My kids have an RK 61 downstairs that has had a drink spilled on it, all is well except for the period key. We want to try to fix this ourselves and diagnose what’s going on as a learning experience and I would love any help.
I’ve replaced the switch itself with a new brown switch and it didn’t solve the problem. I’ve removed the board and tested both both sides of the purple switch receptacle and found its functioning the same as the other switches, we put a jumper across the pins inside the receptacle, and we’re not able to close it to type the period key.
Everywhere we test appears the same as every other switch, but it’s not sending a signal back to the computer. I would be really interested in hearing if there’s any other areas we can test or if there’s possible damage between that key and where it connects back to the board.
Again the keyboard suffered no physical damage and the rest of the keys work perfectly, and a new switch doesn’t fix the problem.
Thanks so much for your help!