deskthority

So I have some key caps from WASDKeyboards and with the green back lighting of my BlackWidow Ultimate 2013, they change color a little and look weird with green light showing through the sides and I am pretty OCD about this and really want the LEDS gone. I think my keyboard would look extremely sexy without the LEDS in the specific keys. Thanks guys!

Is there no way to disable the LEDs? Open the keyboard and desolder the LEDs. I guess that would be the cleanest way to do it.

There is several brightness setting, one of which is OFF. I can't remember if it save it brightness state between power cycle, but even if not a minor annoyance to turn it off each time. Otherwise, desolder all LED is best. Breaking literally the LED would be ill advised for sure.

If you can't just switch it off, sell the BW Ultimate and buy a BW non-Ultimate, which is the same thing without backlighting.

Thanks for the input guys. I don't have a soldering iron nor do I know how to desoler/solder lol. My BW Ultimate cannot disable certain LEDs I dont think if I am correct. Any other way? Is there like custom software to disable some? And I cannot go and change my BW ult for a normal BW as I need back lighting as I play in the dark a lot and I cannot touch type. I only want to disable some LEDs which are the keys I know what they are if that makes sense lol. Thank you guys and happy new year!

Black paint?

what about using normal keycaps ? should hide most of the light !

Desolder is not that hard and a crappy soldering iron and tools is not that expensive. Don't you know anyone with the tools that can help you?

I know no one with a soldering iron lmao. That is weird yeah. Black paint could work but I am scared it may leak into the LED socket and break the key? I would prefer like a software for the keyboard or like a technique you could use with nose pliers...

Eh? Go to some shop or maybe a technical college/high school or something like that. I'm positive they will let you desolder this thing for a few minutes, it's not like it costs them anything.