How to replace faulty LED's on a Razer BlackWidow Keyboard
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
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If you're impatient use the led from the logo to replace it and then when the led arrived put it on the logo
Thanks for this very in depth guide. Will be using it to fix my water spilled blackwidow chroma
Me: ohhh no my LED is broken, let me see if I can fix it.
Me after watching this video: OH HELL NAW
Thanks Razr
same lol.... my F key has one of the RGB LEDs busted so it cannot display all colors anymore ... new keyboard incoming soon i guess...
skill issue
@@Zockerfreak999 literally
'Grab your soldering iron' Me: 'Not even sure I own a screwdriver'. You know what? I'll live with the dodgy key. But very interesting video!
At 3:00 you destroy the LED, then desolder the 4 leads separately. I think it would be better to use a solder sucker on the PC side, remove all the solder, then just pull straight out.
I agree with this, it seems like they did it in a more janky and difficult way
@@katvelyte removing the led without a proper desoldering gun is INCREDIBLY difficult, the hole is quite small and actually getting att the solder out is very hard, a heat gun and just pushing it out melted is probably easiest
You could use some solder wick on the back of the LED to get rid of the solder rather than destroying it and risking getting plastic in any keys.
Yeah that shit made me cringe 😬
A couple hints: There is no mention about how to tell if the pinout is the same, and there are no marks on the pin however one pin is longer. I took the new LED and pressed it against the back of an old LED to figure out if I had it right. THe color (should not be white) will match the other leds if you have all set to the same color and the pins are correct. If you have it wrong you'll see a different color.
The other thing: Mine just didn't work, and my experiment ended up making other lights go out. I think I broke the traces on the board, which are sandwiched in the middle of the keyboard. I think when I was hitting the keyboard part of the light went out. That probably broke a trace. If the traces are broken, you're SOL.
You can run jumper wires from other LED’s in the keyboard in order to repair broken traces, depending on which traces are damaged you may lose the individual addressability.
so the keys theme selves are not removeable?
Very nice video, thinking of swapping out the switches but not sure it’s worth the time.
Its not. Just lube stabilizers and leave the switches alone. Did this for a customer and it took 15 hours
@@kurkin23 ended up swapping the keyboard and realized what I was missing out
use an old nail clipper if you can find a decent tool for cutting extra leads.
What model of Soldering Iron? Thank you.
Soldering pump can be easily replaced with a single match sharpened properly
Where do u buy the led light from
Hello, I have a blackwidow v3 pro with some leds issues. The problem started with one, letter u and now with 3 keys. The led in key "u" died, it not lights anymore. The others keys are "v" and "0" numpad. They lights only green or red. Would that the same problem? The 4 legs leds for blackwidow v3 pro is the same that the others razer keyboards?
Can u do a video on how to replace a whole switch?
Do you have a video of how to replace switches if you have green switches and want red switches?
Other people have asked this, although it would likely cost more than buying a new keyboard.
link for green led? I can not find
How did you work out the correct orientation of the LED ? Where should the common pin originate on the board ?
Hey do you think its quite possible for my non RGB razer black widow tournament edition to have RGB..? I've noticed on my keyboard as well that it has a gap where LEDs can pass through the 4 pin of the circuit board
The hardware might support it, not sure about the software though
@@Pendleton115 I'll try and test later in the future. Since SCLK and others also have LEDs I might be able to have a static colour one which might be an alternative to RGB
will this work with the razor huntsman mini
What is the difference between the rgb and rbg options? I'm trying to replace led for Razer Blackwidow TE 2014.
Hello! Can you tell me please if these let's will work on the Apex Pro keyboard?
Great video! I was wondering if it was possible to add in the leds to keys such as spacebar and the fn key (I have the blackwidow te). Or how would I run the led signal in parallel.
john panek There was someone else in this comment section that tried something similar, he hooked up LED’s to the pre existing holes, but they didn’t light up, I think the best you can do is run them in parallel from an LED next door, but you won’t have any individual software control on them, also there isn’t much of a point doing this as the key caps aren’t transparent, so you’d need to swap the key caps around with a BlackWidow v2.
@@Pendleton115 Yea, I have a different set of pudding keycaps that I replaced which is why I wanted to use install leds on the keys, thank you for your help!
Question: how about Razer Blackwidow Tournament Edition V2?
There's a better trick mate, use a wire and bridge all led joints and when the four joints are heated at the same time pull the led with the tweezers
Yeah that would work. you can also use heat up all 4 wires with the side of your soldering iron then pull them out.
you make it look so easyyyyyy
You might be able to help me here but I have a V2 Chroma that works as intended but doesnt light up AT ALL. Not even caps etc.
Any ideas where the faulty driver/hardware for that could be?
I took a solid look at the board after disassembling it but couldnt spot it.
If it’s not lightning up at all there’s likely a hardware fault somewhere on the board, unfortunately I am unsure what it could be. Possibly someone who has more experience repairing these boards could tell you which component is most likely defective.
Hi there, can i use the switch from the keychain switch samples that came with the keyboard?
Sure can
My spacebar switch is not smooth anymore..the method to change the switch is same as change this led right?
hafizuddin rahman should be!
Hey! Do you think it will work with Steelseries product? Specifically Apex 7. They do have a very similar LED and it's also 4 PIN. Thank you!
It’s quite likely, most RGB’s have the same pinout!
What's the name of these little leds? How can I buy them and be sure they'll work with different colors??
They are linked in the description :)
I have the same keyboard and one of the switch is faulty. Do I need to remove the LEDs when I want to remove the switch or not? Because with LEDs there are a total of 6 soldering points. Please guide me. Thankyou.
Omer Munam Unfortunately to remove a switch you will also need to remove the LED, as the LED is fastened inside the switch
@@Pendleton115 Oh. Sad. Thankyou for your response though.
is it the same process for the v2?
also, couldn't you just desolder it and remove the led without destroying it first?
Interitous I would imagine the process is identical for the V2. You could desolder it without destroying the LED. Although with my Solder pump and Iron I have a tough time doing that, and I personally find it much easier to destroy the LED and remove each of the legs individually. If you have a heat gun I’d imagine it’d be much easier though.
@@Pendleton115 thanks. I realized you dont have to buy a new led if your keyboard comes with the keychain. You could use the key chain as the donor.
Interitous Yeah there’d be nothing stopping you from doing that! Replacement LED’s are cheap though, only about $4 each
my W key only lights up red, other colors are not working.
Hello!
I was planning on changing my Blackwidow X Chroma switches to Orange ones. Is the proccess the same because it seems to use the same RGB LEDs? I'll be very grateful if you answer me :)
Hi, I can’t confirm anything, But if they’re the same size and dimension it’s likely possible. I think the key switches might be “melted” to the main board, so removing them and installing new ones might difficult. As for LED’s, as long as they have 4 pins they should function identically.
Well there was one guy who did a teardown of a blackwidow X chroma and I think its the same. But if you can check it and see for yourself aswell I'll be very happy. I really need to know because this experiment is gonna cost me a lot of money. I'll send links in 1-2mins. Thanks for the fast reply!! Cheers!!!!
@@TheRadBrother Sure, send over those links and I'll take a look.
@@TheRadBrother Yep, these look physically identical to the Blue Key mechanisms that are in my Blackwidow. They should swap out fine.
@@Pendleton115 okay, thanks for your help a lot!!!
Sorry if this has already been asked, UA-cam comment system is a PITA to go through: is there any particular reason you had to destroy the LED's plastic casing, instead of simply heating up the solder joints with the soldering iron, and then pulling the now-desoldered LED out by the casing? Apologies if this is a silly question, I'm far from an expert on soldering. Great video, by the way, much appreciated.
Heating all 4 feet at the same time with a single soldering tip is practically impossible, and since most people at home don't have hot air stations for heating up the whole area I thought I'd show it in a way that was more accessible for more people :)
can i use the same LED to replace the LED on my Razer Blackwidow X Tournament Edition?
Not 100% sure, but it is very likely
Thank you!
I have the Blackwidow Chroma X Mercury. and my leds are going nuts last week i only have 1 busted led. now ive got 9 leds that have symptoms of busting out please help i think its shorted ? pls help
I had 4 or 5 fail within a month, sometimes they fail in groups. But I would check the PCB to see if there’s any kind of damage to the traces, as that could also cause issues with multiple LED’s
If I do this on a razer blackwidow ultimate would a different colour led work or do o need the original colour?
If you use a different colour LED it will likely still work, but of course be a different colour.
@@Pendleton115 okay thank you
Thanks for the idea
I'm using v2, which led should I choose?
The LEDs should be identical, but make sure you verify the pinouts first
this works for apex pro tkl 2023?
Only one way to find out!
muchisimas gracias, me cuesta expresar mi gratitud porque tengo el problema con el Blackwidow V3.
will this work with any rgb diode or does it have to be his specific one?
Any LED that matches the voltages and pin out “should” work
What is first song name ? So cute !
My Blue led is dead, but sometimes it works again, can I maybe just resolder it?
Rmdhn worth a shot.
Have you tried adding a led to the fn key?
I haven’t, although there are solder pads for LED’s under every key so it’s likely possible. The keys themselves would have to be swapped out for transparent variants though (IE, the Chroma V2)
@@Pendleton115 I tried soldering in a led but it didn't work. If I bridge the solder connections with another pad the led will light up but I cannot change the color in synapse. Any ideas?
MECA62793 The best you can likely do is mirror and LED next to it. As there likely isn’t the correct hardware built into the keyboard, and Synapse won’t give software control for that key.
how changing switches are as easy like this
What’s the first song you used called?
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Will other 4pin diode rgb(seen a cheaper one) led work on this. Or it has to be this particular led lightplease reply immediately.... you'll earn a sub from me thanks!
Honestly not sure, but assuming the pinout and voltage matches it should work fine.
No harm in trying
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there is a lot of background noise in the Voice over, have you tried anything to solve that?
can someone help me find a blackwidow 2016 GREEN LED REPLACEMENT?
Just use an RGB LED but only wire up the Green pin?
In Turkey we havent got this led:(
Very disappointed with customer support and how they handled
my case. Spend $140 for keyboard and lasted only 18 months, and that's because
of the latest software upgrade from RAZER. I still have 3 months of warranty
left, but they won't honor it since i bought it from Amazon third party. It
shouldn't matter who I purchase it from as long as its new. Very unfair and I
Am replacing all my RAZER gear with Logitech. I will NEVER recommend RAZER to
my gaming community. Imagine if you purchased a $3K laptop from them and they
treat you like this> I have a case number if anyone wants to read several
days of emails.
When the video of the imac g4 come ?
Which one?
@@Pendleton115 the project of an hackintosh like in an imac g4
@@louishighttechetbmx3712 Check out my twitter for updates on it. The project is about 95% complete but I won't release a video on it until I'm completely happy with it.
@@Pendleton115 thank for the news 👌
"rather easy"
nice
I might've damaged the led from the logo because it now only shows green no matter what it is but atleast it's not only red anymore
i currently have 6 LEDs that doesn't work properly XD
No stock!!! :(
thought you'd just switch the switch (lmao) I'm ok with a yellow-ish white ahhaahah
The switch and LED are two separate parts :)
nice belle delphine music
Wot
Pendleton 115 she uses the same music lmao
Oliver I used it first, maybe she’s copying me 🤔
Pendleton 115 🧐🧐
I stopped watching when you removed the LEDs by chopping them up with pliers before burning our board with your soldering iron while yanking on the LEDs leads from the other end... tsk, tsk
Thanks 🙏
Since when is soldering considered an "easy" fix? lol, like I know it is pretty easy to do. But the common person doesn't have soldering iron around lmao, and one would need to at least learn a bit about soldering before doing this. This is slightly above easy at best 😂
nice
Very disappointed with customer support and how they handled
my case. Spend $140 for keyboard and lasted only 18 months, and that's because
of the latest software upgrade from RAZER. I still have 3 months of warranty
left, but they won't honor it since i bought it from Amazon third party. It
shouldn't matter who I purchase it from as long as its new. Very unfair and I
Am replacing all my RAZER gear with Logitech. I will NEVER recommend RAZER to
my gaming community. Imagine if you purchased a $3K laptop from them and they
treat you like this> I have a case number if anyone wants to read several
days of emails.
Very disappointed with customer support and how they handled
my case. Spend $140 for keyboard and lasted only 18 months, and that's because
of the latest software upgrade from RAZER. I still have 3 months of warranty
left, but they won't honor it since i bought it from Amazon third party. It
shouldn't matter who I purchase it from as long as its new. Very unfair and I
Am replacing all my RAZER gear with Logitech. I will NEVER recommend RAZER to
my gaming community. Imagine if you purchased a $3K laptop from them and they
treat you like this> I have a case number if anyone wants to read several
days of emails.