I ended up picking up a bluetooth mechanical keyboard around 7 years ago. I’ve just dug it up again and I’ve realised that the bottom left “Ctrl” key is not working. What are my options for fixing it? I can easily take off the key caps and access the switches, but is there anything that can be done? Is there any chance reseating the switch will fix it?Thanks

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    2 hours ago

    TIL that Royal Kludge used to sell a couple of Topre clone boards. Is yours any good when not trying to put your eye out?

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      It’s firmly “OK”, though I was never a big Topre fan. It was amazing for the price and it is better when you remove the o-rings that are meant to dampen the sound. Once the dampers are out it and you replace the caps (uses standard MX caps), the 55G version feels like a slightly better version of the old Cooler Master Novatouch 45g. It is also backlit with RGB, which wasn’t a thing for Topre boards at that point. I’m actually curious if the RGB Topre membranes feels just like the ones used by the RK.