Tutorial: How to install LED backlit keyboard to Asus U36

King_Khan · 12-22-2011, 08:22 PM

The holes aren't lining up at all for me. I made the same holes as in the picture but all my holes are a little higher than the threads

King_Khan · 12-22-2011, 10:11 PM

Well i got some good and bad news. the good news is i got the screw out

I had to basically destroy it. The bad news is, the u80 keyboard doesnt seem to work. The LED's i guess dont work either. I soldered the two wires to the ribbon cable and then hooked it up to a cell phone battery. They did not light up. I guess the holes i poked into the sheet killed it. Im surprised about the keyboard though. I'm not sure how i killed it. Anyways i was able to bend my original keyboard back into shape and put the laptop back together. I'm happy with that atleast. Wish i coulda got this working.

hanime · 12-23-2011, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by King_Khan

The holes aren't lining up at all for me. I made the same holes as in the picture but all my holes are a little higher than the threads

The holes did not line up for me too when I had mine--only about 5-6 of them did perfectly. The rest were a few mm off. I had to redrill the rest with the X-acto knife + drill bit. It was worth the patience though.

That's sad your U80 keyboard did not light up. Check the LEDs on the bottom of the black sheet--you may have drilled through those LEDs. If you drill anywhere else, I don't think it would break it. Are you sure you are giving the keyboard 5V? What about typing, does that work too? Time for another shot at another U80 keyboard?

King_Khan · 12-23-2011, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by hanime

The holes did not line up for me too when I had mine--only about 5-6 of them did perfectly. The rest were a few mm off. I had to redrill the rest with the X-acto knife + drill bit. It was worth the patience though.

That's sad your U80 keyboard did not light up. Check the LEDs on the bottom of the black sheet--you may have drilled through those LEDs. If you drill anywhere else, I don't think it would break it. Are you sure you are giving the keyboard 5V? What about typing, does that work too? Time for another shot at another U80 keyboard?

yea i think im just better off ordering a new one. I tested the leds be hooking them up to a 3.7V battery. I'm pretty sure that should be enough to atleast get the leds to light up. I'm just a little confused about how you made the holes with the X-acto knife and drill bit. I'm just not sure how to do it.

hanime · 12-24-2011, 12:35 AM

Combine the X-acto knife and drill bit looking something like this: http://www.hondachopper.com/garage/c...epair/pic1.jpg

Then apply your hand and twist the hole slowly at the spot. Sometimes you have to apply pressure to make it go deeper. Patience is the key.

fartsimpson · 01-24-2012, 07:46 AM

Hi, I wanted to ask whether you know where to get a german-layout U80 keyboard? I can't find one. Also did you get to work the F3/F4 toggle for the backlight? Is it possible to use the button on the top left, which changes your energy profile to toggle the light?

hanime · 02-04-2012, 02:11 PM

There is only the Arabic version that I know of, but not German. I couldn't get the F3/F4 button to work with the toggle--it is beyond my knowledge and maybe a hardware limitation. I haven't thought about using the top left button. If anyone have a solution, please share.

rotarymaz · 02-04-2012, 10:13 PM

Just got my keyboard today. There's a plastic cover over the power connector, should I take this off. Also, how do you determine which is power and ground on the power wire? Thx.

thatA52FX3 · 02-06-2012, 02:03 PM

can this be done with a Asus A52f x3, Can i use my friends G73sw keyboard?

dizzaholic · 02-12-2012, 02:11 PM

since the backlit led's are always on does it consume a lot of battery life?