My Logitech G15 keyboard's enter key died yesterday. Since I had to open it up for repair, I decided to mod it too. Mine is a 1st gen G15. The 1st gen G15's came with a lousy quality silver paint on the top part. Most of them start to rub off at the palm areas just below the bottom left Windows key. It leaves an ugly grey patch there. U'll c the ugly grey patch in a later pic once I start to dissamble the kb.

Anyway, let's get on with the mod. Started by flipping the kb onto the back so I can remove all the big black screws.









Then I popped the top piece off.









Removed all the wires n popped off the main keyboard.









Flip it around n u'll c a clear acrylic piece that diffuses the light from the blue LEDs that gives the keys a nice even glow. Remove the 13 chrome screws on that piece and the kb contact n silicone piece comes off.










After removing the chrome screws u can remove the contact n silicone pad. I also removed all the keys at the same time. There's an amazing amount of dust that gets caught in there i tell u.



This post has been edited by ianho: Jan 16 2008, 09:24 AM

This is the silver piece with the lousy paint. Look at the silver paint in the red circle. It's completely rubbed off to the grey base. I've been wanting to remove everything so I can repaint the silver piece. Luckily I haven't had the time to do so. Or else I would haf had to do everything all over again after the Enter key died. After removing all the parts I took all the non electrical parts into the bathroom and gave them a good bath. My G15 was came out from the spa all refreshed after that.












After a proper cleaning n sum surface preparation on the silver piece, I painted it in pearl white color.










It's very hard to get pearl white to show in pictures so I did a macro shot for u guys to really see the pearl white paint. Normal distance pics make it look like normal gloss white. For those who r curious about the painting process to achieve this. It's 4 layers of gloss white to make sure the base coat is a nice even white. Then 2 layers of pearl white n finally 2 layers of clear coat on top to protect the pearl paint. The painting is really tedious. 8 coats of paint with 30 minutes drying time between coats. That's 4 hours just on drying time! After that I left it to dry properly overnight b4 reassembly.











I started the reassembly this morning by popping all the keys back in.










Almost there, all keys reassembled.

This step is very important for u fellas planning to try this on ur own. Make sure u reassemble the keys properly. The long buttons like Space n Shift for eg. haf a metal bar thingy there to ensure a nice even keystroke. U hafta make sure u assemble it back properly like the pic below or the keys will lose the nice even keystroke.









After that I put the contact pads back on.









All done.










Last step is to plug it into the PC n pray....................................











I'm very happy to report that I've managed to bring the Enter key back to life. Fortunately it was a dirty contact. I cleaned it with alcohol n it works perfectly now. Everything else like the all important LCD works perfectly too. That was the thing I was most worried about as a lot of mods on the G15 have dead LCDs due to careless handling. I handled mine with kid gloves to make sure everything works after reassembly. I'm so happy now. After a year of heavy usage, the G15 was looking really beat up n dirty. It now looks spanking new with a new coat a pearl white paint to boot. Now all u fellas with expired warranties................. GOGOGO. What r u waiting for?

Wahaha, nice job and good touch up
I guess no one could it better than uncle ianho

Whoa.... finally mod ur own G15.. hmm.. got to say it looks very nice.. now can match ur Rig.. haha..
took u 1 day to do everything?

Very nice touch!
What's that red button above the arrow keys that you removed?

that is just simply a red button for fun lol..panic button
nice mod on there, it really contrast between the white and and the black

even the keyboard also cannot escape the hand of mad doctor..........

uncle ianho, next item inline for the surgery is which ???

This post has been edited by LExus65: Oct 19 2007, 02:17 PM

his G9.. hahahaha...

Ya it takes 1 whole day plus 1 day drying time after final coat of paint. So it's actually a 2 day process.






It's a panic button. Press oni it will eject me to Bali for a nice holiday!






Mebe. Mebe. who knows.

Soon ur guy's will saw Ianho brand product selling at all IT Market.....

"PIMP MY RIG" IANHO!!!!

Haha .. nice work

Ask Kit to market it in Thundermatch lar. I gif him 1st priority.

Panic button..thats one panic button I wouldn't mind 'accidentally' pressing a few times... lol..

where u get the white pearl paint from?

Uncle will has his own brand soon?

oi uncle, wt happen to the panic button!!!!

dude....that's a freaking cool stuff!

Stil lookin live n kicking arse..

freakin nice mod..