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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Owntrolf on Wed, 08 October 2014, 18:27:42

Title: Nooo my C key's LED is dying :d
Post by: Owntrolf on Wed, 08 October 2014, 18:27:42
Goddammit my C key's LED is dying

(http://puu.sh/c4QQm/6c18d17bfe.JPG)

Now im going need to fix tomorrow :(
Title: Re: Nooo my C key's LED is dying :d
Post by: Novus on Wed, 08 October 2014, 18:32:56
sucks now go buy a new kb
Title: Re: Nooo my C key's LED is dying :d
Post by: Owntrolf on Wed, 08 October 2014, 18:39:59
sucks now go buy a new kb
Nah I still have some the original green LEDs when I replaced some of the LEDs with white ones
Title: Re: Nooo my C key's LED is dying :d
Post by: Oobly on Thu, 09 October 2014, 00:49:18
Y, just swap it out. Although you should try to match the forward voltage drop to the others on the same resistor if they are grouped. Good to replace it ASAP in that case, too, since if one dies the others could get more current each. That said, most boards don't supply enough current to fry LED's easily, they're often running at a fraction of their max current rating. Better safe than sorry, though.
Title: Re: Nooo my C key's LED is dying :d
Post by: Owntrolf on Thu, 09 October 2014, 01:52:18
My LEDs shouldnt die so easily since I usually type in reactive mode
Title: Re: Nooo my C key's LED is dying :d
Post by: Oobly on Thu, 09 October 2014, 03:44:24
My LEDs shouldnt die so easily since I usually type in reactive mode

If your board supports reactive mode, they probably all have their own resistor anyway, so no worries.
Title: Re: Nooo my C key's LED is dying :d
Post by: paicrai on Thu, 09 October 2014, 03:48:16

sucks now go buy a new kb
Nah I still have some the original green LEDs when I replaced some of the LEDs with white ones
sucks now go buy a new kb
Title: Re: Nooo my C key's LED is dying :d
Post by: Grim Fandango on Thu, 09 October 2014, 05:12:29
That is one of the things I have about backlight leds (aside from the fact that I do not like the way it looks and it is distracting), they tend to die. There are so many brands where the leds are consistently the first thing to give out. LEDS on a keyboard simply means adding about 100+ extra things that are all more likely to break than anything else in the keyboard.
Title: Re: Nooo my C key's LED is dying :d
Post by: AverageHybrid on Thu, 09 October 2014, 05:54:10
nice wacom tablet though
Title: Re: Nooo my C key's LED is dying :d
Post by: Owntrolf on Thu, 09 October 2014, 10:50:41
Clearly uses tablet to play Osu

https://osu.ppy.sh/u/3689120