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Thewacokid
I got bored with the regular red led on the MX510 and the green leds on the keyboard...so I took some spare 12000 mcd ulra-white leds and swapped them in. The keyboard took a little modding of the leds to get them to fit since they were a lot taller, I actually had to cut the tips of the leds flat to make them fit under the aluminum plate. tongue.gif

Anyway, here are the pics, I linked them since they are huge. smile.gif
MX510
Coolermaster Q
Coolermaster Q closeup


To my suprise (since I read that using white leds was not recommended) the MX510 tracks as good or better than it did before on my Ratzpad GS. biggrin.gif
Silenc3
its pretty biggrin.gif
HoLoDreaM
i love ultra white light like that..
gunak87
I love playing with LEDs. Good job of not destroying your keyboard like I did.
Thewacokid
I'm good at soldering very small things. biggrin.gif
martymcfly
QUOTE(Thewacokid @ Jun 4 2005, 08:08 PM)
I'm good at soldering very small things. biggrin.gif
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id make a genitalia joke, but I'm above that.
Thewacokid
QUOTE(martymcfly @ Jun 5 2005, 12:15 AM)
id make a genitalia joke, but I'm above that.
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I thought about that before I posted...but luckily I don't have to worry about anything in that department. tongue.gif

I wouldn't want a soldering iron anywhere near there though! blink.gif
hardnrg
:| how soldering and small genitalia could come together as a joke is beyond my comprehension... so maybe it's a good job it never happened

btw: 12k mcd?! lol... numlock alone would light up my room at night
Thewacokid
QUOTE(hardnrg @ Jun 5 2005, 01:14 AM)
btw: 12k mcd?! lol... numlock alone would light up my room at night
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Yep. I picked up 50 of them for 12 bucks on ebay, direct from the factory. The keyboard leds don't light up as much as you'd think though, since I had to chop the led basically in half and removed nearly all of it's focusing capability. The mouse can light my whole room though. tongue.gif

Here's a pic from about 12 feet away with my mouse shining on the wall, no light on. It hurts to look at it in any way...sorry about my camera taking crappy pictures with no flash lol.
Light on the wall
Raven65
Nice mod! keep it up.
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