I had bought a shipping damaged G80-2100, saving it from USPS as they were going to destroy it in order to get insurance money. And I wasn't sure what to do with it. Fix it, but how? The PCB and case were really messed up.
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Then it hit me, unsaver time! I knew of one other in existence but documentation was lackluster. So here is my journey.
This got the board running again
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Repaired the case with JB Weld plastic epoxy, one little piece at a time
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Initial cut
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Bridging the seam as well as the shipping damage hole
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Missing: tons and tons of sanding
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Wiring: I programmed a key (on all layers) on the 2100 to be Esc before I cut it since I was losing it with chopping the numpad. I kept the PCB scrap if this programming ever gets reset. Ended up needing to have an IC on a separate cut out section of the PCB for fitment purposes.
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Paint wise I ended up needing to do many coats to fill everything in as seen here. Plus more sanding after.
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Also, weeks of dry time for it to cure fully underneath the surface. Definitely learned that lesson.
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Final coat
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Being a German ISO board, I bought a donor board for the US-ISO legends, which included a rare full-size icon mod shift! The PCB has a provision for the full-size shift so it was no big deal to change to. Also red LEDs cause
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Finally, the finished product
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Hope you enjoyed
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