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Possible to remove MX Blue switches (desolder) and use them for a hotswap keyboard? (programming.dev)

submitted 2 weeks ago by promitheas@programming.dev to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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Hey guys. I just got a Genesis Thor 300 TKL keyboard which doesnt work from my brother. I've got a Glorious GMMK v1 TKL keyboard. Is it possible to desolder the MX Blue switches from the broken Genesis keyboard and use them in the Glorious keyboard which at least to my knowledge is hotswappable?

Thanks in advance!

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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

From personal experience I can tell you I brute force ripped out soldered-in low-profile blue switches on a Redragon Horus K619-RGB board. The switches were reusable, and the board now IS hotswap. That said, I destroyed my fingertips and snapped the point off my kiridashi, and was probably only successful due to low quality solder work from Redragon. For those wondering, this was my first "customized" mechanical keyboard, and I didn't know they weren't ALL supposed to be hotswap.