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11-22-2004, 12:08 PM
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Pics of my modded keyboard
Oh well, I got bored with the boring old beige keyboard that I sit in front of nearly every day so thought i'd do something about it. So once again I got busy with the soldering iron and the spray paint. Here's a set of photo's. Sorry the last came out a little dark I just didnt use the flash so you could see the LED's
This is a before shot (sort of) of the PCB  De-soldered the boring old keyboard LED's and changed them to blue, yellow and red.  Bit of blue metallic  And finally the finished article 
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11-22-2004, 12:49 PM
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PCMech: Saving Lives
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Looks great, I love the multicolour leds. I would be tempted to maybe spay the keys, change them to something other than beige (I hate beige) but overwise it looks very well done.
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11-22-2004, 02:19 PM
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Good job!
Do you have any other mods to show us? |
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11-22-2004, 03:46 PM
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If I manage to keep some money back after xmas I'm sure I'll have some new mods coming soon
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11-22-2004, 04:47 PM
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you never fail to have awesome mods Designer. keep up the good work brother
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11-23-2004, 12:02 PM
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Thanks Tin, Just gotta see how much money im left with after xmas. Definately wanna go with an all-acrylic case next as all the door LED's have died in my current one so I think its about time to get somthing better. Just recase the one I got till PCI E board become common place and the AMD64 gets a bit cheaper.
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11-23-2004, 01:30 PM
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won't the paint wear off on your fingers?
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11-23-2004, 04:43 PM
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Hopefully not, I only painted the surround and underside
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11-23-2004, 05:59 PM
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why dont you add a layer of clear coat to protect the paint?
PS where'd you get that metallic blue, i've been wanting to paint a couple things 
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11-23-2004, 08:34 PM
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It's made by PLastikote, it's a durable polyurethane paint that sprays on anything and has a really tough finish. I put the Plastikote spray acrylic laquer over the top as well.
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11-29-2004, 04:41 PM
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Nice work though... as with Tin, I'm a big fan of your mods |
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11-29-2004, 04:45 PM
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Nice mod designer, the acrylic should keep the paint off your hands
 I've been getting around to some LED replacements myself for quite a while now. . .Ever since my defective Lite-on drive, I'm a 'lil hesitant (although I swear the drive died to a defect upon examination I think it had a solder joint come loose by the lens that I just could not fix, some ribbon cable soldered under a metal tab and all sitting on plastic...??? ) Anywho... Keep 'em coming!
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11-29-2004, 06:12 PM
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Thanks guys
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11-29-2004, 06:57 PM
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Looks great I will have to post some of mu mods. Are the LED's a standard you get at radio shack??
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11-30-2004, 07:35 AM
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Yep, they're standard 5mm but I fitted hyperbright ones. It's just a small case of desoldering the old ones and soldering in the new ones.
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