Sidewinder X4 quick question

lee20010 · 23 Aug 2011 at 11:30

Can you change the colour of the backlight to Blue? I notice it shows up as red, but my PC and Mouse have Blue LED's. Just wanted to know before I order.

R088ieS86 · 23 Aug 2011 at 11:37

The black light it red only. You will have to replace the LEDs yourself if you want blue ones.

lee20010 · 23 Aug 2011 at 11:45

Oh damn, any decent cheap Keyboards with Blue LED? Seen a few but some reviews made me think twice.

R088ieS86 · 23 Aug 2011 at 11:58

The Logitech G110 is pretty decent. But normally around £60. not exactly cheap.
If you can find the older G11 their good as well and will be cheapish

spleenharvester · 23 Aug 2011 at 12:00

Razer do a few blue LED keyboards. Was tempted by one myself, but went with a red/black rig, and haven't gone back

lee20010 · 23 Aug 2011 at 12:05

I spent like £90 on a Razer Keyboard last year and it was faulty, RMA and then went faulty again. So I'll avoid their Keyboards. Still using a Razer Mouse though. I'll check out the G110

PaulHDietz · 27 Aug 2011 at 18:15

Changing the backlight color on an X4...

lee20010 said:
Can you change the colour of the backlight to Blue? I notice it shows up as red, but my PC and Mouse have Blue LED's. Just wanted to know before I order.

This question comes up so frequently, I wrote an Instructable on how to do it.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Change-the-Backlighting-Color-on-a-SideWinder-X4-K/

Presuming you know how to solder, this takes about 15 minutes...

Note: This is not endorsed by Microsoft, and it will certainly void your warranty.