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Modded my ASUS G73jh's Keyboard Backlight Colour

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First post, by Malik

Posted on 2011-09-29, 10:01

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Always wanted to do this but just had the time today to see how others did it.

I bought few coloured films (transparent coloured paper) used commonly here by the chinese to make those hanging lanterns for kids (called Tanglungs).

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Just made a slight modification though. I wanted to separate the WSAD and arrow keys from the rest, and then some.

Also, I pasted the colour film directly behind the keyboard.

Used 4 colours in total.

Originally the whole keyboard has a white light, which I didn't cover at WSAD, Arrow keys and the rest of the keyboard where it's white. (These are the original light.)

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Reply 1 of 5, by RogueTrip2012

Posted on 2011-09-30, 01:42

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Now that is sweet! Good job! Reminds me of the periodic table chart 😀

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Reply 2 of 5, by Malik

Posted on 2011-09-30, 08:11

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Heh, now that you mentioned it, it does look like a periodic table! 😁

The yellow was a bit obtrusive, so made a bit more adjustments :

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Reply 3 of 5, by sprcorreia

Posted on 2011-09-30, 13:46

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Times have changed... If this was a retro keyboard the highlighted keys would be Q, A, I, O, P and SPACE. 😉

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Reply 4 of 5, by keropi

Posted on 2011-09-30, 16:32

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sprcorreia wrote:
Times have changed... If this was a retro keyboard the highligthed keys would be Q, A, I, O, P and SPACE. 😉

🤣 true!
Nice work Malik, personally I use a Sidewinder X6 keyboard and I love it's red leds...

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Reply 5 of 5, by Malik

Posted on 2011-09-30, 16:50

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Ya, those keys were classically familiar.

In my main system, I'm using a Logitech keyboard - G115. You can change the colours displayed within the range of blue to red, and any palette in between. I tend to stick to the red light too.

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