Secondary symbols don't light up on keyboard

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greygoose

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I have a Razer Blackwidow Elite. I bought this used and it could be modified but I am not sure. The symbols under the numbers 1 to 9 do not light up. These are the secondary symbols under the numbers, and any other symbol that would be displayed when shift is keyed. The other characters light up just fine.

I love this keyboard, is there anything I can do or should I just a buy another used one where all the keys light up?

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i dont think they are supposed to light up. if you pull a cap, is there second led for them?!

the new ones have it side-by-side so they do light up
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Looks like the bottom symbol is printed/sublimated, not injected, so you may be SOL. You can buy a whole set from $14-28 if you don't want to get a whole new keyboard, or up to $200 if money is no object.
 
Nobu said:
Looks like the bottom symbol is printed/sublimated, not injected, so you may be SOL. You can buy a whole set from $14-28 if you don't want to get a whole new keyboard, or up to $200 if money is no object.
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will buying a set make the keyboard louder? or am i thinking of something else? I just want the symobls to light up without making the keyboard louder. so just buy new caps?
 
if you get new keycaps at the same time you can install little rubber o-rings on the stems... this tends to make the keyboard less noisy. does change the feeling of the switches somewhat, but not that big of deal to me at least.

you could also get one of those Monitor Light bar things and sidestep the whole problem?
 
If you do get new keycaps you have to make sure they're compatible with your switch type, make sure they actually have the symbols you want on them, and make sure they are "shine through" with translucent symbols.

I'm pretty sure your keyboard uses the normal cherry + stem keycaps and you can buy those just about anywhere. But pull one off and actually have a look. You don't need to buy a full set of keycaps, you could probably buy just the number row.
But I would seriously try pulling them off and etching in the symbols yourself with a knife or something. If you're going to end up buying new keycaps it doesn't hurt to try it.

It's pretty weird yours only have the numbers but not the symbols transulcent. I guess that's just Razor being cheap and only laser etching the numbers and not the symbols.
 
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