Disassembly

Disassembly of the G.SKILL KM360 is on the simpler side should you have the right tools. In addition to a keycap puller, which will make life much easier here, G.SKILL is actually using Torx T5 flat screws in a departure from the usual Phillips head screws. You need to remove a few keycaps as seen above to access these, and may easily separate the two main pieces of the keyboard once all 15 screws are removed. There is no internal USB cable to worry about since the Type-C port has been soldered to the PCB itself, and we see that the bottom case panel is indeed made out of ABS plastic.


The switches are soldered through the aluminium frame and onto the PCB, so the frame and PCB are a single piece unless you desolder the switches. The PCB is the traditional green in color, and solder quality is adequate, definitely not the cleanest I have seen by any means.


We see a generic mark on the PCB to indicate that this is an 87-key PCB, and the lack of a G.SKILL logo here again hints at this being a re-badge of sorts. Perhaps G.SKILL should have taken quality control a bit more seriously since the cutout in the aluminium frame for the Type-C port is off-center, although not to where it is an issue or something you will notice much with the keyboard assembled. Powering the keyboard is an Sonix SN32F247 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0 USB microcontroller with 64 KB flash memory, 8 KB SRAM, and 4 KB ROM. It will do the job just fine since the keyboard only has static single-color backlighting and no other pre-programmed functions. 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.