Gigabyte Aivia K8100 V2.0

[Fassou]

Back in 2013, I was looking for backlit keyboards, when a friend offered me one he wasn't using, because he said I shouldn't know how to use it, that it did strange things to him.

Intrigued by the strange things that keyboard could do, and suspicious of how silly my friend could be, if it was about macros that he didn't know how to remove , I accepted the gift.

It was a Gigabyte Aivia K8100 V2.0 keyboard, which indeed has backlighting, two USB 2.0 connectors, macro keys, wrist rest, a key protector, and a row of touch buttons at the top, which are tactile.

After delivering me the monstrous box it came in, I take out the keyboard as is, with built-in wrist rest, clearly to take up less space :facepalm:, USB cable, good quality, I check the transparent rubber piece as a key protector, remembering my friend's comment, referring to it as the savior :ffu:.

Well, it didn't look bad, and once I received the CSI report on the key protector, with a reassuring negative in fluids, I proceed to connect it and everything seems to be going well, but I quickly check what those strange things were that the keyboard was doing.

Basically, after a while, the touch screen is possessed by a Poltergeist, which lowers the volume, turns off the sound or manipulates the play buttons at will, which if it happens when you're watching a video or playing, can get you a little annoyed.

After searching for information on the Gigabyte website, I found one of their forums, where I found many users who were experiencing the same thing, with no response from the manufacturer other than a recommendation to separate the keyboard and its cable from any other electronic device, because the screen could be affected by the electromagnetic field and activate on its own.

After many tests to isolate interference from other devices, we asked the seller about a possible RMA, with the response "If you want, I'll exchange it for a new one, but it will do the same thing to you, because you're not the first one I've had to exchange it for", which was unfortunately confirmed in the aforementioned forum.

Seeing that the warranty in this case was useless, we took out the killing tools.

The solution was a DIY (Do It Yourself) as the English say, le bricolage as the French would say, or to make a Benito and Company as the sophisticated ones say around here, which is basically a fix or a mess of all time.

With the clear conviction of opening the peripheral and ripping out the evil part or dying in the attempt (the keyboard, I mean), I disassemble the bottom and after unscrewing the main board, I discover under it, the source of evil.

The auxiliary board connects to the main board of the keyboard through pin connectors, which rest on them, so it's not enough to disconnect a connection, but you have to remove the touch board.

The external plastic piece that acts as a touch surface is glued with double-sided tape to the auxiliary board, so it takes a bit to peel it off, but with a little patience, you can remove it by gently prying.

Well, to sum up, the dog is dead and the rage is over

Now the keyboard maintains all its functions, except the touch screen (sound / playback) :ugly:, and we can consider it exorcised, so I recommend it to everyone who may have this problem, or rather, to everyone who has the bad luck to have bought this keyboard, and can't get a satisfactory solution through other means (changing to another model, etc...).

Salu2!

[cobito]

I don't have that keyboard, but I've been enjoying reading the story :ugly:

[amd125]

Too bad it has those flaws because the keyboard is beautiful. But well, a small tweak and it's fixed :ugly:

[Sylver]

Great job, better story. I'll stick with this:

@Fassou:

…once I received the CSI report on the keyguard, with a reassuring negative on fluids, I proceeded to connect it and everything seems to be going well...

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Epic!

Cheers!

[Tecnho]

Keyboard really nice, but the fluid protector is of little use to you if you have the problem of the volume going up while watching websites of dubious morality XD.

[whoololon]

@Tecnho:

Keyboard really nice, but the fluid protector is of little use to you if you get the volume up failure while watching websites of dubious morality XD.

…is the computer definition for "climax"?

[Fassou]

It has always been known that the most developed sense when watching porn is hearing

Salu2!