Need help with case replacement

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Hello all,

So I tried the v1 backlight mod and I successfully soldered all the leds on both half. This was the good thing.

The bad thing is that this was done on a first batch v1 and the ABS in the case was really fragile by the years of usage and most screw holes broke when disassembling the case.

I ordered a replacement case and that arrived today, but when assembling the new case, the case button on the right side is not clicking anymore.

I tried the suggestion on the article UHK disassembly but that didn’t seem to improve the situation.

I don’t want to apply force and break the newly bought case, so any advice or things to look for that I might have missed when assembling the new case would be appreciate.

Thanks!

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I found the issue!

After carefully looking at the right half, I had left one of the led leg too long and that was creating a gap between the case and the PCB which was causing the issue. I’ve cut the leg closer to the solder joint and reassembled without an issue!

Now I have an almost brand new v1 with backlight!

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