Got my first mechanical keyboard... [Cherry G80-8113LRAUS-2]

[theGagne]

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Model: Cherry G80-8113LRAUS-2
Got it on Ebay for about $42 shipped.

Haven't gotten a chance to try it out yet, didn't realize my stupid PC doesn't have PS/2. I'll grab an adapter later and try it out.

Well, it's a little bit of a fixer upper...
The key above escape is missing and the switch looks damaged. Any tips on where to get replacements?

It also needs a good cleaning, so I'll probably take it apart soon.

I was also pleasantly surprised that it uses MX Brown switches, since I thought that the suffix LRAUS means that it should be black or clear? In any case, I DID want brown so this is a good thing.

I will come back in a couple weeks and do an update with how I like it. Even though it needs work, it's still a nice board, especially since similar ones go for $285 on newegg.

[cvalentine]

Good score. Replacement cherry switches can be bought at mouser or digikey.

Open up notepad, and hold down the Control, Alt, and Shift on both sides to program (space to exit programming mode)