Disassembly

Disassembly of the HyperX Alloy Origins is on the simpler side of things owing to the use of the predominantly metal casing, but there are some sneakily hidden screws underneath the four rubber pads by the corners on the bottom, and another underneath the plastic cover for the indicator LEDs as seen above. In addition, you will also have to remove specific keycaps to access more screws for a total of 21 Phillips head screws.


With all screws taken out, the two main pieces of the keyboard can easily be separated given the lack of internal USB cables and use of a detachable keyboard cable. The bottom case panel has an inner ABS plastic lining, which also minimizes weight and the possibility of electrical shorting, and the top panel piece has the PCB on it with the switches soldered through the aluminium panel and into the PCB. The PCB is black in color, and all components are soldered on well—this PCB is very likely machine assembled.


There are spots of red throughout as a result of the red-colored switch stem, and printing is in white for contrast to the black PCB. We see a few tantalum capacitors strewn around the power delivery section by the USB Type-C connector as well. Powering the keyboard is a Sonix SN32F240-series 32-bit ARM Cortex M0 Cores-based USB microcontroller with up to 64 KB on-board flash memory and 8 KB RAM. There are also two dedicated LED drivers which have their ID scrubbed off, but are likely Sonix SLED1734s based on their implementation in previous HyperX RGB keyboards. 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.