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Offline megnin

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Looking for a source of Cherry MX switch springs (brown/red/blue weight)
« on: Sun, 01 April 2012, 06:21:29 »
Anyone know where I can get some springs to mod a NEO KB-87 Zeba Wireless (thanks for the board keyboardlover)?  The board came with a few extra Red stems and springs, but I need more springs for what I want to do with the board.

I have a working Scorpius M10 with Blues that I could scavenge as a last resort, but I hate to tear up a working keyboard just for a couple of bucks worth of springs.

They look like pretty common springs.  Does anyone know of a part number for the springs?  

Broken keyboards?

I have plenty of black springs, I need the lighter ones from Blue/Brown/Red switches.
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« Reply #1 on: Sun, 01 April 2012, 06:57:09 »
Execute me OP,  Do you get it to work on wireless mode(NEO)?


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Offline megnin

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« Reply #2 on: Sun, 01 April 2012, 07:59:37 »
Yes.  I put it on a Windows XP 32bit computer at work and it worked just fine wirelessly.  So I thought it might be a problem with 64bit drivers, but I just now plugged it into my Windows 7 64bit computer at home and it works fine.  I'm typing this on it now using the wireless interface.  I'll have to let keyboardlover know that it's also working on Win 7 64bit.
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Offline megnin

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« Reply #3 on: Sun, 01 April 2012, 08:00:55 »
But, back on topic, I'm looking for MX blue/brown/red springs.
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Offline megnin

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« Reply #4 on: Sun, 01 April 2012, 08:01:59 »
But, back on topic, I'm looking for MX red/blue/brown switch springs.
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« Reply #5 on: Sun, 01 April 2012, 11:21:18 »
Quote from: megnin;563322
Yes.  I put it on a Windows XP 32bit computer at work and it worked just fine wirelessly.  So I thought it might be a problem with 64bit drivers, but I just now plugged it into my Windows 7 64bit computer at home and it works fine.  I'm typing this on it now using the wireless interface.  I'll have to let keyboardlover know that it's also working on Win 7 64bit.

LOL, congrats to him(or should be you as you are the new owner).
At least/last it shown that he is not that unlucky to pay over 160bucks and get a faulty unit which he cannot return or claim warranty for...

Quote from: megnin;563325
But, back on topic, I'm looking for MX red/blue/brown switch springs.

Search in Ebay for second hand Compaq MX-11800 or Cherry MX POS 7000/8000 series. They should the the few popular boards with Cherry Brown.

Or you can pay a visit to the TVS Gold posted in great finds section, it should be cheap enough.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270945620083
« Last Edit: Sun, 01 April 2012, 11:25:31 by Human »
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Offline megnin

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« Reply #6 on: Sun, 01 April 2012, 16:19:55 »
Human, thanks! I was wondering what keyboards would be good to scavenge for switches.

Oh, I posted the pictures of the arrow keys on that keyboard I got from eBay you wanted to see.
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?28779-Leopold-TKL-MX-Reds-extra-caps
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Offline megnin

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« Reply #7 on: Sun, 01 April 2012, 16:33:18 »
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Search in Ebay for second hand Compaq MX-11800 or Cherry MX POS 7000/8000 series. They should the the few popular boards with Cherry Brown.
Ha!  I found a Cherry MX POS 7000 on eBay for $25.00 and free shipping and bought it.  The key caps might even be usable.  Two for one!  :-)
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« Reply #8 on: Mon, 02 April 2012, 11:58:11 »
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Human, thanks! I was wondering what keyboards would be good to scavenge for switches.

Oh, I posted the pictures of the arrow keys on that keyboard I got from eBay you wanted to see.
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?28779-Leopold-TKL-MX-Reds-extra-caps


Thx for your pictures and feedbacks.

Now, I can pretty make a conclusion that EK's keycaps(the ivory, blue one and probably even the RGB) are probably from/by Keycool.
http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=36739&d=1325865153
http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=36744&d=1325865184
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