Just did the led molex mod

sandrock · Sep 1, 2003

And it came out quite well.

I was kind of following the guide at Metku mods, and they suggested an led with a brightness of 2000-3000 mcd, but I found that a 120 mcd led worked fine and produced plently of light.

Don't have any pics at the moment, and probably wont because I was just testing it on a junk PSU.

BlueWraith · Sep 1, 2003

Care to post a link to the guide? I'm kinda curious what this is..

twest17 · Sep 1, 2003

http://metku.net/index.html?sect=view&n=1&path=mods/molexlight/index_eng

FunkDaMonkMan · Sep 1, 2003

That's pretty neat, I've never heard of that before.

I would also go with a dim LED, because a small glow would look better than an extemely bright molex.

NcBaller1985 · Sep 2, 2003

Here is a little tip I found to be useful...you know those quad LED fans? Well, get some of those real cheap from somewhere and just use the LED's out of them. If you get a good deal on the fan then you can save money and not have to pay like $1.50 per LED at say...Radioshack.

twest17 · Sep 2, 2003

svc.com has the fans for $2.79 i think

Fast420A · Sep 2, 2003

You can find packs of 50 LED's on Ebay for a few dollars.\

Here's some red ones.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2554628003&category=26207

Surreal · Sep 2, 2003

thats a great mod!

pummer · Sep 2, 2003

i'd try it ----- if i hadn't fried a PSU already doing it. turning on the psu while the connectors are off = NO

BlueWraith · Sep 2, 2003

I like that... thats really cool. Something that not many people have done yet.

Just be careful to not file down into the inner workings of the LED... you could quickly kill it if you hit the circuitry.

SinsFeelNatural · Sep 3, 2003

pummer said:
i'd try it ----- if i hadn't fried a PSU already doing it. turning on the psu while the connectors are off = NO

Was there a light show?

Susquehannock · Sep 3, 2003

Re: LED's .....

Fast420A said:
You can find packs of 50 LED's on Ebay for a few dollars.\

Here's some red ones.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2554628003&category=26207

Just what I was thinking.
Places like All Electronics.com have LED's cheap ... 10-12 for $1.

or, .... UltraViolet LED = $1.75.

pummer · Sep 3, 2003

SinsFeelNatural said:
Was there a light show?

just a spark. i didn't even try to turn it on again. just cannabalized the fan and junked it. probably still worked

i didn't know that at the time though.

nauqneyugn · Sep 3, 2003

Oh wow, thats a unique mod...

Wolfe · Sep 3, 2003

I Did something along those lines to a PSU Once, you just turn it off un plug it and let it sit for about 30 minutes and it typically ends up working again. (i think it's go a thermally resettable fuse or something).

fsarfino · Sep 3, 2003

I was also planning on doing this mod. Looks very cool

sandrock · Sep 3, 2003

My brother took a picture with his crappy webcam just after i had completed the mod. Its in the dark, and the focus is WAY off, but its a picture nonetheless.

Posidon42 · Sep 3, 2003

now what you need to do is rig this in SERIES with the wire so that the current going through the hard drive will turn it on. This will make it so you can mod all of the connectors and only the ones that are plugged into something will turn on

Posidon42 · Sep 3, 2003

or would it do this the way it is already connected?

Dakker · Nov 4, 2003

I just finished doing this on my computer, turned out well I think...

Just did the led molex mod

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