Modding question

KadreMoD · 15 Sep 2006 at 10:57

Just wondering if anyone knows of a mod where someone has put some uv reactive acrylic behind the motherboard (the room behind the mb that the standoff's give.) I think it would look pretty good to have a glow coming from behind the motherboard, if you could place a cathode near enough of course.
I'm thinking of doing it on my akasa zen (have a side window in it.) , I was looking to do something unique and i think this might be it.

Also, does anyone know if UV Paint is any good? I was thinking of painting the inside of the front cover as its slightly translucent.

KadreMoD · 15 Sep 2006 at 11:14

Dont think a cathode would fit behind it. A couple of UV LED's will though. Luckily the zen has some holes in the mb tray , so drilling a couple more out for LED's would be easy enough.

The only problem is that i have no idea what im doing with wiring/soldering. Will have to find a guide on the net, if i go ahead with the LED's

edit: ouch! Just had a look around and UV leds are like £3 each :eek:

KadreMoD · 15 Sep 2006 at 11:34

Cheers samcat

KadreMoD · 15 Sep 2006 at 18:16

messiah khan said:
While were talking about heatshrink. Remember to slide it on far enough so that it doesn't start to shrink with the heat of the soldering iron. I speak from experience.

noted