Simple Questions, Simple Answers (FAQ in the OP)

[SpAmRaY]

This is an honest question because I really don't know the answer......

For those with a tenkeyless or smaller keyboard without a dedicated delete key how do you (or do you?) press ctrl-alt-delete....

I'm looking for a board for work and we have to use that key combo to login everytime.

[Jocelyn]

Poker ctrl-alt-delete would be ctrl-alt-FN + Z or FN + /

I usually right click the taskbar instead

[IvanIvanovich]

I use my Poker at work and they have the old ctrl+alt+del to logon, an extra key to press and it is right near the Fn key anyway, it's not really a problem.

[Melvang]

Pics or it didn't happen! And I'm glad you got your help
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Pics will be posted as soon as i get the LED's installed.  Missed the delivery today due to buying a car.  Got me an 03 Park Ave for under 5k

[Melvang]

here is the pic for ya

Edit:  Missed the delivery for the LED's today will get them tomorrow not sure when I will get a chance to install them.  At the latest this weekend

[Capitalistix]

So are MX greys non clicky Greens? I.e. do they feel the same withought the sound?

[jdcarpe]

MX Greys are stiffer Clears.

MX Dark Greys are stiffer Blacks.

[CPTBadAss]

here is the pic for ya

Edit:  Missed the delivery for the LED's today will get them tomorrow not sure when I will get a chance to install them.  At the latest this weekend

Hell yeah! That looks awesome. I demand pics of the lit-up LEDs as well

[IvanIvanovich]

There used to be clicky greys with 105cN known as grey36 part number MX1A-B1NW/N. I am not entirely sure when they were discontinued but I think it was around the same time the original whites were. There were also super blues with a deep navy blue color with around 180cN but the part number is unknown to me as I have never seen it mentioned in any catalog or data sheet and may have been a special order switch.

Cherry has the switches listed officially as brown at 55cN, clears at 65cN, while its grey39 counterpart is at 80cN. Similarly with red at 50cN, black at 60cN and grey37 at 80cN. Blue at 60cN with white and green both at 80cN.

[CPTBadAss]

There used to be clicky greys with 105cN known as grey36 part number MX1A-B1NW/N. I am not entirely sure when they were discontinued but I think it was around the same time the original whites were. There were also super blues with a deep navy blue color with around 180cN but the part number is unknown to me as I have never seen it mentioned in any catalog or data sheet and may have been a special order switch.

Cherry has the switches listed officially as brown at 55cN, clears at 65cN, while its grey39 counterpart is at 80cN. Similarly with red at 50cN, black at 60cN and grey37 at 80cN. Blue at 60cN with white and green both at 80cN.

Ivan...you're supposed to help me answer questions, not drop this behemoth on my lap!!

[IvanIvanovich]

That was me answering Capitalistix question. TLDR, green and grey have the same spring weight.

[CPTBadAss]

That was me answering Capitalistix question. TLDR, green and grey have the same spring weight.

I apologize oh wise Cherry master. Please forgive my transgression.

[SpAmRaY]

Ok maybe someone can make sense of this.

I didn't like cherry mx reds, browns were ok, blues were nice but I couldn't handle the noise and cherry ml is tolerable.

Where do I go next? clears maybe?

[esoomenona]

Whites have less noise when they click.

[IvanIvanovich]

I suggest white with light springs mod. They really are quite nice with a soft click more tactile than browns without the noise of blues.

[whiskytango]

That was me answering Capitalistix question. TLDR, green and grey have the same spring weight.

So... would a blue stem with a grey spring be pretty much identical to a green?

[IvanIvanovich]

Yes, it would be the same thing except the wrong stem color naturally.

[Gupgup]

How many Rosegold Ironman are there?


Gupgup

[CommunistWitchDr]

This is an honest question because I really don't know the answer......

For those with a tenkeyless or smaller keyboard without a dedicated delete key how do you (or do you?) press ctrl-alt-delete....

I'm looking for a board for work and we have to use that key combo to login everytime.

With a pure it's fn+shift

Don't use it on linux anyway though.

[CPTBadAss]

I suggest white with light springs mod. They really are quite nice with a soft click more tactile than browns without the noise of blues.

I second this motion. I tried ergo-whites on the universal switch tester and they were phenomenal. I liked than way more than ergo-clears.

How many Rosegold Ironman are there?
Gupgup

The last sale of girldc caps on TechKeys had 10 or 20 of each set of caps. I believe anything metallic had a count of 10 and anything else had 20. But the only person who would truly know is girldc. You may want to ask this in the Team Redline subforum, in the "Post your girldc" caps, or PM girldc/someone from TeamRedline.

[Gupgup]

I suggest white with light springs mod. They really are quite nice with a soft click more tactile than browns without the noise of blues.

I second this motion. I tried ergo-whites on the universal switch tester and they were phenomenal. I liked than way more than ergo-clears.

How many Rosegold Ironman are there?
Gupgup

The last sale of girldc caps on TechKeys had 10 or 20 of each set of caps. I believe anything metallic had a count of 10 and anything else had 20. But the only person who would truly know is girldc. You may want to ask this in the Team Redline subforum, in the "Post your girldc" caps, or PM girldc/someone from TeamRedline.

The last sale of girldc caps on TechKeys didn't have any rosegold ironmen :/


Gupgup

[CPTBadAss]

GupGup, I'm using that sale as a reference to how many were made.

[Gupgup]

GupGup, I'm using that sale as a reference to how many were made.

Ahhhh I thought you meant how man rosegolds were made, my bad!

I PMd girldc

Thanks!


Gupgup

[Lighthouse1]

Very newbie question, how easy is replacing the top cover on a TKL Filco or CM keyboard?

There's a thread about purchasing a coloured top for a board and I like the idea (I am lost, first it was new keys..now cases, this is like drugs) but I am not sure how difficult or otherwise it is, I build my own PCs etc so I am not completely stupid with unscrewing stuff with circuits in it, but I don't want to break my keyboards into bits accidentally.

Thanks for answering the dumb Q!

[Gupgup]

Very newbie question, how easy is replacing the top cover on a TKL Filco or CM keyboard?

There's a thread about purchasing a coloured top for a board and I like the idea (I am lost, first it was new keys..now cases, this is like drugs) but I am not sure how difficult or otherwise it is, I build my own PCs etc so I am not completely stupid with unscrewing stuff with circuits in it, but I don't want to break my keyboards into bits accidentally.

Thanks for answering the dumb Q!

Hey there, I was just about to reply in the GB

It is very easy! There are two little tabs you can pop up on the top and bottom of the case using a credit card or something.


Gupgup

[ComradeSniper]

This isn't exactly keyboard related, but do posts on off topic not add to your post count? I noticed I have been stuck at 155 for a little while.

[Dubsgalore]

This isn't exactly keyboard related, but do posts on off topic not add to your post count? I noticed I have been stuck at 155 for a little while.

>156

[tjcaustin]

Very newbie question, how easy is replacing the top cover on a TKL Filco or CM keyboard?

There's a thread about purchasing a coloured top for a board and I like the idea (I am lost, first it was new keys..now cases, this is like drugs) but I am not sure how difficult or otherwise it is, I build my own PCs etc so I am not completely stupid with unscrewing stuff with circuits in it, but I don't want to break my keyboards into bits accidentally.

Thanks for answering the dumb Q!

Hey there, I was just about to reply in the GB

It is very easy! There are two little tabs you can pop up on the top and bottom of the case using a credit card or something.


Gupgup

Don't forget one screw in the bottom of the case.

This isn't exactly keyboard related, but do posts on off topic not add to your post count? I noticed I have been stuck at 155 for a little while.

Depends on which thread, I think.

[CPTBadAss]

This isn't exactly keyboard related, but do posts on off topic not add to your post count? I noticed I have been stuck at 155 for a little while.

No they dont.

[ComradeSniper]

This isn't exactly keyboard related, but do posts on off topic not add to your post count? I noticed I have been stuck at 155 for a little while.

No they dont.

Ok, that makes sense then.

[Lighthouse1]

Very newbie question, how easy is replacing the top cover on a TKL Filco or CM keyboard?

There's a thread about purchasing a coloured top for a board and I like the idea (I am lost, first it was new keys..now cases, this is like drugs) but I am not sure how difficult or otherwise it is, I build my own PCs etc so I am not completely stupid with unscrewing stuff with circuits in it, but I don't want to break my keyboards into bits accidentally.

Thanks for answering the dumb Q!

Hey there, I was just about to reply in the GB

It is very easy! There are two little tabs you can pop up on the top and bottom of the case using a credit card or something.


Gupgup

Excellent thanks, I asked here as after I posted in your GB thread I thought it was a really stupid question! Thanks for the answer and now for the order form!

Thanks also to tjcaustin I would have been there breaking my credit card without the screw info.

[CPTBadAss]

Very newbie question, how easy is replacing the top cover on a TKL Filco or CM keyboard?

There's a thread about purchasing a coloured top for a board and I like the idea (I am lost, first it was new keys..now cases, this is like drugs) but I am not sure how difficult or otherwise it is, I build my own PCs etc so I am not completely stupid with unscrewing stuff with circuits in it, but I don't want to break my keyboards into bits accidentally.

Thanks for answering the dumb Q!

Hey there, I was just about to reply in the GB

It is very easy! There are two little tabs you can pop up on the top and bottom of the case using a credit card or something.


Gupgup

Excellent thanks, I asked here as after I posted in your GB thread I thought it was a really stupid question! Thanks for the answer and now for the order form!

Thanks also to tjcaustin I would have been there breaking my credit card without the screw info.

There are very few stupid questions. I made this thread so that people could freely ask things and I could learn in the process. No worries man

[Lighthouse1]

Excellent, its very useful to have somewhere to noob 

[CPTBadAss]

Excellent, its very useful to have somewhere to noob 

Just FYI, I'm pretty new myself. Only been on GH for 4 months. I just spam like I'm trying to catch SmallFry in the post race.

[SmallFry]

Excellent, its very useful to have somewhere to noob 

Just FYI, I'm pretty new myself. Only been on GH for 4 months. I just spam like I'm trying to catch SmallFry in the post race.

Your tries are futile young one.

[CPTBadAss]

Excellent, its very useful to have somewhere to noob 

Just FYI, I'm pretty new myself. Only been on GH for 4 months. I just spam like I'm trying to catch SmallFry in the post race.

Your tries are futile young one.

As my keyboard professor, you're supposed to encourage me. Not tell me my efforts are futile.

[SpAmRaY]

 If I'm looking at keyboards on a site like buychina.com or offerany.com i know that tea axis = brown and most say that green actually means blue so how do I find green?

And no I haven't been drinking....

[CPTBadAss]

If I'm looking at keyboards on a site like buychina.com or offerany.com i know that tea axis = brown and most say that green actually means blue so how do I find green?

And no I haven't been drinking....

Why not use google translate to get the word for brown or green and then search for it on taobao?

[SpAmRaY]

If I'm looking at keyboards on a site like buychina.com or offerany.com i know that tea axis = brown and most say that green actually means blue so how do I find green?

And no I haven't been drinking....

Why not use google translate to get the word for brown or green and then search for it on taobao?

Did that and so far it only seems to be getting be backlighting colors....not switch colors

[CPTBadAss]

If I'm looking at keyboards on a site like buychina.com or offerany.com i know that tea axis = brown and most say that green actually means blue so how do I find green?

And no I haven't been drinking....

Why not use google translate to get the word for brown or green and then search for it on taobao?

Did that and so far it only seems to be getting be backlighting colors....not switch colors

Jocelyn, didn't you post something on how to search Taobao somewhere? Can you help me out?

[SpAmRaY]

http://www.offerany.com/p-16969507670-87-108-Keyboard-37-Hat.html

Well I found this one and one of the options is "Blu-ray ONE108 milk axis" so that would most likely be a full size board with white switches....

[Melvang]

Could someone post a pic of the switch housing disassembly tool that The_Beast sold through his GB?  The pics on the thread are all broken aside from one that just shows the end of them. 

[CPTBadAss]

Could someone post a pic of the switch housing disassembly tool that The_Beast sold through his GB?  The pics on the thread are all broken aside from one that just shows the end of them.

I got a set over the weekend. I'll take pics for you later.

[Melvang]

cool thanx

[mushupork]

is there a "how to" for posting an embedded you tube video on Geekhack?  (like for the "what are you listening to now thread")

[lazerpointer]

is there a "how to" for posting an embedded you tube video on Geekhack?  (like for the "what are you listening to now thread")

[mushupork]

Yes, I see the button but it does not appear to work.

Find video, copy URL, click You Tube button, paste URL, all you get is the following line of text ... no embedded video

Not a valid youtube URL

[IvanIvanovich]

You MUST use the short url youtu.be/whatever or it won't work.

[mushupork]

Excellent - thanks Ivan

[Tarzan]

You MUST use the short url youtu.be/whatever or it won't work.

I've tried that a couple of times, and the post does show a blank "video" window.  Only one problem, there's no video.  Gives me an "unexpected error, try again later" message when I click on it.