Mechanical Keyboard Guide - Page 565

hey, thanks to twocables, tator tot, everyone who ever help me in this thread.
i think i made the very right choice bought the DAS Silent Cherry mx brown keyboard.

i love this keyboard so much, i love the feeling typing on it , it just like having sex with my girlfriend while typing on this keyboard, when comes to gaming. Oh GOD, it makes me orgasm..man i love Brown switches!! even i haven* try other colors like black , clear , and red...but this is just awesome.!
thanks again!

edit: Haven*
Edited by fssbzz - 8/3/10 at 10:15pm

found this NKRO tester for the OPTIMUS keyboard.
looks nice

http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/demo/

I'm really interested in the Filco FKBN104M/EB board. Not sure if I can justify the price tag though. Great thread btw.

Mechanical Keyboards justify themselves. You'll understand soon enough I think

I agree that their choice of switches is questionable. I'd also like to add that not only do I agree, but I feel that it makes them look a bit ignorant. I mean, they're marking it as a gaming keyboard! So, they should at least be using the Cherry MX Browns.

You're very welcome!

Anyway, that's quite a nice collection!! Do you have a favorite yet?

Indeed. But it's just a testament to one of the reasons why we love mechanical keyboards so much. If I had enough space to store a bunch of keyboards, then I'd probably have close to 20 different mechanical keyboards right now - and I've only really been "into" mechanical keyboards since around February 2010!

When you say "clicking", are you referring to the click that the switch makes when a key is pressed approximately halfway down? Or are you referring to the sound of the key being quickly pressed all the way down (or perhaps being "hit")?

Do you mean which switch is quieter between the Cherry MX Blues and Browns? Or, do you mean plate-mounted vs. PCB-mounted?

With that student discount, I strongly and enthusiastically recommend the Das Model S!

Ha, did you forget that PS/2 isn't Plug 'n' Play?

If you ever wish to unplug it while running Windows, then do this right after you plug it back in (even if you just unplug the cable from the adapter and leave the adapter plugged in):

1. Open the keyboard control panel (in Win7, just open the Start Menu, type "keyboard", arrow down twice, and press Enter)
2. Once the keyboard control panel is open, press the Right Arrow key (I'm hoping that you have already moved "Repeat delay" and "Repeat rate" all the way over to the right when setting up Windows)
3. Take notice that now the "Apply" button becomes active (the goal is basically to activate the "Apply" button).
4. Press Enter (or click OK, or click Apply. But it's not necessary to click "Apply" even though it's necessary to activate that button)

To see why this is necessary, make sure the Repeat Rate and Repeat Delay are as high as they go. Now unplug the keyboard and plug it back in. After that, test the Repeat Rate/Delay by just opening Notepad or something and then press and hold a key down. After that, perform the steps above and then try again. You should notice afterward that the Repeat Delay/Rate are back where they were (regarding the behavior, not the settings that you can actually see in the keyboard control panel - those won't change when the keyboard is unplugged).

This will allow you to unplug the keyboard any time you want and then plug it back in without being forced to use the default settings even though the actual settings in the keyboard control panel don't actually change when the keyboard is unplugged. It only reverts back to the default settings because PS/2 isn't Plug 'n' Play.

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Ooo, why?

I'm really glad this one is working out for you!

i really think that i got the defective blue switches from DAS last time.
i really going to give blue switches a try again.
now it train my finger not to use so much force to type on it.

Ugh, my left shift key got stuck fsr and I tried to lift it off with my key cap puller. I couldn't get it off all the way but I did get it back in place and it doesn't stick anymore. Problem is it makes a kind of clicky sound now like the clip on it is a bit off... any ideas anyone?

try pushing it all the way down and maybe everything will be align again?

Hmm... y'know, I've noticed that we seem to have similar keyboard preference types, and this might be yet another. I mean, I like what I read here except that I am unsure of what these things in the picture feel like.