Defunct keyboard keys: fixable?

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sinfulgurorose

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So I just recently got a Corsair K55 from a pawn shop, so obviously some of the keys aren't working. (But, hey, it was $15.) It was in an unopened box and appeared dirt free, so I popped the caps off of some of the non-functioning keys to manually push the, uh... I don't know the official name for it. The little plastic white membranes beneath the covers, pictured below.
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Pushing the buttons directly without the cover didn't work, so is this completely unsalvageable or can I fix it somehow?
 
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If pushing in the membrane does not work, you may be able to replace the full switch. But seeing how that keyboard is $50 new, can probably be found on sale for less and can certainly be found in used working shape for much less, you really just spend $15 on a box. By the time you find/buy replacement switches, did the work of replacing them, maybe breaking something else in the process, you would have spent the same as on a new one.

Unless that place was selling it as known bad, you should be able to return it, or at least get a store credit.
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If pushing in the membrane does not work, you may be able to replace the full switch. But seeing how that keyboard is $50 new, can probably be found on sale for less and can certainly be found in used working shape for much less, you really just spend $15 on a box. By the time you find/buy replacement switches, did the work of replacing them, maybe breaking something else in the process, you would have spent the same as on a new one.

Unless that place was selling it as known bad, you should be able to return it, or at least get a store credit.
 
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