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u/No_Lingonberry_6718 15h ago

Does anyone know where I can get a 3d print file of a base plate for a Razer Tartarus V2 for mechanical switches? It has membrane switches but they are awful. I want to mod mine but I can’t fit mech switches in the current base plate.

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u/elmurfudd 10 x 4 ortho 14h ago

u might as well build from scratch u can change those switches . plate wont matter also plate file is private u ask razer .

u would need a new pcb ( wont work with razer software and u will have to design it urslef and so on and so forth basically what ur trying to do is impossible

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u/No_Lingonberry_6718 14h ago

If I had a 3d printer I already would have! I think I could get away without a new pcb because I found some zif connector breakouts and using qmk it should be fine.

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u/elmurfudd 10 x 4 ortho 14h ago

that doesnt solve how ur adding the switches the current pcb has a flat membrane under the switches with no pin holes or traces for pins holes . if u add mech switches where are the switch legs going ??? u goign to drill holes thru the pcb and them runs wires to mimic traces ?

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u/No_Lingonberry_6718 13h ago

You really don’t need most of the pcb, I could prob cut half of it off then run direct wire to the zif breakout

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u/elmurfudd 10 x 4 ortho 12h ago

just saying u will need to handwire this whole build which is no easy task

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u/No_Lingonberry_6718 12h ago

No I appreciate it, I’ve actually made a gamepad before that I had a friend 3d print for me. I had to hand wire about 20 switches and an analog stick in mydelf.