Thanks for posting this! I had a slightly different problem (when I tried to pop off a key, the two white parts separated) but your demonstration helped me work out how to put it back together
thank you for making this! it didnt help me in the slightest since they changed the design on the cherry switches but i really apreciate the effort and intention! solution for me was to let frustration get the better of me and basicaly punch the key back in with force lol MMV
Thanks a bunch! Managed to repair my stuck D key by using de numpad DEL as a donor. Sadly in my case it wasn't just a case of gunk, the silicon spring cup had broken in half! No regrets though, my model has been in use for some 8 years. It's an older wired version called the G230. Basically the same but without rebrand. Guess I'll have to go through some old laptops and check if those have scissor switches with intact cups. These parts are hard to find! Honestly scissor switches are just as repairable as mechanical keyboards aside from the unnecessary part scarcity.
Oof that sounds like exactly what happened to me, the spacebar on my 3.0 was sticking so I popped it up and the little silicone bit had split horizontally... I was told by Cherry that it can't be repaired (easily) and they don't sell the replacement parts, and now the 3.0 seems to have evaporated from Europe lol (I did finally manage to find a black one that I'm hoping to get, but the white one is just... gone). How did you repair it with the donor? Is it possible for a non-techie person to attempt?
You have to be a bloomin' surgeon to clean a keyboard with scissor keys. I once tried 'popping' off a sticking keycap on an old Thinkpad not realising it had a complex mechanism. Ended up taking the laptop to a computer repair shop! Having said this, I'm thinking about buying the Cherry Stream TKL keyboard.
Didn't matter how meticulous I was, the mechanisms on most of these keys are extremely flimsy and complicated. I would not recommend doing this, I just broke two keys trying to get them unstuck. Now the right shift key is stuck down and another key had the tiny little hinge pin broke off. It's just not worth it. These things just aren't made with repair in mind
Thanks for posting this! I had a slightly different problem (when I tried to pop off a key, the two white parts separated) but your demonstration helped me work out how to put it back together
thank you so, so much for this. this is my first time cleaning a keyboard after I spilled tea on it... it's insanely helpful, thank you!!
Many thanks - sorted putting back my dodgy key in three minutes. Appreciated
thank you for making this! it didnt help me in the slightest since they changed the design on the cherry switches but i really apreciate the effort and intention!
solution for me was to let frustration get the better of me and basicaly punch the key back in with force lol MMV
Ah, the old percussive maintenance. Sort of a shame they changed the design, I've just got used to it.
Thanks a bunch! Managed to repair my stuck D key by using de numpad DEL as a donor. Sadly in my case it wasn't just a case of gunk, the silicon spring cup had broken in half! No regrets though, my model has been in use for some 8 years. It's an older wired version called the G230. Basically the same but without rebrand. Guess I'll have to go through some old laptops and check if those have scissor switches with intact cups. These parts are hard to find! Honestly scissor switches are just as repairable as mechanical keyboards aside from the unnecessary part scarcity.
Oof that sounds like exactly what happened to me, the spacebar on my 3.0 was sticking so I popped it up and the little silicone bit had split horizontally... I was told by Cherry that it can't be repaired (easily) and they don't sell the replacement parts, and now the 3.0 seems to have evaporated from Europe lol (I did finally manage to find a black one that I'm hoping to get, but the white one is just... gone). How did you repair it with the donor? Is it possible for a non-techie person to attempt?
You have to be a bloomin' surgeon to clean a keyboard with scissor keys. I once tried 'popping' off a sticking keycap on an old Thinkpad not realising it had a complex mechanism. Ended up taking the laptop to a computer repair shop!
Having said this, I'm thinking about buying the Cherry Stream TKL keyboard.
Thank you so much for this video!
Brilliant - exactly what i needed - thank you
Didn't matter how meticulous I was, the mechanisms on most of these keys are extremely flimsy and complicated. I would not recommend doing this, I just broke two keys trying to get them unstuck. Now the right shift key is stuck down and another key had the tiny little hinge pin broke off. It's just not worth it. These things just aren't made with repair in mind
sucked your camera angle just killed me.
try the left ALT key.. 🥲