Disassembly

Disassembly of the CORSAIR K95 RGB Platinum XT is fairly easy, with a lot of screws keeping the metal frame connected to the bottom plastic case panel. Every screw but one is underneath a keycap that has to be taken off before the screw is removed with a Phillips head screwdriver. The last screw is next to the volume scroll wheel, underneath the plastic cover as seen above. A total of 22 screws later, we can completely separate the two primary pieces of the keyboard.


As expected, the bottom case panel is made out of ABS plastic and has cutouts to accommodate the cable and routing channels. The aluminium frame is tied to the PCB(s) with the switches soldered through, and as with the older K95 Platinum, there are in fact multiple PCBs. All the PCBs are green in color, and solder quality is exceptional, including for the USB pass-through port and internal USB connectors.


There are daughter PCBs for the extra keys, including the media keys, and the reset button here can be accessed via a hole on the back of the keyboard, underneath the keyboard feet. Powering the keyboard is an NXP LPC11U68JBD100 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0+/M0 Cores-based USB microcontroller with 256 KB on-board flash memory and 36 KB SRAM. There is an additional 8 MB discrete flash memory module to store all the pre-programmed functions, profiles, and associated lighting onboard the device. All the components, including the switches, LEDs, and capacitors, are soldered to a multi-layered PCB.

Before we move on, be advised that disassembly may void the warranty and that TechPowerUp is not liable for any damages incurred if you decide to go ahead and do so anyway.