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SteelSeries Apex M500 Keyboard Released, Successor to 6Gv2

While taking a quick stroll at SteelSeries’ website a few days ago, I began to wonder where all the mechanical keyboards were as only the flagship M800 using a SteelSeries QS1 switch was listed with two other membrane keyboards. It appears that SteelSeries was in that time in fact in the process of releasing the 6Gv2 keyboard successor in the form of the new Apex M500.  The SteelSeries 6G…

SteelSeries 6Gv2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

The SteelSeries 6Gv2, modeled after the award winning SteelSeries 7G keyboard, is the lower priced mechanical keyboard that improves the user’s ability to obtain more actions per minute than any other keyboard on the market. The SteelSeries G Series Keyboards redefine “anti-ghosting” features by supporting as many simultaneous key presses as there are keys on the keyboard. The SteelSeries 6Gv2…

SteelSeries 6Gv2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

The SteelSeries 6Gv2, modeled after the award winning SteelSeries 7G keyboard, is the lower priced mechanical keyboard that improves the user’s ability to obtain more actions per minute than any other keyboard on the market. The SteelSeries G Series Keyboards redefine “anti-ghosting” features by supporting as many simultaneous key presses as there are keys on the keyboard. The SteelSeries 6Gv2…

作为一把定位游戏市场的机械键盘，赛睿采取了一种取巧的做法，把左下角的 Win 键改成了类似笔记本的 Fn 键，避免了游戏过程中按到 Win 键弹出桌面的尴尬，这个键配合键盘上的 F1 到 F6 实现多媒体控制的功能，如图：

然而日常使用过程中，Win+R, Win+E, Win+D 等等都是很常用的快捷键，所以我一直纠结把这个键改回 Win 键。在经过大量的搜索和尝试之后，发现软件层面居然改不了。

我尝试了大量的改键软件，如 RemapKey, MapKeyboard, KeyboardShield,  KeyTweak, AutoHotkey 等等，都无法获取到这个键的键值。后来搜索到一个讨论帖：https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=11562.0 国外也有人纠结这个问题，还因此联系了赛睿支持，结果赛睿的回复是“ Unfortunately this key is hardcoded to be a toggle key for the alternate functions on the function keys. We chose to omit the Windows key here as most gamers do not use the function and it becomes a hinderance while gaming. ” 意味着这个键是硬件编程，也就无法用软件实现改键。

不过讨论帖里面有人根据 http://www.geoffbreach.com/hacks/das-keyboard-hack/ 这个 DAS 机械键盘相同问题硬件飞线的教程改成功了 6GV2, 所以我也准备动手改一下。

后面的过程就比较简单了，后盖4颗螺丝，撬开后盖，取出电路板，按照如图所示用2根线焊接好对应触点就可以了，因为这键盘之前黑轴被我改过红轴，所以驾轻就熟了，最后用透明胶带稍微固定了下，其实也不需要，我试了一下，焊的很牢固。

这样这个键就有两个功能，正常的 Win 键，另外也可以当 Fn 键用，我唯一发现会冲突的热键是：“Win+F1：打开 Windows 帮助和支持” 和 多媒体的 “Fn+F1：静音”会冲突，不过这个问题不大，前者几乎用不到。如果你想彻底屏蔽 Fn 键也有办法，按照如图所示，用小刀刮断电路板上这两个地方的电路就解决了，不过我还是选择保留了 Fn 的功能。

因为我保留了 Fn 功能，这个图是网上借来的。

最后放几张之前改红轴和键帽的照片：

SteelSeries 6Gv2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

The SteelSeries 6Gv2, modeled after the award winning SteelSeries 7G keyboard, is the lower priced mechanical keyboard that improves the user’s ability to obtain more actions per minute than any other keyboard on the market. The SteelSeries G Series Keyboards redefine “anti-ghosting” features by supporting as many simultaneous key presses as there are keys on the keyboard. The SteelSeries 6Gv2…

SteelSeries 6Gv2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

The SteelSeries 6Gv2, modeled after the award winning SteelSeries 7G keyboard, is the lower priced mechanical keyboard that improves the user’s ability to obtain more actions per minute than any other keyboard on the market. The SteelSeries G Series Keyboards redefine “anti-ghosting” features by supporting as many simultaneous key presses as there are keys on the keyboard. The SteelSeries 6Gv2…