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post #41 of 48
10/10/07 at 11:34pm
I am going to be putting in 5 blue 3000mcd leds that are rated at 3.7 a piece...will a 150 ohm resistor work? Or should I use a 100 ohm? Also where on the USB port do you solder? Do I remove the mother board or do I connect to the metal specs across the back of the port?
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post #42 of 48
6/23/10 at 5:18pm
sorry for bumping a three year old thread... but, I still have this laptop (i6000) and now upgrading. I have a new 320gb hdd, 2 new gigs of ram, just pin-modded my CPU to 2.26 GHz. I would like to add LED's. Can someone instruct me on how to do this?
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post #43 of 48
6/23/10 at 5:34pm
Nothing in this thread so far to get you started? Welcome to NBF

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post #44 of 48
6/23/10 at 5:53pm
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Originally Posted by qhn View Post
Nothing in this thread so far to get you started? Welcome to NBF

cheers ...
Thanks! And I know what sort of lights to get and that I will have to solder them. But, I have no idea where to. I see one is to the usb port. But what about the others? or do I buy them all connected?
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post #45 of 48
6/24/10 at 2:17am
I am about to buy lights. Where will I solder them? Will I have one chain? Or will I solder four separate ones?
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post #46 of 48
6/24/10 at 5:48am
Got me on this one. Hopefully other members have a better idea.

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post #47 of 48
6/24/10 at 1:56pm
The OP here tied into the +5 volts on the USB circuit.

You would have to locate this yourself unless some can provide a schematic, but the USB port is a standard so searching the pin out for it should not be hard.

if you get a LED rated around 3 volts then you would connect them in a parallel circuit, and you would require a resistor in line to limit the current in the circuit so you do not fry your laptop motherboard.

I can not say strongly enough that if this seems complicated for you, you probably should not bother as doing so may damage your laptop (if you are not sure what you are doing here.)
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post #48 of 48
6/24/10 at 5:25pm
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Originally Posted by dave-p View Post
The OP here tied into the +5 volts on the USB circuit.

You would have to locate this yourself unless some can provide a schematic, but the USB port is a standard so searching the pin out for it should not be hard.

if you get a LED rated around 3 volts then you would connect them in a parallel circuit, and you would require a resistor in line to limit the current in the circuit so you do not fry your laptop motherboard.

I can not say strongly enough that if this seems complicated for you, you probably should not bother as doing so may damage your laptop (if you are not sure what you are doing here.)
Nah I can figure it out. The most confusing parts: 1. how do i figure out what resistor i need? 2. can someone find some good blue bulbs i could use? im at a loss.
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