important key for me (F5)!! How crazy are you?!?
The video has a lot of nonsense
yeah, for YOU. the point is he means to say if you don’t use a specific key a lot, you’re able to just swap it out with a switch that’s not working on the keys that are more important to you
@@floppafloppa1990 Cool. My comment was about a year ago. Now I really don't care
@@iDontProgramInCpp i love it when people say this cause it’s funny how they even bother to reply 💀🙏🏻
@@floppafloppa1990 it is funny indeed
Did my guy rly just take one minute to say : replace the switches. Like ok thanks for telling someone to pry off the switches on their soldered keyboard but u could’ve at least made them break it in 3 seconds rather than 60
You got my keyboard
Bro really clicking more than 50+ million time in just couple months 💀
that my friend is why i switched over to corsair keyboards it wasn't the switches faults, it was the boards fualt in the keyboard itself both tab and q button stopped working i had the k556
I don't know about all the keyboards but once mine wasd keys were not working so i just pressed F12 (just a normal click)and it started to work again regularly.
NO dont do that just click FN and then the keys that dont work
Bro you fixed my keyboard bro love you ❤❤ Literally you saved my keyboard life ❤️
That happens when there's no dislike button
Lol was considering dropping my own two cents in here but the others beat me to it
Wow, you are so intelligent
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!
Thank you so much
If you’re keys are switched press FN and w and hold
W DEMON WHO LIKE XDEMON
be a chad and put in some lubed and filmed NK creams. It’s nerf or nothing
@@theducktator4699 I have black inks. Mmmmmmmmm
@@theducktator4699 fuck it, cherry mx blues spring swapped with cherry mx clears. 90g bottom out blues
@@Lhamb now thats end game
@@theducktator4699 there is and never will be"endgame"
Cream sucks use tangerine alpacas banana splits. Black inks or aqua kings
what if your entire keyboard doesnt work
this is basically how to bodge "repair" it
Btw this only works for hot swappable mechanical keyboards only. Not soldered keyboards