Submitted by CincyBOO t3_1252scl in MechanicalKeyboards
Hey y'all,
First & foremost, I've gotten into the mech keyboard hobby because of this wonderful community. I love you all, and my wallet despises each and every one of you.
I wanted to write this post as a lesson learned early in my keyboard journey. I've built six keyboards to date, and recently jumped into the specialty keyboard group buy market. I built my first groupbuy keyboard, a Sun68, with Holy Panda switches and JTK Sora keycaps. A beauty.
The hotswap PCB I bought with the keyboard has officially crapped out on me after a few months of use. I worked with the manufacturers (who were responsive and helpful) to flash, reset, and otherwise troubleshoot the PCB. No dice. Unfortunately, the PCB is gone and I am in the unenviable position of having a lovely keyboard that doesn't work.
I wanted to write this post to share a lesson-learned & a question to this community:
1.) If you entering the group buy market, and your wallet can afford the additional expense, I would recommend always picking up a back-up PCB as part of the groupbuy. I wouldn't be in this position if I had done so, and will do so moving forward (and have done so for my Ocelot macropad and Mammoth75).
2.) For those, like me, who finds themselves in this predicament, what avenues do we have to explore? I've checked all vendor websites, ebay, discord, reddit, etc. no luck so far.
Thank you all, and hopefully this helps someone else avoid the issues I face! Otherwise, keep clacking away!
Cheers,
CincyBOO
AutoModerator t1_je24sp4 wrote
Please check if your post is a help request.
As per the rules, "Help requests, keyboard buying advice, and simple questions must be posted in the daily post stickied to the top of the subreddit or it will be removed without explanation."
Please post the question here.
If this message was in error, please report this comment or send a modmail with a link to your post for manual approval.
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.