I read a mod guide that talked about using a uv marker to color the chips on the motherboard so they would glow in UV light. Where can I find one of these markers? Can they be found at local stores like WalMart, or Kmart?

look for gel ink pens/highlighers in florescent colors.

does a highlighter glow in UV light?

Didn't work when I tried to do that with a highlighter. Not sure where you can find em though sorry Let me know if you get a hold of some though I'd like a few

special k didn't you try ti on black fans. He is trying to do stuff on the mobo so it may work. It is an insanly cheap mod so you should give it a shot it might work. Your best bet wuld to get UV paint and paint the stuff with like a small paint brush

i tried it, it dosen't work ..lolll

No this is something different, I tried to highlight the caps on the mobo, alas no success

LMAO!! I just tried this, I have a higlighter from Staples (thier brand) and it glows in my black light. Its a liquid Highlighter "Liquid Stix" is the name on it and it GLOWS BIRGHT, and it only cost me a couple of dollars.

take a pic of it..!!!

Well, Not all of us are rich enough to afford a digi cam. other wise I would have done so already!!!

ohhh i tough you hade one sorry..

Well, i accidentally caught the tip of it in my V12 and it detached the tip and spattered ink all over the fan, it looks kewl very 80's

i remember a few years ago in the college dorms, my friend had some blacklights in his room, and we took a regular highlighter and wrote secret messages and drawings on his wall. Completely invisible under normal lighting, but once you turn on the blacklight, WALA!

well if it works on the fan (plastic) will it work on the top of a cap (metal)?

Yeah, it works on almost every thing, its great!

Hi guys, GREAT IDEA!!! I tried this on my rig and highlighters work OK, but not really bright enough… I got one of them gel pens from my sister and took the ink cartage apart and use a brush to paint the stuff that you see in yellow/green. Very nice and easy. It erases easily too so this is not like permanent or anything. So what do you guys think is it a little over the top or does it look nice? I’m planning on doing all the little transistors on my mother board too.

Mine a lot brighter than that, I used one of those liquid filled ones, so the ink is very bright, it almost hurts my eyes soemtimes.

@ power_overwhelming, Sweet case man.

I have a Lan Party mother board wich is allready equiped with several plastic parts that are supposed to glow in the dark under UV light.

I've looked for sources of light that make them glow but the local stores guys go "huh?" when I mention U.V.

maybe i should be asking for black light?

the Lan Party manual just says the plastic is uv-reactive

yes, UV and blacklight are the same thing...however, when it comes to computers, the term that's always used is UV....so i think you need to find a store with a more knowledgeable staff...anyway, instead of asking them for UV specifically, try asking for "case lights" or "Cold Cathode" tubes. Whereever those are located in the store, that's where the UV lights will be, as UV lights are just a variation of them.

nice Power Overwhelming NICE!

Florecent Gel pens, nuff said. There cheap and work the bomb.

I HAVE THE BEST IDEA ..!!! i just put it in my computer it looks GREAT ..!!!!
..it's this look ..!!! if you guys want more pics ..tell me i have some more..(of the inside ..with the UV paper ..!!!)

what the heck?

yah it's Floresent Construction paper..it's really bright ..

OH, thought you wrapped your case in that stuff, Kewl Idea tho

loll i dont think i would do that

Bahh, It's hard to tell from your pics, they are so blurry.

well im telling you it's really nice..!!!!!

I forgot to metion that I live in Bolivia, for those of you who don't know what that is, well it's the second poorest country in the Americas, and the computer stores arroun here look like somthing most of you have only seen in Nationa Geographic. I'm quite sure by now that there is not a single store that sells UV lights for computers arrownd here.

But thanks to your helpfull advice, I've figured I'll try to get some black lights from an audio shop. After all they are very used in night clubs. Of course this ones won't plug to my PSU but I'll find some other way to power them.

Thanks a lot.

audio shop ..?

If you can find a car audio shop that has UV lights for cars, you can hook them up to your PSU in your compy. the yellow wire is the +12v and the red is the +5v, both blacks are ground.

so if you get a 12v UV light from a car audio shop, then you should be ok

wow, that's really cool...not that you're the second poorest country...but that you've taken the time to join our little community. Is english the primary language down there, cause your's seems pretty good .

RadioActivated, i dunno...i wouldn't want to put anything flammable inside my case (aka. PAPER!)...100 degree farenheith temps coupled with paper...i dunno.

It's a Spanish-speaking country, but in these days of real time grammar and spelling check engines, it’s not so hard to communicate in a different language.

Anyway, I seem to have gotten RadioActivated a little confused with the term “audio shop” so I guess there is still a lot for me to learn.

I’ll be visiting some car audio shops tomorrow to see if they have any UV lights for 12 volts DC. If not, I’ll probably shop online (which is hard also because no one ships to Bolivia) or just try to get some e AC-powered black lights.

lol. cool. maybe you should advise some of the other people on these boards about these usefull tools

I'll have to admit that I exaggerated a little bit about the lack of availability of computer parts in my region.

Today I had time for a walk while I was waiting for my car to be washed and I found a store where they actually had a cold cathode light for computers.

[Edit:
I said "a" light becouse there was actully just one of those in the whole store. Added to a transparent case, those were the only interesting things they had.]

The woman at the store couldn't tell if it was a UV or black light or just a neon light, and the package didn't explain much either, so I just bought it and as soon as I get home tonight I will find out what it is.

If I get the glowing effect I've been looking for, I'll soon put my case in the case gallery.

Well, its nice to see people from all around the globe in here, as for RadioActivated, dont worry about him, I dont think that english is his first language either. He has confused the rest of us on more than one occasion,

i am canadian..

i am getting mine from ebuyer.co.uk they are only 3 quid which is $5.50 over there they are so darn cheap they are a kit which includes the sound reactive parts aswell

Will red gel pens glow red? I think it would be cool to trace the lines on the memory sticks RAM and just put a single UV LED next to it to make the wires look like they are burning hot.

Try this, draw on a peice of paper, and hold it to the uv light if it glows then you can use it

i have a question for you guys that have "colored" their boards.... is there anything that you should NOT color/write on? Like if I wanted to use a gel pen...is there anything i shouldn't touch, or does it not matter since it's just ink?

I had problems getting highlighter ink to dry on the chips so I did this instead:

UV reactive on the capacitators

I dont have UV lights but anyone ever tried TESTORS UV colors you know those little 1/2 an ounce bottles, i never used them in a case but they are the brightest uv paints i've ever seen, and lots of diffrent colors

isnt a cathode light UV???

A cathode light is not neccesarily always UV. Cold cathode is just a term for a neon type light that produces less heat. There are several colors of cold cathode available, UV is one of the available "colors" if you could call it that. It is just like a black light, glows sort of purple and makes anything that is UV reactive, or in some cases brightly colored, glow.

have you all looked at THE Power and the glorys case in the gallery

UV Perfection

this is how you do UV insperational i thinki have to do my Cpu Fan that colour hmmm so nice

Thats very nice, but a bit too busy for my tastes

That is one fine modded case, I must say.

paper burns at 451 degrees ClayMeow