SteelSeries 6G does not slow down, TTC Kuaiyin you remember - let the old keyboard continue to "hurricane"

This is a SteelSeries 6GV2 mechanical keyboard of a friend of mine. From the model of the keyboard, it can be seen that the keyboard has been in service for a long time. After all, it is also a classic mechanical keyboard product that has been discontinued for many years. It is usually used for playing games, and multiple switches on the keyboard have poor triggering and double-clicking. After discussing with this friend, we decided to replace all the cherry red switches on the keyboard with TTC fast silver switches.

Keyboard model

The oldest model of the cherry red switch has reached the end of its lifespan.

There are still about 150 TTC fast silver switches in hand, and the trigger speed of the modified keyboard will be faster.

The total stroke of the TTC fast silver switch is 3.4mm, the trigger stroke is 1.08mm, the initial pressure is 39gf, the trigger pressure is 45gf, and the key life can reach 100 million times.

It is already difficult to see the large L-shaped enter key.

After removing the keyboard, clean the inside of the keyboard with a brush. My friend smokes, and there is still some soot inside.

Clean the keyboard and prepare for disassembly.

Remove the four screws marked with red circles at the bottom.

There are four plastic buckle positions on the front of the keyboard.

The location of the plastic snap on the back of the keyboard.

Unplug the wiring terminals.

Overall close-up of keyboard PCB

Prepare a soldering iron, tin suction device and needle-nose pliers before removing the shaft.

The pins of the keyboard shaft body have been bent, which has never been seen on other keyboards.

Keyboard master close-up

Shaft removal is a tedious and tedious process.

Even if the solder joints are cleaned, it is a bit difficult to pull out with needle-nose pliers because the pins are bent.

All the Cherry Red shafts were removed, and the removed shafts went straight to the trash.

PCB overall close-up

Install the TTC quick silver shaft on the shaft position.

TTC fast silver shaft close-up

Re-weld the shaft body, the solder joints are a bit ugly but full.

Solder joint close-up

After the welding is completed, connect the keyboard to the wire and perform a button trigger test to avoid missing welding or other problems that cause the trigger failure of the shaft body and then disassemble the keyboard again.

After installing the upper and lower shells of the keyboard, perform a trigger test on all the keys of the keyboard again to ensure that all the keys can work normally. The win key in the lower left corner of the test software is not triggered because the key in the lower left corner of the SteelSeries 6GV2 keyboard is not the win key but the fn function key. The entire shaft replacement project took 1 hour and 40 minutes. The overall efficiency is not slow, but it is very boring and repeats the same thing. Finally, after the keyboard is reassembled, there is still a sense of accomplishment. It is estimated that this keyboard will not be a big problem for another 5 years, and my friend can continue to "hurrah" in the game world again.