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Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: iqmore on Wed, 06 October 2010, 02:22:22: From My Blog: http://www.iqmore.idv.tw/gigabyte-aivia-k8100-backlight-gaming-keyboard-review (http://www.iqmore.idv.tw/gigabyte-aivia-k8100-backlight-gaming-keyboard-review)

I had record the review video in my blog, but I speak Chinese. :tongue:

GIGABYTE K8100

Interface: USB 2.0
Support OS: Windows 98/2000/ME/XP 32bit Vista/Win7 32/64bit
Switch life: 10 million times
Travel distance: 3.5+/-0.5mm
Travel to peak: 1.0+/-0.05mm
Weight: 1300g
Dimension: 490(L)* 263(W)*32.8(H) mm
Color: Black, Yellow(USI Layout only) , Red(USI Layout only)
Peak force: 50gr, 60gr, 70gr +/- 10%

(http://cdn.iqmore.com/iqmoreidv_img/review/2010/Gigabyte/Gigabyte_K8100/11.JPG)

Enhanced Ergonomic Gaming Keyboard Design, and 20 Anti-Ghosting Keys.
(http://cdn.iqmore.com/iqmoreidv_img/review/2010/Gigabyte/Gigabyte_K8100/03.JPG)

Silicone keyboard protector
(http://cdn.iqmore.com/iqmoreidv_img/review/2010/Gigabyte/Gigabyte_K8100/07.JPG)

5 Macro Keys
(http://cdn.iqmore.com/iqmoreidv_img/review/2010/Gigabyte/Gigabyte_K8100/15.JPG)

Touch and Slide Volume Control
(http://cdn.iqmore.com/iqmoreidv_img/review/2010/Gigabyte/Gigabyte_K8100/16.JPG)

(http://cdn.iqmore.com/iqmoreidv_img/review/2010/Gigabyte/Gigabyte_K8100/17.JPG)

Red backlight
(http://cdn.iqmore.com/iqmoreidv_img/review/2010/Gigabyte/Gigabyte_K8100/34.JPG)

Software
(http://cdn.iqmore.com/iqmoreidv_img/review/2010/Gigabyte/Gigabyte_K8100/39.JPG)
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: Eclairz on Wed, 06 October 2010, 04:10:02: I'm still waiting for the Other Mechanical Gigabyte Keyboard to come out, the GIGABYTE GK-K8000. Has far more useful features but never really released to mainstream due to problems that never got resolved.
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: sixty on Wed, 06 October 2010, 04:16:39: looks like a gundam. btw, welcome to geekhack iqmore, I have seen you around a lot in keyboard collector forums.
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: Brodie337 on Wed, 06 October 2010, 05:39:17: Jeez.... Its HUUUUUGEEE!

What sort of switches would it use, being weighted like that?
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: laden3 on Wed, 06 October 2010, 06:33:07: http://www.iqmore.idv.tw/gigabyte-aivia-k8100-backlight-gaming-keyboard-review/3 rubber domes, I thought it is scissor-switch =S
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: Brodie337 on Wed, 06 October 2010, 06:37:37: Whoops, don't know where I got the idea it was mechanical.
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: kip69 on Wed, 06 October 2010, 07:20:36: The GIGABYTE GK-K8000 looked great, but is gone, out of production.

They told me at Computex that this one may have wasd as mechanical but not fully. I still want to see it :)
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: NewbieOneKenobi on Wed, 06 October 2010, 08:00:21: Woah, weighed force rubber dome?
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: Bullveyr on Wed, 06 October 2010, 08:22:05: Quote from: NewbieOneKenobi;230398
Woah, weighed force rubber dome?

So does the SteelSeries Swift but to a lesser extend.

(http://cdn-web.steelseries.com/wp-content/uploads/shift_heatmap.png)
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: chongyixiong on Wed, 06 October 2010, 11:39:35: Wow, pretty ugly to be honest!

The last Gigabyte mechanical keyboard had some pretty nifty features but too bad they were plagued with production problems :(

That keyboard got me interested in mechanical keyboards though.. so must thank Gigabyte somehow..
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: lmnop on Wed, 06 October 2010, 12:25:30: Quote from: Eclairz;230361
I'm still waiting for the Other Mechanical Gigabyte Keyboard to come out, the GIGABYTE GK-K8000. Has far more useful features but never really released to mainstream due to problems that never got resolved.

you can still buy one. click (http://s.taobao.com/search?q=gk-k8000&commend=all&ssid=s5-e&search_type=item&atype=&filterFineness=).
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: iqmore on Wed, 06 October 2010, 12:27:34: Hi, this is the my first post in geekhack :biggrin:

Then there will be many articles to share from my blog. (Ducky, Tt eSPORTS mechanical, i-rocks etc.)

It's the membrane keyboard(rubber dome). not scissor-switch, not mechanical switch.

and

the 20 keys can press under USB, not PS/2

it only have the USB port.
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: lmnop on Wed, 06 October 2010, 12:39:26: would of been nice if Gigabyte illuminated the volume bar icons instead of having separate status indicators on the right side.
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: iqmore on Wed, 06 October 2010, 12:52:46: Quote from: ripster;230509
Please keep posting. Great info.

Do you think this Lasered Cherry Key from a G86-62410 could have been done using that method you posted earlier - lasering special black plastic that turns white? Or is this infilled then somehow leveled with the rest of the key?
Show Image
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=9770&stc=1&d=1273205648)

Under a Microscope at 60X
Show Image
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=9771&stc=1&d=1273205936)

So far white in black keycap(Not included backlight KB) used 2 way: Ink or laser

if it used laser, just used the technology my posted.

I knows this from some Keyboard foundrys.
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: iqmore on Wed, 06 October 2010, 13:00:41: The White produce only from the black heated.

In other words, when the original black be heated by laser, producing the white.
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: roads on Mon, 31 January 2011, 03:23:59: What kind of switches are these??
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: guilleguillaume on Mon, 31 January 2011, 13:30:06: I know a lot of people that wanted to buy this last keyboard ripster but Gigabyte never shipped it.
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: hfcobra on Mon, 31 January 2011, 22:37:43: it looks ok, but there is just too much red for me :P that is a nice keyboard though, ripster. I never even knew that Gigabyte sold keyboards.
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: Jerri on Tue, 01 February 2011, 06:24:47: That thing is kinda huge... damn who would buy such a giant red... uhm "thing" ?
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: Mr. Perfect on Tue, 01 February 2011, 16:54:28: My EYES!!:flame:

Oh well. Label it a gamer board, sell millions.
Title: GIGABYTE new gaming keyboard K8100
Post by: Pylon on Tue, 01 February 2011, 17:40:57: ReverseL enter key + single backspace combo of evil.