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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Floor on Thu, 13 June 2013, 16:17:07

Title: Noppoo Choc Mini odd LED placement and labels.
Post by: Floor on Thu, 13 June 2013, 16:17:07: I have a Noppoo Choc Mini that I ordered through Qtan, and I've recently noticed that the lock LED's are placed adjacent to the keycaps, and not directly underneath with a window in the keycap like all of the other Choc Mini's I have seen. It also lacks an LED for Insert.

My board:
http://i.imgur.com/rKC5Efr.png (http://i.imgur.com/rKC5Efr.png)
http://i.imgur.com/hflrxAn.png (http://i.imgur.com/hflrxAn.png)
http://i.imgur.com/xRBtuyk.png (http://i.imgur.com/xRBtuyk.png)
http://i.imgur.com/zzBuYfM.png (http://i.imgur.com/zzBuYfM.png)
http://i.imgur.com/QoiE9mx.png (http://i.imgur.com/QoiE9mx.png)
http://i.imgur.com/p83KpOE.png (http://i.imgur.com/p83KpOE.png)

Board LED's I commonly see:
http://i.imgur.com/90E4hov.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/90E4hov.jpg)

It also had Fn labels on the R and F keys for stopping media and disabling the windows key, but I've since removed the Fn labels so I don't have a picture. I also don't see this on other of the same boards.

Other than this the board feels fine, I'm wondering if it's an old model or why I've never seen one like it.

Edit: Added more pictures. Again, there were labels on the front face of the keys for alternate functions, but I removed them.
Title: Re: Noppoo Choc Mini odd LED placement and labels.
Post by: dadgh on Thu, 13 June 2013, 17:29:10: take a full picture of the board
Title: Re: Noppoo Choc Mini odd LED placement and labels.
Post by: jabar on Thu, 13 June 2013, 18:07:39: remove the keycaps, see if the LEDs are mounted in the switches as they should be.
Title: Re: Noppoo Choc Mini odd LED placement and labels.
Post by: alrgeez on Thu, 13 June 2013, 22:20:01: mine definitely doesn't look like that. looks like the retail picture you posted up.
Title: Re: Noppoo Choc Mini odd LED placement and labels.
Post by: Surnia on Thu, 13 June 2013, 22:24:26: Interesting, the Noppoos seem to change design/OEMs so quickly its hard to track... odd however, that its a POM version with a non-detachable cable.
Title: Re: Noppoo Choc Mini odd LED placement and labels.
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Fri, 14 June 2013, 08:58:23: Your 2013 version is different from the older ones. Seems quite odd they decided to place the led between the rows though.