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    Modding n00b, advice please

    Ok so wanting to brethe some life into my Lian Li PC7+ and theres a few mods I have been wanting to give a go for a while.
    Mainly I want to play about with LED's, Im thinking of putting a few high power ones under the case for a underclow effect, Want to idealy wire them all to a single Molex connection but as I have no idea with electronics im stuck, Soldering wise, Not done much but willing to give it a go (Famous last words), got a soldering iron with a old belkin tool kit
    Also thinking of cutting out the top 80mm blowhole and sticking in a 120mm one, any tips / guides?

    Also looking to internaly light the case with LED's, just dont trust cathode inverters and not keen on the big cathode, want to stelth in some LED's , how many LED's can come off one Molex?
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    Re: Modding n00b, advice please

    LED voltage is around 1.6v (dependant on the colour)
    LED current draw is ~5mA (depending on colour) (or mebbe it was 0.5mA?)

    you will need some protective resistors in place.

    but i'm not sure what molex can give out... (i'm thinking it's 12v and 5v + 2 grounds... but i'm not sure)

    edit:
    Yellow +12V
    Black Ground
    Black Ground
    Red +5V

    but you would need to find out how much current the PSU can chuck down a molex line... (i wouldn't have though LEDs would be anywhere near maximum TBH
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    Re: Modding n00b, advice please

    Sounds complicated :s
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    Re: Modding n00b, advice please

    Quote Originally Posted by Platinum View Post
    Sounds complicated :s
    not really, it's just getting your head round things, like where to put them and connect them, then it is just a case of bung them in and make sure that they can't short out...

    or if your worried about making one yourself then grab a ready made one and just copy the values that are being used.

    OR

    have a look at EL wire
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    Re: Modding n00b, advice please

    Not going the EL wire route, dont want to use inverters
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    Re: Modding n00b, advice please

    you could completely isolate it from the PSU and run it off a battery?
    that would meant your not going to kill things if it shorts...

    and i forgot EL needs an invertor


    take a quick look at this: http://www.dansdata.com/gz065.htm
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    Re: Modding n00b, advice please

    Hmm, might hold off the lighting then lol, Will gjust dremel it
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