Repairing PS2 connector on mechanical keyboard

Drake5 · 28 Jun 2015 at 14:00

I have a Q-PAD MK50 keyboard and it's a PS2 connector

The pins inside the PS2 connector have bent and one has snapped off so the keyboard is now unusable

Is it possible to replace the PS2 connector on a keyboard

I imagine it might not be worth it

K.C. Leblanc · 28 Jun 2015 at 15:28

You might be able to replace the lead and the connector with one off another keyboard. I'd start by opening it up to see if the lead is soldered onto the board or if there's some sort of connector you can swap onto another lead.

EDIT: I might even be worth pinging their support a email to see if they can sell you a replacement.

Drake5 · 28 Jun 2015 at 15:47

I've just opened the keyboard up and the cable is just connected on to a block which you can easily take off so it would just be a matter of them supplying me with a new cable but I don't think they will

QPAD don't really have the best support

Drake5 · 29 Jun 2015 at 16:49

They want 25euro for a new cable..... Seems expensive

Glanza · 29 Jun 2015 at 17:01

£17? Cheaper then a new mech keyboard.

bledd · 30 Jun 2015 at 12:02

Chop one off a working keyboard with a foot of slack.., chop the end off yours, solder the wires together and cover with heatshrink.

Will work fine. It's 6 wires.