deskthority

Hello everyone.

I recently came into possession of a keyboard with Alps switches. The problem is that there is a slightly off-centered switch.
It work as intended, but I was wondering if there's any way to fix it.

Here's a couple pictures:
http://imgur.com/a/uogWS

I hope someone can help me, thanks.

The angle there makes it look like the switch is coming out from the plate. You may be able to reseat it by de-soldering the switch, fixing the orientation of the switch, and resoldering. Alps seat into the plate from the top, so something may have pushed it up (maybe by having the cap pulled awkwardly)

Maybe it's just the top that is unseated. Try pushing the top in before desoldering. If it doesn't fix it, drevyek is probably right.

chzel wrote: Maybe it's just the top that is unseated. Try pushing the top in before desoldering. If it doesn't fix it, drevyek is probably right.

Sadly that's not the problem. Luckily it's only one switch, so it should be fast.

Thank you both for the help!