I'm a real amateur at modding. In fact, I've only done one mod ever and that was yesterday. I painted my MX500 black and swapped the LED. Check it out:
Just wondering if anyone else here has done any modding (pictures if you have). I'm trying to think of other things I can do to my mouse, such as adding decorative LEDs or whatnot, but as of now it looks real slick so I'm not sure.
Your mod reminds me of the most cool mouse mod ever:
Project Cryo.
Well, I haven't ever done any modding, but I thought to mention this, in case somebody hasn't seen it before.
Well, I don't mod computers anymore but I do mod xboxes, which is sorta close to kinda the same sort of thing
Wow that cryo mod is pretty sweet. I've always wanted to add a window or some kind of LED lightning to my mouse but the mechanisms inside are just too complex for such a thing. Maybe if I get a dremel in the future I can try it on a cheap $5 mouse.
The Xbox window is pretty cool. By the looks of it, it's very simple but the end result looks really nice.
Dremels are a modder's best friend, definately a must have.Originally Posted by BOARD_of_command
The dvd drive window wasn't too hard but the metal on the drive was a pain in the ass to cut and get softly sanded and round. The lcd was a bitch to fit in too but its all a labor of love.
Ohhh that's an LCD on the Xbox. Damn I thought that was your TV.
And speaking of difficulties...I certainly do not recommend my mouse mod for other amateurs. Removing the original LED was a royal pain in the ass despite how easy it may sound. Theoretically, you just heat up the solder point with a soldering iron and pull the LED out. Well in reality that is very very hard unless you have someone helping you out. If you heat up the solder point but fail to pull the LED out (i.e. solder cooled too fast), you are in for quite a treat. That's exactly what happened to me, so instead of soldering the LED off I cut the LED off and soldered on my new one. Moral of the story: do not attempt to remove the LED unless you are very proficient with a soldering iron and happen to have 3 hands.
However, if you do succeed you end up with a sweet looking white/blue/green/orange/yellow/whatever color laser instead of the ugly red.
Last edited by Board of Command; Sat, 03-11-2006 at 09:07 PM.
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