My Shift button is not working anymore (or hardly). What are my options? Any suggestions?

fboucher

I have a 7SEG Deluge (out of warranty) and live in the UK. I really hope I don't have to send away the Deluge to NZ to get it fixed... What are my options?
• Coping strategy? E.g. Assign Shift to external controller?
• Fix in the UK?
• Fix as part of an OLED upgrade? (would happily upgrade if this could be fixed)
• DIY fix? (lubricant suggestion doesn't work)
Thank you! 🙏

reza

see: https://forums.synthstrom.com/discussion/5843/shift-button-not-working#latest

you can replace the pads yourself as long as you are patient opening up the deluge and if you have a 1.5mm hex and appropriately sized phillips screwdrivers (don't force the wrong size and cause screws to get striped). see the guide here:

if you upgraded to OLED you can add on a refresh and they will swap out all ur pads and clean ur deluge, it's an added cost to your OLED upgrade.

fboucher

Thank you for your response and the cool video guide! The video doesn't actually say how to replace a pad, but given that there are "hundreds screws" to undo 😉 I'll probably go down the safer route of the OLED upgrade + refresh! Hopefully this is available in the UK. Many thanks!

reza

after buying replacements from the link provided before the video, you would just replace the pads after the part in the video where they remove them. opening the deluge isn't hard it's just a bit time consuming, but going the safer route works as well !