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6th December 2008, 11:59 AM
|  | TST Master | | Join Date: Dec 2007, 2,107 posts. Location: England Reputation:  | | | My keyboard mod
Hi all, I am about to mod my keyboard.  At the moment it looks like this. 
It is a dell keyboard that looks like this. http://iacl.ece.jhu.edu/~aaron/dell_muk2.jpg
In a few hours it will look a little different. So if you are interested, watch this space.
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6th December 2008, 12:04 PM
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How can you mod a keyboard she wonders
Watching and waiting 
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6th December 2008, 02:18 PM
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This is how it looks now. 
Sorry for the poor picture quality but I don't know where my digital camera is at the moment so I had to use my mobile phone.
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6th December 2008, 02:21 PM
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Very nice
What did you do to it ??
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6th December 2008, 02:23 PM
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I took those horrible green led's out and fitted blue ones instead. One of the green led's wasn't working anyhow.
Damn, i missed a trick. I should have fitted a flashing led for the caps lock. 
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Last edited by Rik; 6th December 2008 at 02:25 PM.
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6th December 2008, 02:44 PM
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wow thats pretty sweet Rik! Nice job. When you start your pc business you should start a modding one to.
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6th December 2008, 03:08 PM
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Reminds me of a Red Dwarf Quote
"Step up to red alert. "
"Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb."
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6th December 2008, 03:25 PM
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I decided to go green with mine and farm it at the same time... 
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6th December 2008, 03:30 PM
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Lmao Albert!
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6th December 2008, 06:36 PM
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Thanx Sam, that is one of my intentions. I have a couple of very plain cases that I intend doing major modding on. There will be pictures.
BM, class line from a class show. I am a big fan.
Albert, you certainly will end up with green fingers after typing on that. 
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6th December 2008, 09:10 PM
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That's quite cool mate My dad has the exact same keyboard and the blue LED's look way better than the green.
Nice job
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7th December 2008, 12:31 AM
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Cheerz Dave, all you gotta do is take a screwdriver and a soldering iron to yer dad's one and....
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7th December 2008, 02:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Rik  Thanx Sam, that is one of my intentions. I have a couple of very plain cases that I intend doing major modding on. There will be pictures. | OOHHHH pictures I love pictures. 
If I lived in the UK I would definitely buy a modded case from you!
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7th December 2008, 12:06 PM
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Both me and my dad are a dab hand with a soldering iron, it was the best part of his job for about 11 years or so.
I think he'd be more of the "it's fine how it is" type though
The only LED in my keyboard is the low battery one, and I've only ever seen it flash a handful of times, otherwise I'd get busy myself
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7th December 2008, 01:23 PM
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Thanx again Sam. I can't actually make a start on those cases until I move into the flat that we are buying which wont be 'till about April time. I will however be doing some major re-designing to them and photographing them as a worklog.
Dave, tell yer dad that looking fine isn't as good as looking great.
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Last edited by Rik; 7th December 2008 at 01:43 PM.
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7th December 2008, 01:37 PM
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If it all goes wrong you can always get cross with it... 
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7th December 2008, 01:39 PM
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Yes i am cross with mine  pc not keyboard
I haven't started on that yet 
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7th December 2008, 01:41 PM
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That last one looks like my first build.
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7th December 2008, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Rik Dave, tell yer dad that looking fine isn't as good as looking great. | Very true there
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Last edited by Rik; 7th December 2008 at 01:44 PM.
Reason: Compenstaing for the fact I can't spell :D
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7th December 2008, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Rik Thanx again Sam. I can't actually make a start on those cases until I move into the flat that we are buying which wont be 'till about April time. I will however be doing some major re-designing to them and photographing them as a worklog.
Dave, tell yer dad that looking fine isn't as good as looking great. | Well at least then you can get the plans all worked out on what you want to do to the case. Then before you know it you will be in the new house and able to start!
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