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My LED mod (i8600c), 56k = BAD

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http://www.computingzone.net/content/laptop
These are fullsize 2MP (1600x1200 ~ 650-700K) images.
I apologize for the quality in some. My camera is very cheap and the "close up" option doesnt seem to help much with images closer than 2', nor am I a great photographer.

As you can see, all 4 lights come on durring the 'testing' phase, but I lost one of the speaker lights sometime after that (didnt find untill system was back together and powered it up). All in all, Im happy with the results. There is no switch on it for the time being, but I am going back in there to fix that one light, install a switch, and possiblely more lights around the grill area and maybe something else.


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I followed along Spike's example with for the wiring as well as power. However, I had 5.5V peak LEDs, as USB provides 5V I did NOT use a resistor. If the lights burn out, they burn out, they cost me all of $.30 each.
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nice, wanna do it on mine
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For those who wanted pics of the back of the USB port, you can get it here:
http://computingzone.net/content/laptop/100_1220.JPG
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