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Title: HyperX Alloy replace stabilizers/fix rattle
Post by: konradb on Thu, 13 June 2019, 15:05:39

Hey, so I got myself a HyperX Alloy on Cherry MX Blue.
Enter and shifts rattle a lot. I wonder if I could anyhow fix that.
I tried this fix https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=96326.0 but the noise isn't coming from that spot - it didn't help.

After watching some videos I have noticed that the "clip" (the plastic part that holds wire and is inserted in plate) is rattling a lot.
It's not snug like on this video:

I have also noticed that the wire is HyperX Alloy is much thinner than wire on regular Costar.

HyperX alloy:
(https://i0.wp.com/www.tech-critter.com/wp-content/uploads/HyperX-Alloy-FPS-30.jpg?ssl=1)
Costar:
(http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/5079/dsc02304tl.jpg)

Is there anything that I could do to stop the rattle?
Regular costar stabs can be replaced without desoldering and I am thinking about replacing them with original costar but I don't know if they will fit. Does anyone know if this can be done?

Title: Re: HyperX Alloy replace stabilizers/fix rattle
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 13 June 2019, 20:59:44

Gud' video should help the novices greatly. .

Mod Edit: Fixed the text size for you