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Hey guys, I just today purchased a razer blade 2017 edition laptop from ebay however it has the german style keyboard layout. I was wondering wether or not you are able to change this to a english keyboard  layout as some keys have different shapes. I cant imagine razer building differnet skeletons for different keyboards however would still like to ask! here is a picture of the keyboard it currently has and the one i would like to have.

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Doesn't look like it, especially as the enter button is a different size, so you'd need to replace the entire top part of the chase, along with the keyboard. 

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you can change the settings in windows, which will change what each key actually does to make it what you're used to, however the keyboard itself cant be changed.

 

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Keyboard is replaceable on the blade 14's. I havent seen the 2017 personally yet myself, but the chroma lighting keyboards were introduced in the early 2016 model of the blade. I would be willing to bet that any keyboard or top assembly for the early 2016, late 2016 or 2017 would be compatible swap for you. Please note that I have no idea about the german layout ones and english layout ones as I've ever only seen the english ones.

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