hi

my lycosa arrived today.
in my opinion the backgroundlight is to dark so i opend the keyboard and search a solution.

first the complete backgroundlight are some smd-leds at the bottom of the board
they are in a transparent plastic panel to diffuse the blue light.
behind every key are "diffusing points" to let the light out on its right place
thats the reason why the backgroundlight is darker than the WASD cluster. in this cluster behind every key is a smd led (why not every key equiped with a led and the user can choose which keys will glow that would be cool).
so here are a picture of the resistors for the complete backgroundlight.

(http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/317/1011021pw5.th.jpg)
i bypassed this two resistors (R10 R7) to get more voltage (orginal: 3.7V...tuned: 4.7V)
3.7V is optimal for leds without a limiting resistor but i saw that every led has a resistor too
so i bypassed this two 100ohm resistors (R10) and it works great
much better to read the glowing keys with that tuning.

for this mod you will need:

a soldering station whith a small peak
a sharp tweezer to focus the wire
an isolated wire
some soldering tin

then you only have to bridge each resistor itself with the wire..nothing more

if you have any questions pls ask before killing your lightning or board

Just wondering, is that possible in the future to 'power up' the lights with a firmware update? I truly hope so...

no i don´t think there will be a firmware option to power up the lights..there you have to change the voltage or the resistors with software.
its possible but not with that keyboard.


brighter..hm... so 30%-40%
it is possible to read all keys from sitting position without beeing direct over the keyboard
my viewing-angle is 45% on my keys

perhaps one led is broken or something on the left bottom side.
could be the only reason that this part is darker

on my keyboard only j k l m and the keys around there are a bit darker but good readable

i don´t know the position of the WASD leds.
there is a white "reflection" foil over the whole plastic-panel. the complete panel is mounted with some screws and i didn´t want to disassemble the complete keyboard

perhaps i would do this in the future but at the moment i have no need to do that

but i think it is possible to change the position of the leds with some very thin coated wire and soldering knowhow ! perhaps you will need some new smd leds if the old one are going to crack

in deutsch wärs einfacher gewesen zu erklären
so gut bin ich nich in englisch

Hmm, could you take a picture of the modded keyboard? Considering moding mine as well...

Middle of keyboard on mine is ok, but that's how the cluster of keys on the left side of my board look.

You are correct, poci! I've now fixed mine! One side of the led panel was ok, the other side was way out of position.

Thanks mate, much appreciated.