PC Peripherals Fixing Logitech k840

greenhorn

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Hey all. I had bought a Logitech k840, but it was damaged in shipping and two of the switches and keycaps are damaged.
Ideally I should get romer g switches and keycaps but are the any equivalents I can use for a quick and dirty fix?
 

TheCoolerPlayer

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I'm not sure if there's any quick and dirty fixes because you'll have to desolder the skwtches to replace them, which will probably involve dismantling the entire keyboard. @SunnyBoi correct me if I'm wrong
 
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SunnyBoi

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romer-G switches have a bad reputation reliability wise, only fix is replace with new romer-g switches which by themselves are a bit hard to find
 

greenhorn

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Desololdering etc is not a big deal. I'm fairly handy with a soldering iron. The question I had was - I'm not finding any here at a reasonable price. Are there any substitutes with the same pinout and not substantially different feel to replace these switches as a temp fix?
 

SunnyBoi

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i'm afraid not. whats the damage on the switches? is it something that can be opened cleaned and put back together? you should try it out first
 

greenhorn

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This is the damage. Not sure how it happened. My guess is something funny happened at customs
 

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SunnyBoi

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ouch that's bad. the only solution I can think of is to buy another broken keyboard with romerg switches and salvage keycaps and switches from it.

there are a lot of failed boards, just need to find one