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Title: blnak keyboard help
Post by: Son of Gnome on Tue, 11 October 2011, 15:53:57

SO I just bought a das from a member here on geekhack. He bought it because the previous owner had keycaps he wanted, so he took the keycaps off and placed the old ones back on. However since they are blank it is possible that they could have been misplaced. Is there a way to know exactly what row each key goes in or will I just have to eye ball it and just figure it out?

EDIT the title is meant to have blank in it not blnak...

Title: blnak keyboard help
Post by: siouxscout on Tue, 11 October 2011, 16:00:07

Wont matter really unless it has different sized\angled keys for certian rows.

Title: blnak keyboard help
Post by: Urglifast on Tue, 11 October 2011, 16:01:52

there are different key profiles for the different rows, i'll see if i can't find a picture to explain it before someone else does

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the das should have the DCS family profile to the rows if you look at it from the side.

Title: blnak keyboard help
Post by: nikonf5 on Wed, 12 October 2011, 13:39:47

Direct answer to your exact question can be found here:

http://blog.bogosity.se/2010/09/12/reassembling-das-keyboard/ (http://blog.bogosity.se/2010/09/12/reassembling-das-keyboard/)

Title: blnak keyboard help
Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 12 October 2011, 13:49:54

Quote from: Son of Gnome;429098

SO I just bought a das from a member here on geekhack. He bought it because the previous owner had keycaps he wanted, so he took the keycaps off and placed the old ones back on. However since they are blank it is possible that they could have been misplaced. Is there a way to know exactly what row each key goes in or will I just have to eye ball it and just figure it out?

EDIT the title is meant to have blank in it not blnak...

Is that a trick question?

Title: blnak keyboard help
Post by: shrap on Wed, 12 October 2011, 16:02:59

Quote from: itlnstln;429580

Is that a trick question?

I would like to see the looks on people's faces when you say,

"I'm trying to figure if this blank key is in the right place."

Title: blnak keyboard help
Post by: Urglifast on Wed, 12 October 2011, 16:05:32

Quote from: shrap;429746

I would like to see the looks on people's faces when you say,

"I'm trying to figure if this blank key is in the right place."

hey hey hey, you never know, he could have accidentally switched the 'F' and 'J' keys!



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