Recently found a G80-1000HAY on a local forum.
And boy oh boy what a wild ride this was. The seller told me that the board was very dirty, which of course didnt scare me off. I've dealt with dirty boards before...or so I thought.
Doesn't look too bad!
Until you get a bit closer...
It's probably just grimy right...?
Oh well I'll have to open it anyway for a clean.
At this point I decided this was no longer an inside job...
And thank god I did.
After removing 32 metric fucktons of fluff, crumbs, hair, nails and other bodily fluids from the PCB, it actually started to look kind of clean...albeit a little dusty. After declaring it "safe for use" I decided to just put it back in its case (which I cleaned while the keycaps were soaking).
Actually looking bearable at this point
Case and keycaps were a little yellowed, but the YU excluse keys are still nice and white, except Đ (not sure why).
Overall it was a pretty "fun" clean, I'm just thankful I didnt contract any diseases
Made in 1990, the MX black switches it came with are incredibly smooth and pleasant to type on.
G80-1000HAY
- Tias
- Location: Finland
- Main keyboard: Various Realforce R1 boards, various Cherry G80's
- Main mouse: MX Master 2
- Favorite switch: Og Sony BKE domes + purple sliders, MX Black
- DT Pro Member: 0214
Holy crap , the seller really didn't exaggerate when he said that it was dirty...
You did a fantastic job on cleaning it up though Make sure to burn all equipment used during the cleaning Congrats and hope you enjoy the board!
You did a fantastic job on cleaning it up though Make sure to burn all equipment used during the cleaning Congrats and hope you enjoy the board!
- kbdfr
- The Tiproman
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Main keyboard: Tipro MID-QM-128A + two Tipro matrix modules
- Main mouse: Contour Rollermouse Pro
- Favorite switch: Cherry black
- DT Pro Member: 0010
Once you have cleaned a few keyboards, you are actually immune to a lot of diseases,
but the vaccine overdose contained in this one could certainly have killed you instead
Nice keyboard!
but the vaccine overdose contained in this one could certainly have killed you instead
Nice keyboard!