Element-Xero
10-07-01, 02:38 PM
Hey im not sure if anyone knew this, but I figured out a fairly easy way to wire an ultra-bright blue led.
I bought a 5mm blue led (2600mcd, 3.7volt, 20mA) and I tried to simply replace the green one with the blue one. It worked, but it was so faint that it could barely be seen. Then I realized that the blue led needed more power than the mobo power led pins could offer.
So this is what I did:
unplugged a 3-pin fan connector, cut the blue and red wires (pos and neg) and stripped them a bit at the top
cut the old power led connector wires and stripped them a bit at the top (mine were green and white)
twisted the positive wires (stripped part) together (red and green in this case)
twisted the negative wires (stripped part) together (blue and white in this case)
wrap connections in electrical tape
plug the fan connector back into the mobo, replace that crappy green led with your sweet brite blue led. Now it should go on when you turn on your computer!
Hope this helps, I'm kinda a newbie and I couldn't find anything on making the led brighter so hopefully someone can learn from my adventures in mod-land!
I bought a 5mm blue led (2600mcd, 3.7volt, 20mA) and I tried to simply replace the green one with the blue one. It worked, but it was so faint that it could barely be seen. Then I realized that the blue led needed more power than the mobo power led pins could offer.
So this is what I did:
unplugged a 3-pin fan connector, cut the blue and red wires (pos and neg) and stripped them a bit at the top
cut the old power led connector wires and stripped them a bit at the top (mine were green and white)
twisted the positive wires (stripped part) together (red and green in this case)
twisted the negative wires (stripped part) together (blue and white in this case)
wrap connections in electrical tape
plug the fan connector back into the mobo, replace that crappy green led with your sweet brite blue led. Now it should go on when you turn on your computer!
Hope this helps, I'm kinda a newbie and I couldn't find anything on making the led brighter so hopefully someone can learn from my adventures in mod-land!