P775TM1-G keyboard backlight issue

[srs2236]

Hello everyone!

 

Ever since I bought my Clevo 1 year ago I immediately noticed how the Blue lights for whatever reason is much much more dim than Red and Green.

 

Anyone seen something like this? Maybe somebody knows which way I should look for a fix... It's to the point where I would call it non existent. Even in night you can ever so slightly see it. And of course I am now limited in colors because a lot of them don't mix properly anymore in the absence of Blue.

 

Not sure where to start looking for the problem. Also it is not a keyboard issue as I already once had to go through keyboard replacement and as a matter of fact broke the 2nd one aswell... -_- Something with the D key might be wrong with the keyboard batches because while just playing Rocket League most of the time I somehow managed to break D key on both of them in the exact same way, it would slowly start no not register my presses until dying out completely.. Anyways, went off topic a bit.

 

Thanks,

Edgars

[jaybee83]

hey man, thats actually a known issue. may i know how old the machine is?

 

problem is that the blue LEDs get weaker and weaker with time as opposed to the red and green ones. unfortunately there is no fix aside from a brand new replacement keyboard 😅

[srs2236]

3 minutes ago, jaybee83 said:

hey man, thats actually a known issue. may i know how old the machine is?

 

problem is that the blue LEDs get weaker and weaker with time as opposed to the red and green ones. unfortunately there is no fix aside from a brand new replacement keyboard 😅

Interesting... That means both keyboards I had was with the Blue LED weared out.

 

Technically possible because neither was brand new.

 

Good to know! If possible (big doubt) I will try to source a brand new one!

 

As always thanks for the reply🙂✌️

[jaybee83]

11 minutes ago, srs2236 said:

Interesting... That means both keyboards I had was with the Blue LED weared out.

 

Technically possible because neither was brand new.

 

Good to know! If possible (big doubt) I will try to source a brand new one!

 

As always thanks for the reply🙂✌️

you got it bud, happy to help. keep us in the loop on how it goes with the keyboard hunting 🙂 

 

btw, i had the exact same issue, blue LEDs started out quite bright and then got weaker every year....before the keyboard lighting completely gave out on me (LED cable broke 😞)

[srs2236]

On 7/11/2022 at 11:44 PM, jaybee83 said:

you got it bud, happy to help. keep us in the loop on how it goes with the keyboard hunting 🙂 

 

btw, i had the exact same issue, blue LEDs started out quite bright and then got weaker every year....before the keyboard lighting completely gave out on me (LED cable broke 😞)

You were right!

 

I had to wait a long time to finally hunt down a keyboard for a reasonable price. They are literally unavailable unless you buy from aliexpress for a hefty 100GBP price. I was able to hunt down a spares/repairs listing for P751 and even though it was not for parts I wrote a message offering 75 for the keyboard alone and he accepted.

 

Anyways, you were right about the LED wear overtime. I got lucky on this one and for the first time I finally see the full spectrum of colors from my keyboard! 😃

 

Now just have to stop playing Rocket League on my main keyboard because I am scared of them failing now. This is my 3rd keyboard for my P775 over 1year of usage... =D yikes

 

And oddly enough both of them failed in exact same fashion. D key stopped registering strokes slowly until completely dying out for one and the other just sometimes worked but most of the time didn't. I think it has something to do with a lot of key strokes during Rocket League =D

 

Also funny how I upgrade this machine and try to push it to the limits and end up spending most of my time playing Rocket League xD

 

 

[jaybee83]

10 hours ago, srs2236 said:

You were right!

 

I had to wait a long time to finally hunt down a keyboard for a reasonable price. They are literally unavailable unless you buy from aliexpress for a hefty 100GBP price. I was able to hunt down a spares/repairs listing for P751 and even though it was not for parts I wrote a message offering 75 for the keyboard alone and he accepted.

 

Anyways, you were right about the LED wear overtime. I got lucky on this one and for the first time I finally see the full spectrum of colors from my keyboard! 😃

 

Now just have to stop playing Rocket League on my main keyboard because I am scared of them failing now. This is my 3rd keyboard for my P775 over 1year of usage... =D yikes

 

And oddly enough both of them failed in exact same fashion. D key stopped registering strokes slowly until completely dying out for one and the other just sometimes worked but most of the time didn't. I think it has something to do with a lot of key strokes during Rocket League =D

 

Also funny how I upgrade this machine and try to push it to the limits and end up spending most of my time playing Rocket League xD

 

 

 

lulz i know the feeling man, the upgrading / tinkering is sometimes the main part of the fun. the actual utilization is then underwhelming. i mean im currently running my 4090 at a measly 100-150W TDP while replaying the Wolfenstein series, thats all it takes for the games to be maxxed out at 4K LOL

but nevertheless im having sooooo much fun, omg. loving Hyperion 😍

[MiRaGe]

On 10/26/2022 at 1:19 PM, srs2236 said:

You were right!

 

I had to wait a long time to finally hunt down a keyboard for a reasonable price. They are literally unavailable unless you buy from aliexpress for a hefty 100GBP price. I was able to hunt down a spares/repairs listing for P751 and even though it was not for parts I wrote a message offering 75 for the keyboard alone and he accepted.

 

Anyways, you were right about the LED wear overtime. I got lucky on this one and for the first time I finally see the full spectrum of colors from my keyboard! 😃

 

Now just have to stop playing Rocket League on my main keyboard because I am scared of them failing now. This is my 3rd keyboard for my P775 over 1year of usage... =D yikes

 

And oddly enough both of them failed in exact same fashion. D key stopped registering strokes slowly until completely dying out for one and the other just sometimes worked but most of the time didn't. I think it has something to do with a lot of key strokes during Rocket League =D

 

Also funny how I upgrade this machine and try to push it to the limits and end up spending most of my time playing Rocket League xD

 

 

Exactly same problem here - D key stopped responding in WarZone...

Is a new keyboard my only option?

[matyee]

clevo is a great machine but the keyboard. it is a CRAP. the cable underheat breaks easly. certain color goes out than certain keys…

for used machines whick were taken apart it is quite common…

i bough a brand new also had 2 dead keys..

[srs2236]

On 7/21/2023 at 2:30 PM, MiRaGe said:

 

 

Exactly same problem here - D key stopped responding in WarZone...

Is a new keyboard my only option?

For me unfortunately buying a new one was the only option. Well not exactly new, I bought used. I figured it didn't have much use because backlight works well for all colors even still. Been playing hard mashing buttons on Rocket League for 8 months now, still going strong! I guess it depends on how lucky you get with the keyboards..

[zex4]

As far I know from the old notebookreview forum it's because of the heat from chipset but I don't rly think that's the problem 🤔

[runix18]

Just change the goddamn things😉 they are not that very expensive.

They die because they are flimsy and of bad quality. Clevo keyboards on these series are crap.

[srs2236]

3 hours ago, runix18 said:

Just change the goddamn things😉 they are not that very expensive.

They die because they are flimsy and of bad quality. Clevo keyboards on these series are crap.

Well, before for me it was 2 keyboards dead with the exact same issue in like 3-4 month timeframe. That is a really bad failure rate if you ask me. And I wouldn't say they are cheap either, they in that time for example were hard to find they wasn't even on aliexpress and nobody had them used. I had to message someones selling a Clevo for parts and I asked only about keyboard. And once they came out on AliExpress they were litterally 100euros. IDK whats cheap to others but 100euros is definately not cheap for me. I think my replacement from the guy in the end cost 60euros + I sent him my old broken one so he had something to put in its place.

[srs2236]

4 hours ago, zex4 said:

As far I know from the old notebookreview forum it's because of the heat from chipset but I don't rly think that's the problem 🤔

I can confirm this is most likely not the case as I have copper shims and high quality thermal pads on the chipset + I have like 0.2mm copper all along the keyboard and thermal pads between the keyboard and the metal chassis that chipset is being cooled by and also the RAM is cooled against my keyboard using thermal pads so, heat is not the issue here in my opinion. And I know because mine can get hot by the touch under heavy load. but it is weird that the D button fails first. For my first two keyboard the only button that failed was the D button. Very interesting to see someone else have the same issue. I thought it was just coincidence.

[runix18]

54 minutes ago, srs2236 said:

Well, before for me it was 2 keyboards dead with the exact same issue in like 3-4 month timeframe. That is a really bad failure rate if you ask me. And I wouldn't say they are cheap either, they in that time for example were hard to find they wasn't even on aliexpress and nobody had them used. I had to message someones selling a Clevo for parts and I asked only about keyboard. And once they came out on AliExpress they were litterally 100euros. IDK whats cheap to others but 100euros is definately not cheap for me. I think my replacement from the guy in the end cost 60euros + I sent him my old broken one so he had something to put in its place.

2 keyboards in aprox 8 monts? Thats very bad. I also changed the keyboard to my P870 2 years ago, found a p750ZM (thats what was writen on the box), cost me 50 euros. It worked fine, still is but the up arrow is coming loose by itself, like I said they are of very bad quality.