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    No worries at all. Do you happen to have any ideas except the possibility of a broken trace? All the broken switches have continuity to their corresponding diodes, which also seem to function fine. However, I can't seem to find a direct trace to the main chip from any diodes without what seems to be another diode/resistor in line with it. Either way, thank you very much for your time in trying to help!
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    XplYct
    Thank you for sending that over that's about where my understanding of the board and it's components is at. I've bought a new black widow elite found one on sale unused and boxed so I'm planning on stripping the old one down completely and putting new switches into it that'll allow me to check the opposite side of the board's traces. I appreciate your help it's helped a lot!
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    Hi Keljian I'm new here, not sure where to post, so I'll do it here. I'm restoring a Blackwidow Elite that I bought second-hand, and came across your thread. While desoldering, I ripped off one of the contact pads and broke a diode(?) (text says "D31"). Now, ".", "i", "o", and "L" key aren't working. Do you know what kind of diode I'm should replace it with, or perhaps another solution? Would love to hear from you.
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    sybr
    Thank you! I have the same problem with my "i" and "L" key however. Where exactly would I have to solder a diode to for those keys? (not entirely sure if "i" is broken or bad solder job) Also, I broke one of the pads from my numpad ".", any idea if i can bridge that too?

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    Keljian
    You need a multimeter to work out which pads are connected to the broken diode pads, then solder a diode between (noting that diodes are polarised - the direction of them matters) the point I indicated in the above photo and that point.
    Regarding the hole/pad that got killed, you can just scratch away a bit of the silk screen with a hobby knife and solder a wire.
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    sybr
    I'll get to it, thanks for your help!
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