Blue LED modification

kuun · Post by **kuun** » Wed May 28, 2003 10:03 pm

I have been thinking

i got a bunch of 4.5V blue LED's from work off units that were being thrown away...

and i got an idea... put those LED's in my case... you know, replace the green and red LED's with BLue ones..

i have 1 4.5V dark blue and 3 4.5V bright blue LEDS and countless bright green LED's

wouldn't a Black case look good with BLue HDD led's? instead of those annoying yellow ones? and i was thinking of replacing the green ones with like orange or some other weird color... or maybe jsut find a couple more blue (i have 2 sets of LEDS in 2 cases) and mount some blue led's inside the case for looks?

whats you guys thoughts?

Kuun

kuun · Post by **kuun** » Wed May 28, 2003 10:50 pm

correction

i have 2 4.5V dark blue (Almost purple) LED's and 1 4.5 bright BLue LED

and i also have now 3 bright blue 4v LED's

i found more LED's in a pile of stuff i brought home from work

so the dark blue and lighte blue could be used since the LED lines for the HDD and power are 3V (i tihnk)

vgoraz · Post by **vgoraz** » Thu May 29, 2003 3:17 am

i have a black case (which is also so reflective i can look into it and wave hi to myself in it, got to love shiny things), it has a orange and really bright blue led. looks real nice and all, but it has a problem. the blue led is so bright that it creates a atleast 2 foot circle on the opposite wall of my room when it is dark. its just really annoying, i most times cover my computer with a coat or towel to not have this light show up.
so yeah keep this in mind as it will annoy you and any significant other (which sadly i dont have

)

kuun · Post by **kuun** » Thu May 29, 2003 3:08 pm

hey

my computer is pointed towards the walkway

so i'll have some light to light my walkway at night when the lights are off

also the reason for using 4.5V led's is because at 3V they are dim

so the light wont be such a problem

HAL6000 · Post by **HAL6000** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 11:23 am

Dell puts blue LEDs in their cases. Looks good.

kuun · Post by **kuun** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 12:54 pm

yeah

now i just need to get off my lazy arse and do it

bluliz · Post by **bluliz** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 2:45 pm

hey did you ever find out if the hdd and power leds are 3v?

don't want to damage my new bp6

£35 from ebay with 2x400s(bargin)

kuun · Post by **kuun** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 7:10 pm

yeah the LED connectors are 2.8v

Kuun

24seven · Post by **24seven** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 6:30 am

Ive got a blue led on my black case, and it looks ace.

It is also very bright, so I put a bit of blutack over it and made a small hole in it, now it isnt so bright.

bluliz · Post by **bluliz** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 1:53 pm

fantastic i will do that this week and get some pics on

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:32 am

Yep, blue LEDs are wicked.

http://www.bp6.com/board/album_personal.php?user_id=10