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Title: Cherry g80 3000 spacebar green switch. Hep plz!
Post by: MISTERCROW!!1! on Thu, 10 December 2009, 08:11:37

Hi all, I just got my g80 keyboard with blue switches. It's really nice, but the spacebar is much stiffer than the other keys :(
I pulled it off and noticed that it has a green switch.
What do I do ??? How do you switch the switches??
I am a keyboard noob :(

Title: Cherry g80 3000 spacebar green switch. Hep plz!
Post by: didjamatic on Thu, 10 December 2009, 08:14:19

Push it slightly harder? :)

You can always swap it with a less used key on the board, or one that you won't mind being heavy such as the Esc key.

I think it would be cool to have one key that is singnificantly louder than the others, and requires a hammer to get it to register.

Title: Cherry g80 3000 spacebar green switch. Hep plz!
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 10 December 2009, 08:55:41

The G80-3000 has PCB-mounted switches, so swapping springs and stems can be done without soldering. There are two tabs on the left and right side of the switch. Pull them away from the switch and lift up (I use a bent paper clip to pull the tabs). You might have to lift both sides at the same time. Once you open the switch, the rest is trivial.

Title: Cherry g80 3000 spacebar green switch. Hep plz!
Post by: xyzzy on Thu, 10 December 2009, 09:10:12

Here's a detailed guide (http://my3c.com/D5/viewthread.php?tid=4625&extra=&page=1) on how to open PCB mounted Cherry switches (like the ones in your board).

Title: Cherry g80 3000 spacebar green switch. Hep plz!
Post by: MISTERCROW!!1! on Thu, 10 December 2009, 10:19:06

Also how are you supposed to take the keys off and put them back on? I just pulled them off, and pushed em back on. Only I saw someone post that it took 45 minutes to put the space bar back on?!?

Title: Cherry g80 3000 spacebar green switch. Hep plz!
Post by: xyzzy on Thu, 10 December 2009, 10:41:30

Probably it was another keyboard model with some fancy space bar stabilizer. Cherry keycaps are quite easy to remove and put back on.

Title: Cherry g80 3000 spacebar green switch. Hep plz!
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 10 December 2009, 10:41:45

Just pull them off using a keypuller or some bent paperclips.

Title: Cherry g80 3000 spacebar green switch. Hep plz!
Post by: keyb_gr on Thu, 10 December 2009, 11:19:14

It's all much easier with the top case removed though.

Title: Cherry g80 3000 spacebar green switch. Hep plz!
Post by: PRISONER 24601 on Thu, 10 December 2009, 13:19:06

I like the greenie on my 3000, I hope against hope that someone makes a board with ALL greens :) you know, just to try it out

Title: Cherry g80 3000 spacebar green switch. Hep plz!
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 10 December 2009, 13:22:20

Someone modded their 'board to all "greens" (spring swap). I can't remember who, though. Sixty?

Title: Cherry g80 3000 spacebar green switch. Hep plz!
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 10 December 2009, 13:35:23

I can barely feel any tactility on the key where I swapped the grey spring (brown stem, grey spring).  The heavier spring seems to absorb most of the subtle tactility of the brown stem.

Title: Cherry g80 3000 spacebar green switch. Hep plz!
Post by: sixty on Thu, 10 December 2009, 13:37:05

Quote from: itlnstln;140973

Someone modded their 'board to all "greens" (spring swap). I can't remember who, though. Sixty?

It was huha!

I have some greens in my Filco though. I swapped the spacebar, esc, and windows key for green switches :)

Title: Cherry g80 3000 spacebar green switch. Hep plz!
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 10 December 2009, 13:40:23

I wonder where he went.  I miss his input.

Title: Cherry g80 3000 spacebar green switch. Hep plz!
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 10 December 2009, 13:48:11

Quote from: ripster;140986

Wasn't he getting a PhD or sumpthin?

Yeah, his Playa Haters Degree.