LED's

Krony · 9 Oct 2011 at 10:06

Is there a way to change the colour of led's ? like a cap that would fit over them or something, my Asus Sabertooth X58 has a green one for power and it's on all the time and kind of ruins my current red/black theme, i just wondered if anyone had successfully found a solution to this.

Diggsy · 9 Oct 2011 at 11:07

If you type 'LED covers' into Google, the 1st result may well work with a little modding. Otherwise, red translucent tape or something?

Tealc · 9 Oct 2011 at 14:03

What sort of led is it? The type mounted to motherboards are usually SMD.

Maybe a bit of black insulation tape atop that sort of led would work to at least block out the colour.

Luke_Bowman · 9 Oct 2011 at 14:13

Just some Black PVC tape over the top should sort it but if your that bothered you could always solder a different LED into the wiring?

Krony · 10 Oct 2011 at 11:15

Thx, i think soldering a new one in is a bit extreme

, Maybe i'll try the insulation tape method or a black marker pen.

danbt · 10 Oct 2011 at 13:06

Usually just using that thin coloured plastic that you sometimes see on the cover of disco lights to change their colour works well.

Tealc · 10 Oct 2011 at 16:30

Just found an image of the board and the LED is a 3mm or 5mm standard lens type. Quite why they thought it'd be a good idea to fit one of these to the board is beyond me but there you go.

I wouldn't recommend trying to solder a different colour in yourself as that could end in tears.

Might be tricky to cover a round object with tape but the pen trick might work, at least to dim it down a bit.

A small block of red acrylic with a 3mm or 5mm hole (as appropriate) might do the job.

Krony · 10 Oct 2011 at 17:10

Yea it's a 5mm one and really bright, just messes up me colour scheme really, the acrylic sounds like a plan.

skyripper · 10 Oct 2011 at 17:18

Pretend you're a goth. Black nail polish. May need a couple of coats.