Do I Need to Lube My Keyboard Switches?
Figure 1: Sometime around here is a good time to ask that question... If you’re new to the mechanical keyboard hobby, I have no doubt that planning your first keyboard build is a bit of a daunting task. To be entirely honest with you, it’s only a tiny bit less daunting for your second or even third keyboard builds should you stay around a little while longer. You’ve got the keyboard itself to worry about, stabilizers, keycaps, and even switches on top of all of the intangible marks you want your dream keyboard to hit. Switches are especially daunting right out of the gate as there’s just so many options out there to pick from – each with their own unique specifications, manufacturers, and more. Yet, in spite of all of these differences between switches, time and time again I find people always asking about lubing switches as one of their chief concerns when it comes to picking some up. With countless numbers of content creators talking about lubing switches, its no...
Apr 17, 2024
1. is it true that anytime I remap a key, I am eating into that 100,000 life cycle? 2. if I ever reached this 100,000 end game, how do I go about resetting my keyboard so I can use it again? 3. if question 2 requires too lengthy of an answer, do you have a resource that I can go study?
Thank you for any help you can provide in this area. I love this keyboard but would hate to brick it for simply using it as intended. Also, i'm not really into the "pay $170 for a new one every 2 years because I don't know how to flash the eeprom"....whatever that is.
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide!
I can't seem to upload pics here, the SPI pictures are the last 3 in the link above (2.): Original -> New SPI flash -> Installed SPI flash