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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => DIY Discussions ARCHIVE => Topic started by: jdcarpe on Sun, 01 April 2012, 22:10:50
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Sorry if this has been addressed before, but I searched, and I couldn't find it in the wiki, either.
Is it possible to replace all the MY switches on a Cherry Corp board with MX switches from another donor board? Just desolder the MY switches and solder in the MX switches? I ordered a Cherry Corp G81-1822HQMUS from eBay, and I have a Wyse board with Cherry MX Black switches as the donor. I also have a Compaq MX-11800 board with a non-working trackball from which I could harvest MX Brown switches (or the springs, to make ghetto reds). Any thoughts?
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The Mechanical Keyboard wiki. Specifically, the Geekhack Switch Wiki and link to Cherry MX, ML, MY, etc., but that article seems to be empty.
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Alas, it's as I suspected. Oh well, after I harvest those sweet DS keycaps it's into the trash bin for Mr. Cherry.
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Why would you go through all that work..... ridiculous dedicated you are
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Unfortunately, a double-shot Right Shift key from a G8x-18xx won't fit a Compaq MX-11800. 1.75 vs 2 units wide. I don't know why Cherry made them different ...
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Of course it will
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Of course it will
What are you referring to?
Cherry G8x-18xx vs G8x-118xx keys? I have three G80-18xx and a Compaq 11801 and I know what I am writing about.