Cherry MX Red Replacement?

[Goldensapling]

So basically, I'm an idiot and spilled Green Nectar of the Gods on my Corsair K65 RGB, and now I need to replace a couple of the switches. They're Cherry MX Reds. I know it needs to be soldered and shit, but where can I find switches? Also, as far as I know, I just need a clear switch for the RGB to shine through, right?

 

EDIT : Would it be possible to just pop out the keys and replace them with other keys (windows key and shit) to repair them? 

[TrigrH]

9 minutes ago, Goldensapling said:

So basically, I'm an idiot and spilled Green Nectar of the Gods on my Corsair K65 RGB, and now I need to replace a couple of the switches. They're Cherry MX Reds. I know it needs to be soldered and shit, but where can I find switches? Also, as far as I know, I just need a clear switch for the RGB to shine through, right?

 

EDIT : Would it be possible to just pop out the keys and replace them with other keys (windows key and shit) to repair them? 

i think the switches are plate mounted so..

[Goldensapling]

Just now, TrigrH said:

i think the switches are plate mounted so..

 

[TrigrH]

2 minutes ago, Goldensapling said:

 

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http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=139410

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Cant you pull off the keycap then remove the top half of the housing and swap the guts? ive seen people do this with cherry switches or is the metal plate in the way on teh Corsair keyboards.

The plate is in the way. Desoldering is necessary.

 

[spwath]

You Can not buy mx rgb's anywhere

 

You could fix it with non rgbs but then no backlight on the keys.

[Goldensapling]

1 minute ago, spwath said:

You Can not buy mx rgb's anywhere

 

You could fix it with non rgbs but then no backlight on the keys.

Well shit, looks like I'll just have to swap the Windows key or something with the key I broke

 

Rest in Corsair ;_;

[spwath]

9 minutes ago, Goldensapling said:

Well shit, looks like I'll just have to swap the Windows key or something with the key I broke

 

Rest in Corsair ;_;

Yeah, that Will work if you are comfortable soldering and desoldering.

[Goldensapling]

Update on this in case anyone is lurking, I desoldered my sticky key and my Windows key and switched them around. Now I have a sticky Windows key. But who cares honestly