pendragon1
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change to white and turn the brightness down a bit. still quiet?I guess I got really lucky. That whine that some have reported would have driven me nuts, been a deal breaker.
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change to white and turn the brightness down a bit. still quiet?I guess I got really lucky. That whine that some have reported would have driven me nuts, been a deal breaker.
Wow.....that's hard to believe lol....post a video with your phone! I got to hear that lolMine has the ferrite filter and is audible from the door at the other side of the room.
change to white and turn the brightness down a bit. still quiet?
As I have nothing to compare this KB to, I'm very happy. I'm sure that a $125 + K95 is much better, I understand that.
If I take it apart and post some pics, are you onboard to help me with the info to mod it?If the noise is being caused by a pwm chip them a simple capacitor in parallel on the output driver chip will solve the issue. This is a very simple fix if you have a soldering iron.
Here are the necessary toolsIf I take it apart and post some pics, are you onboard to help me with the info to mod it?
If I take it apart and post some pics, are you onboard to help me with the info to mod it?
I'll give it a peek tomorrow.Shouldn't be that hard but i can't make guarantees. You can pick up the caps you need on Amazon. You can figure out which chip it is by tracing the leads from the LED. Or just Google every chip number on the board.
LEDs are current source devices. You can modulate their brightness two ways. Pwm or lower the current. A cap attached to the positive leg output would average the voltage and make it a current circuit over a pwm one. Just make sure the cap is rated higher than 5 volts. A 22uF should do the job but that all depends on the pwm output frequency.
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What kind of switches are used for the space-bar and Enter key? They feel much different.
I picked one up for my nephew and tested it yesterday. It did have a small high pitched hum but I had to have my ear next to it to hear it.Looks good. Will pick one up in a minute. Thanks.
Mine got replaced. It's nice and quiet now.
Well even though the whine didn't seem bad at first after using this keyboard for an extended amount of time it does bring on a nasty headache so I am going to return it. I now know that I am a fan of the Outemu swiches so I am going to try this one https://www.amazon.com/Holiday-sale...7951934&sr=8-3&keywords=outemu+brown+switches which has brown switches.
No. I contacted the seller directly as per the instruction sheet inside the box. And they just sent me another one.Good to know, did you return it back to Amazon?
I added another ferrite clamp right where the cable enters the keyboard. No change. Luckily it doesn't bother me enough to do anything else about it.
That one seems promising, but keep in mind that it’s not true RGB. If that doesn’t bother you, then I say give it a shot.
This is the model that several of us picked up around this time last year: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06X18XY4R/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_fRUeBb94QSJNW
I wanted to try the Outemu blue switches and at the time, the price was so low (around $30) that I went ahead and picked up two of them. It’s an awesome keyboard for that price, but at the current price of $53 it’s not quite the steal that it was then.
got it delivered already today hopefully not loaded with water lol due to rain and I am at work...
Just accidentally found out that <FN> + 1, 2, or 3 will set only WASD or other keys to be lit.
Also, is anybody else a bit annoyed at the brightness of the Caps, Num Lock, etc status lights? Too bright for my liking. I tried a black sharpie marker, did nothing.
You can custom program those keys using the FN + Camcorder button. As always rtfmJust accidentally found out that <FN> + 1, 2, or 3 will set only WASD or other keys to be lit.
Also, is anybody else a bit annoyed at the brightness of the Caps, Num Lock, etc status lights? Too bright for my liking. I tried a black sharpie marker, did nothing.