Monsterbox
04-20-2008, 06:07 PM
So, I decided to do a little mod for my kids as they got a hand-me-down machine from my sister. Her keyboard was an utter catastrophe, so I decided I'd do a little touch-up to it and at the same time do a little recolor as the chitlins did not want the 'same-old' black keyboard.
As such, I decided to rip the original apart, clean it (never eat at the keyboard kids) and recolor it a nice shiny red.
So, here's the pics:
Click the image for the bigger picture.
Topless keyboard!
http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/01_thumb.jpg (http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/01.jpg)
Don't eat at the keyboard kids
http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/02_thumb.jpg (http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/02.jpg)
No, I'm serious, don't do it
http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/03_thumb.jpg (http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/03.jpg)
After a nice bath and a good scrubbing...
http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/04_thumb.jpg (http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/04.jpg)
Top, painted red
http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/05_thumb.jpg (http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/05.jpg)
Backside, painted red
http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/06_thumb.jpg (http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/06.jpg)
Reassembled, no keys
http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/07_thumb.jpg (http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/07.jpg)
Reassembled, with keys
http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/08_thumb.jpg (http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/08.jpg)
Rebuilt, plugged-in and running
http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/09_thumb.jpg (http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/09.jpg)
Link To Original Worklog (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14281)
As such, I decided to rip the original apart, clean it (never eat at the keyboard kids) and recolor it a nice shiny red.
So, here's the pics:
Click the image for the bigger picture.
Topless keyboard!
http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/01_thumb.jpg (http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/01.jpg)
Don't eat at the keyboard kids
http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/02_thumb.jpg (http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/02.jpg)
No, I'm serious, don't do it
http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/03_thumb.jpg (http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/03.jpg)
After a nice bath and a good scrubbing...
http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/04_thumb.jpg (http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/04.jpg)
Top, painted red
http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/05_thumb.jpg (http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/05.jpg)
Backside, painted red
http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/06_thumb.jpg (http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/06.jpg)
Reassembled, no keys
http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/07_thumb.jpg (http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/07.jpg)
Reassembled, with keys
http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/08_thumb.jpg (http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/08.jpg)
Rebuilt, plugged-in and running
http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/09_thumb.jpg (http://www.monsterb0x.com/images/mod/keyboard/09.jpg)
Link To Original Worklog (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14281)