I think I have fried half of my orion
While desoldering the ' switch's sip socket (had to replace the whole switch because it was sticky), I pulled part of the pcbs socket for the sip socket out as well. After installing a brand new switch with sip sockets and soldering it, I noticed that none of the LEDs in the third row, left and including the ' key, were lit up. Also the three left bottom SMD RGB LEDs were malfunctioning. One glimmering and vigorously switching to random colours, the others not lighting up at all. So I guess I have broken half of my orion. Unless you guys have any recommendations on how to fix it.
The typing itself works fine. Its just the lighting that is broken.
Otherwise I would like to maybe get a pcb from someone here who has a spare. I would be really happy to hear from someone!
I ruined my board as well which is why I asked for a pcb and plate
edit: actually I ruined it quite a while back I've just been too embarrassed to mention it
anyways you are having the same problems as everyone who has encountered this issue with flashing rgb leds. It is a design flaw in the pcb. Here is the fix for the rgb led's. I am not sure what is wrong with your led's not turning on. If you can take a photo I can help you
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The issue comes from the (+) copper hole on the led. This specific hole is easily prone to damage when desoldered and it stops the flow of current. To repair this issue you need to solder a small wire from the capacitor to the (+) pad, this should fix your issue. The led's not turning on might be the result of another damaged pad. Please take a photo and i can probably lead you to a fix.
special thanks to 02d who gave me this info
Thanks a lot again for your write up appleonama. I didn't get to reopening my Orion until today. But I can now send you pictures from the bottom of it.
I have the problem that my third row (from the bottom) of Leds, so all keys left of the enter button don't light up and that the rgb underlights on the left side do not work/ just flimmers (115,116,117).
The leds stopped working when I resoldered the sticky "]" switch.
In this photo you can see the working enter button on the left and the first button in the third row that does. It work. You can see the awful resoldering job on the right next to it (close to r91)
Is there some connection I can bridge to fix both the third row as well as the under light leds?
Thank you in advance for your help, kacase