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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: litster on Sun, 01 January 2012, 15:23:17

Title: Cherry Plate-mounted Stabilizers
Post by: litster on Sun, 01 January 2012, 15:23:17

For plate-mounted Costar stabilizers, you can install and remove them right from the plate.  I only have Cherry's PCB-mounted stabilizers so I don't know what Cherry's plate-mounted stabilizers look like.  

Is it the same with Cherry's plate-mounted stabilizers?

Thanks.

EDIT:
Hum, I think I found my answer here (http://www.cherrycorp.com/english/switches/key/mx.htm):
(http://www.cherrycorp.com/english/switches/key/images/mx_spacmt_metfrm.gif)

Looks like it is sandwiched between the plate and PCB, so you can't really remove Cherry's stabilizers without de-soldering every switch and separate the plate and the PCB first.

Title: Cherry Plate-mounted Stabilizers
Post by: Dox on Sun, 01 January 2012, 15:38:17

You just need to remove a single switch to remove the stabilizer with plate mounted cherry stabilizers.

Title: Cherry Plate-mounted Stabilizers
Post by: litster on Sun, 01 January 2012, 15:43:37

Oh, cool!  That is much better.  Then I can use the same Phantom prototype to test with both Cherry and Costar stabilzers.  Thanks.

Title: Cherry Plate-mounted Stabilizers
Post by: litster on Sun, 01 January 2012, 16:04:32

Hum, ripster said otherwise in his key pulling guide wiki here:http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?14736-How-to-reattach-the-enter-key-on-a-Razer-Black-Widow&p=285128&viewfull=1#post285128
and here: http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:12649

Title: Cherry Plate-mounted Stabilizers
Post by: Dox on Sun, 01 January 2012, 16:31:24

Did ripster build a keyboard by himself....
I did swap the stabilizers multiple times just by removing the stabilized switch.

Title: Cherry Plate-mounted Stabilizers
Post by: litster on Sun, 01 January 2012, 16:38:17

Plate-mounted or PCB-mounted?

Title: Cherry Plate-mounted Stabilizers
Post by: Dox on Sun, 01 January 2012, 16:38:56

Plate mounted

Title: Cherry Plate-mounted Stabilizers
Post by: litster on Sun, 01 January 2012, 16:45:53

Got it.  Thanks.