In this video I repair the jog dial on a Razer Blackwidow Elite keyboard. This is a known issue with these keyboards and giving the jog dial a thorough cleaning with some contact cleaner should take care of the issue these things have with the lack of smooth operation.
Man it’s been driving me crazy. And then I found this video. Now it’s working. Thank you for the video.
You're welcome!
Dude, you are life saver! This worked great...This thing has been driving me crazy for months! It started out like yours, where it just wasn't accurate when you turned the dial but then it started randomly going to full volume all by itself! I play music through my PC when I sleep and it's nice not being scared half to death in the middle of the night when it decides to turn itself up to 100%!
Glad i could help you out! Just an FYI, the fix relapses and it'll go back to it's old jenky ways. This is a manufacturer's defect that is well known. Guess we just have to rip apart our keyboards every year and do maintenance! 🥳 Thanks for watching!
@@daveytechca I really hate to say it after you've found a solution and also helped others (top marks by the way! But I've just followed this video and fixed my one in a few seconds: kzhead.info/sun/eZ2skqavbaeIbIE/bejne.html&ab_channel=TechGuyCharlie hope it saves you time in the future though!!!
@@ashleylloyd9239 This is an option! However, spraying it from only the top side of the dial doesn't offer as thorough of a cleaning as taking it all apart and spraying from the underside as well. While doing it the quick way is still a fix, you'll probably end up spraying it more frequently. Thanks for watching!
This has been irking me majorly on my keyboard for a while now. I dont like taking things apart but this is a great video, might try to tackle it next time i clean the keyboard! Thank you for the video.
This was driving me crazy, such a good keyboard until this moment. Thanks for giving me and everyone else here a fix to this.
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching!
nice vid happened to find your vid while searching for something else, never even thought to try and fix the dial. thanks
Glad I could help you out! Thanks for watching!
My keyboard sound wheel works perfectly now. Thanks for the video.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Same here, made a video a month before yours outlining the same procedure. Just never thought of using contact cleaner, I took the whole thing apart further and used isopropyl alcohol and an ear swab
Alcohol works fine. Some will say that alcohol could deteriorate carbon tracks and that contact cleaner is the safest best. The benefit of some contact cleaners is they have a lubricant which helps keep things in near new conditions. Thanks for watching!
You're a legend, thank you. I took the job wheel apart and sprayed it once, put the whole thing back together, and it still didn't work. I re-watched the vid and realized you had absolutely drenched the thing, so I was more liberal with the contact cleaner the second time and huzzah, it works! Huge help, thank you so much!
You're welcome! Glad my video helped you out. Thanks for watching!
You sir, are awesome! Much appreciated ❤
Happy to help!
dude u dont know how long i got this shit bothering me. love you man
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
I just brought the keyboard up to my mouth and blew as hard as I could, this solved the problem without disassembling the keyboard. Thanks for the video which helped me to understand the principle of the device
Sometimes hacks for repairs exist! I'm interested to see if your method would last as long as doing it the way I did. Come back and let us know! Mine is still working as it should.
@@daveytechcaI'll keep you informed, maybe there's a cat hair problem.
😂 Could be! Currently there wouldn't be as much as there was previously as I've been keeping them off my desk.
@@daveytechca The problem's back
but I was able to solve it the same way.
My hero
Thanks for watching!
I found this keyboard at a Thrift Store for about $5. It's a mess, but all buttons appear to work properly. I just need to clean it all down. If I opened it up, how would I go about cleaning under the buttons, and the music buttons to the left of the dial? The Play button is questionable. It appears to either be stuck, or no longer click. I guess I will have to just see under the hood. How should I clean these parts? Is a contact cleaner acceptable? Any specific brand worth using? Thanks in advance.
I use MG Chemicals Contact Cleaner with Lubricant (search for it on Amazon). I believe the buttons to the left of the dial are all mini tactical buttons... spraying cleaner on them and pressing them a few times is a good way to work the cleaner in to do its job. Short of that, if you can solder replacing the buttons is also possible. I'll make a video shortly about choosing components. Good topic! Thanks for watching.
Hello, my friend. I would like to ask if it's safe to clean and lubricate this with WD-40. What is your opinion on that? Thank you for your time and your answer.
I did that with WD-40, Nothing worse happened
Proper electronics contact cleaner is the best way go about cleaning this. Personally I don't use WD-40 to clean dials / switches. It's not the right tool for the job. Thanks for watching!
had the same issue but the midle mute button also doesnt work anymore it doesnt even click when you press down on it
Hmmm, could be a solder joint or the actual button failed, or, it just may need a really in depth cleaning.
I did the same but without taking everything apart, just gently spry it from the outside side in, and move the wheel. It needs to be cleaned and then lubed with wd40 or similar. it gets fixed 100%
yeah lol me too but I had to do it every 2 weeks or so untill I broke it because I was trying to open it the wrong way by pulling on it hahaha fml lol
Cool keyboard. Nice one.
Necessary gamer things!
@@daveytechca It would be wasted on me then. I'm the worst gamer in the world. No joke. I write my own games on the ZX Spectrum and Amiga, it's the only way I can win. Ha ha.
@@frankowalker4662 I game for fun, always have! I'm not competitive by any means. I used to have a ZX 81! I loved that thing, it was my first computer that I had no idea what to do with back when I was about 7 or 8 years old. It's the first time I made the good old, "print, goto" program that just spammed whatever you typed into the "print" line. Memories!
@@daveytechca I learnt to program in machine code on the 81. :) As, far as playing games is concerned, I was stuck in the middle of GTA SA since 2010 until I downloaded the 'completed game' file from the net last month. LOL.
bro all you gotta do it spin the wheel very fast and it will scrape the contact and fix it, I know I couldn't belive it also when someone told me but it works 100% of the time
That's not really a fix. It's a temporary solution because all you're doing is displacing the dirt that's not making it function properly so that when it gets dirty again it'll be twice as bad. 🤷🏻♂️ You do you. I'll do it the right way.
what if i dont have a contact cleaner?
Use rubbing alcohol... 99% if possible. No lower than 70%. If you use 70% make sure it's dried completely.
How do you remove the keys without breaking them?
I just lift them straight up and off!
I had already did a replacement under warranty for this issue with Razer. My Huntsman Elite is doing it yet again but this time is worse than ever. This really is a shit design on their part for an otherwise great keyboard that's on the expensive side.
Very true statement. Sometimes I hear stories about Razer stuff that really makes the company look bad, other times they get praise. Besides this I've never had a problem with my Razer equipment, and I have a lot! I'm pretty much on the fence if I'd buy Razer again when I upgrade down the road. We'll see what happens! Thanks for watching!
wow 32 screws. OR.... you can just do like me and take a flathead and pry the damn knob out along with the ribbon cable. problem solved. What a shitty keyboard. Elite my ass. Never again getting one of these. Also have a regular blackwidow and it SO MUCH easier to clean or take apart.
I mean... there's always an "easier" way to disassemble things (brute force being one of them, lol). I find it's a mix of people saying their (Razer) stuff is junk and others love them. For me, I like their stuff but there are flaws. Mainly with repairability. Any company that doesn't allow you to buy individual parts for repair purposes loses points with me. I've had to repurchase my mouse and keypad because of a bad usb hub fried them. I found the chip that fried in the two Razer units but I couldn't order them... and I don't like mixing and matching brands so I just bought Razer again and ditched the cheap usb hub. Thanks for watching!
it works, good video