- Nov 2, 2007
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I was in chat today and got talking with ChronoTriggerFan about hardware modding we have done and figured that it could be fun to start a thread about it.
In the order they were done:
Mouse LED Swap Red --> Green
This is my external hard drive, for some reason the manufacturer had one side light up a horrible shade of orange all the time, and then had one side blink blue:
So I did some re-wiring:
The final result lights up blue constantly on both sides, then blinks red, creating a nifty lighting effect:
At about this point I attempted a complete computer case mod that failed miserably (I still have yet to assemble the parts because I did such a crappy job on the paint... It chips off it you sneeze at it). However, I learned a lot from that mod. I have like 50 pictures from this case mod attempt, but they would fill up this thread.
In any case, the next project I did was a desk power supply for testing components and as a source of power for my breadboard.
I added an On / Off switch and a power indicator LED
In this picture you can see I unwisely chose to use a metal base plate for the power ports, this was later upgraded to a non-conduction acrylic sheet with the voltages etched into it.
My latest completed project is by far my favorite. This is a 48 port 100/10 switch. We got it off ebay for $60, it had some case damage, a broken fan, and a firmware problem. We fixed it up and then did this to it:
In the dark:
Then, after we had already done all of that to it, we decided to google its model number: And found this out...
Overall I would say it was a good deal for $60
So, thats what I have got, what all have other people done?
In the order they were done:
Mouse LED Swap Red --> Green
This is my external hard drive, for some reason the manufacturer had one side light up a horrible shade of orange all the time, and then had one side blink blue:
So I did some re-wiring:
The final result lights up blue constantly on both sides, then blinks red, creating a nifty lighting effect:
At about this point I attempted a complete computer case mod that failed miserably (I still have yet to assemble the parts because I did such a crappy job on the paint... It chips off it you sneeze at it). However, I learned a lot from that mod. I have like 50 pictures from this case mod attempt, but they would fill up this thread.
In any case, the next project I did was a desk power supply for testing components and as a source of power for my breadboard.
I added an On / Off switch and a power indicator LED
In this picture you can see I unwisely chose to use a metal base plate for the power ports, this was later upgraded to a non-conduction acrylic sheet with the voltages etched into it.
My latest completed project is by far my favorite. This is a 48 port 100/10 switch. We got it off ebay for $60, it had some case damage, a broken fan, and a firmware problem. We fixed it up and then did this to it:
In the dark:
Then, after we had already done all of that to it, we decided to google its model number: And found this out...
Overall I would say it was a good deal for $60
So, thats what I have got, what all have other people done?