My latest console mod

[SolidxSnake]

I'll leave you guys hanging 'till tomorrow for the full thing.

As a teaser, here it is:

http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/onflash.jpg

Note the URL for more hints ;)

[Cyrix_2k]

http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/on.jpg
looks cool

[ilikepie]

I tried to do that with my xbox but i realized that a couldnt drill a hole for my life and 150 grit sand paper sucks if u want it to be clear. But it did give it a frosted look.

[Mr. Roboto]

Looks cool, nice job.

[blueswitch]

I modded my xbox jewel with blue LED's under...looks pretty slick....I forget what grit of paper I used...some guides have you using like 3 different grades but it wasn't worth the money to me....it came out clear enough...a tip for anyone use toothpaste on it last...especially if it's bakingsoda tooth paste...it worked real good....and don't try to use bleach to disolve the green stuff...it just reacts with the plastic and makes the jewel foggy looking:beer:

[SolidxSnake]

agh cyrix you cheater :D

so i remember a long while back i wanted to make the disc visible while the console was on to watch it spin and the likes. I still wanted to keep the lid intact to enable me to attach the top plate back on as well, so I cut up the lid so that was possible (very very shoddy however...as you may be able to see). Then in a spur of the moment kind of thing, I realized I had another LED laying around, and then i realized i could drill it into the top to make the disc glow (kinda like flamerail's green CD-Rom drive mod). So I went and did just that. Way back when i first took out the name plate and sanded away the black and the nintendo gamecube, i used some crap sandpaper (220grit), and it made it way too frosted. I wanted it to be dead clear with maybe a little brushing kinda marks, but that didn't happen. I tried to clean it up with higher grits of sandpaper, still didn't do anything, so I just left it. Looks cool anyway. So after a day of modding i finally came up with this.

This is how the top LED is connected to the console. I still have a power LED in there too but it's extremely dim, especially when it's running on the same source as the lid LED.
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/wirelink.jpg

another
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/behindboard.jpg

Where the LED is, on the inside
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/wireroute.jpg

The LED
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/led.jpg

closed lid
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/covered.jpg

the acryllic cover
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/acryllic.jpg

on with flash
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/onflash.jpg

on w/o flash
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/on.jpg
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/on2.jpg

cover open
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/coveropenflash.jpg
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/coveropennoflash.jpg

[TollhouseFrank]

This is how the top LED is connected to the console. I still have a power LED in there too but it's extremely dim, especially when it's running on the same source as the lid LED.
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/wirelink.jpg

another
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/behindboard.jpg

Where the LED is, on the inside
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/wireroute.jpg

The LED
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/led.jpg

closed lid
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/covered.jpg

the acryllic cover
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/acryllic.jpg

on with flash
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/onflash.jpg

on w/o flash
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/on.jpg
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/on2.jpg

cover open
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/coveropenflash.jpg
http://www.bostonrinkrats.com/solidxsnake/gamecube%20mods/leds/coveropennoflash.jpg


HOW DARE YOU DEFILE THE SACRED CUBE OF GAMES??!?!?!?! HOW DARE YOU RIP AT HER SUPPLE SKIN FOR YOUR AMUSEMENT? HOW DARE YOU MOD SUCH A LOVABLE, PERFECT LITTLE SYSTEM?!

/me wonders off to pet my 'cube. "it's ok... daddy won't let the mean ol' SolidxSnake hurt his wittle precious"

:beer:

[SolidxSnake]

LMAO!

my cube needed to be..........teenagified i guess hahaha

[FudgeNuggets]

HOW DARE YOU DEFILE THE SACRED CUBE OF GAMES??!?!?!?! HOW DARE YOU RIP AT HER SUPPLE SKIN FOR YOUR AMUSEMENT? HOW DARE YOU MOD SUCH A LOVABLE, PERFECT LITTLE SYSTEM?!

/me wonders off to pet my 'cube. "it's ok... daddy won't let the mean ol' SolidxSnake hurt his wittle precious"

:beer:

You've been hanging around Oni too much, lol!!!

I'm not into pimping my consoles, maybe because I'm old or maybe because I'm a collector/purist.....nah, it's because I'm old.... ;)

[ilikepie]

Toothpaste and car wax helps make it clear

[NsOmNiA91130]

^And you figured that out...how?

And I wouldn't mod my CE Gamecube. It's oh-so-pretty.

[TollhouseFrank]

my gamecube stays the way it is.....

though i might end up buying one of those 'skinz' for it.