Dying RGB LED on a Corsair K95 RGB Platinum (non XT)

[Brando Braganza]

Anyone else having this issue? I'm just past 1 month after the manufacturer's 2 year warranty.
 

The RGB LED for "P" switch has deteriorated and is now noticeably less bright compared to all the other LED's.
I remember having this issue for the same LED switch within a year of purchase but at that time, it only persisted for a few days/weeks.

I mostly have the LED's set on a static primary colour and just cycle through different ones on a per week basis so the defect is very noticeable for my use case.

It also looks like the LED's on these are directly soldered into the PCB motherboard - https://www.techpowerup.com/review/corsair-k95-platinum/4.html
Any recommendations on the best type of RGB LED to replace it with?
 

 

Edited October 5, 2021 by Brando Braganza

[Brando Braganza]

@LinusTech any chance you guys can create a video for replacing SMD LED's for these types of PC Peripherals?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/254544014991?hash=item3b44016e8f:g:RFIAAOSwxelecbXA

[TukangUsapEmenq]

If you eager to do it, you actually can do it by yourself using soldering iron, yet, otherwise, let someone that's experienced in microsoldering do it for you if you're uncomfortable for doing it yourself.

 

The warranty's out anyway. 

[Brando Braganza]

On 10/7/2021 at 4:15 PM, TukangUsapEmenq said:

If you eager to do it, you actually can do it by yourself using soldering iron, yet, otherwise, let someone that's experienced in microsoldering do it for you if you're uncomfortable for doing it yourself.

 

The warranty's out anyway. 

@TukangUsapEmenq That was exactly my plan and the reason why I reached out to Corsair Support.

I wanted to get at least the bare details of the technical specs for the SMD LED since I could do it using my own soldering tools although the most I did soldering wise was replace a mouse switch/clicker.

Lucky for me, Corsair Email Tech Support for some reason thought it would be better to process a "courtesy exception" RMA so I'm now looking forward to a KB refresh lol!
I guess NOT having any authorized Corsair repair centers through their authorized Distributor/Reseller here in the Philippines worked in my favor.

[WinDreamer]

For future reference:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RGB-Replacement-SMD-LED-Corsair-K65-K70-K95-RGB/254960362726

[Brando Braganza]

On 11/21/2021 at 8:19 PM, WinDreamer said:

For future reference:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RGB-Replacement-SMD-LED-Corsair-K65-K70-K95-RGB/254960362726

Actually found this and might buy in Jan.
Take note of the 1 unit count on the eBay listing VS the 1 lot/100 pieces on the AliExpress one.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000969072323.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.6a1a24cbu0i8u0&algo_pvid=2045c09c-1c81-4e30-be26-bb4d9c919489&algo_exp_id=2045c09c-1c81-4e30-be26-bb4d9c919489-0&pdp_ext_f={"sku_id"%3A"10000012964626549"}