peripherals Fun things to do with Peripherals

[Luke022]

So this morning, I spilled this ENTIRE MUG full of hard worked for french press coffee, which I wanted to drink so bad, all over my Black Widow Ultimate (No never got the chroma sadly)  Anyways, the whole cup went into this keyboard.  I quickly unplugged it after spam typing for a second with rage (even tho no characters showed up).  So I cleaned off my desk (which is a playing card table, cause college) and thankfully nothing else got soaked in this delicious coffee.  Anyways It wasn't working, like anyone would do, it took it apart voiding the warranty.  My fingers are still raw from prying up all the keys.  So after i got it stripped to just the green metal and PCB I set it up to a fan to dry, with low expectations.  I had to find a way to kill time and since my keyboard was already apart, I figured I'd clean it, shout out to Slim for that video! (which I had to search for by emailing the alphabet from my phone to myself then copy pasting the letters cause screw on screen keyboard).  So after that I saw the from...Just sitting there....Alone....

So with more time to spare, I walked around the block to the Lowe's right by my house, picked up some spray paint, And went at it.  I like the look, this isn't going on here for your approval just so someone else can do it with a cool idea too.  So reassembled the keyboard after the paint and PCB dried, and somehow it works.  Here you go, the picture of my finished and working "beauty."  

Original / Picture from the internet (didn't take before picture cause I wasn't expecting to spill coffee all over it)

Now (sorry for the LG G3 camera and the mess)

The Perp (yes that is the coffee I was so dearly looking forward to drinking, The picture was taken for snapchat and after it spilled I saved it from my story.)

P.S. I am colorblind, I chose blue cause my H440 is blue (I think) I would LOVE to see other people do fun stuff like this.  I will try to respond ASAP if anyone has any questions, thanks!

[Energycore]

The one time I spilled coffee over my keyboard I gave it a hearty Isopropyl alcohol bath.

 

Dries much faster and can even work while drying!

[HPWebcamAble]

5 minutes ago, Luke022 said:

I had to search for by emailing the alphabet from my phone to myself then copy pasting the letters cause screw on screen keyboard

I commend the effort sir, but.. is the on screen keyboard really that bad?

[Luke022]

I should've done that, but now I get the added bonus of my keyboard smelling like coffe  And I didn't have any iso-alcohol

[Sentryy]

The blue looks good, I think if you had the blue led one it would look better. But good job, and if you like how it looks; that is all that matters.

[Luke022]

Just now, Luke022 said:

I should've done that, but now I get the added bonus of my keyboard smelling like coffe  And I didn't have any iso-alcohol

Also, the spray paint feels surprisingly good and close to the original bottom plastic, not quite as soft as the top finish but still good. I have long finders anyways so my hands almost never touched the finish anyways.

[Luke022]

3 minutes ago, HPWebcamAble said:

I commend the effort sir, but.. is the on screen keyboard really that bad?

I also would've had to send the email to search for the onscreen keyboard anyways because I am not aware of how to get to it through the windows button.

[Energycore]

I like razer's stuff in blue better than green.

[HPWebcamAble]

1 hour ago, Luke022 said:

I also would've had to send the email to search for the onscreen keyboard anyways because I am not aware of how to get to it through the windows button.

Right click Windows Start menu > Control Panel > Ease of Access > Ease of Access Center > Start On-Screen Keyboard

[Speakerator]

I did the "mat-your-glossy-plastic" mod with some polishing pads on my BlackWidow , but the paint looks rad as well, congrats on the job

[Luke022]

20 hours ago, Speakerator said:

I did the "mat-your-glossy-plastic" mod with some polishing pads on my BlackWidow , but the paint looks rad as well, congrats on the job

Thanks! It was a pretty easy, on the fly thing but it did turn out well.  I wouldnt like the finish on a mouse or anything but it feels fine on the edges.