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Dual WB LED LS mod
March 2002 by Jeff
Received my LED's yesterday morning (2/18/02). Did the
mod last night on LS3 following all your instructions.
I first used one LED and it was great but I was not
satisfied. So I redrilled two other holes, like the
mod submitted by steven, and installed two LED's.
I did it all without solder (do not own one). To
bridge the gap on the motherboard, I fashioned a small
piece of metal from an old electronic toy's battery
contacts and glued it with elmers glue and finished it
off with crazy glue. On the led's I just wrapped the
wire around each contact. It was not pretty but it
works and the LS3 case covers everything nicely.
WOW! Let me say that I have never seen such clarity
from an external light attachment. The colors were
vibrant, not washed out like what is shown and
verified of the Afterburner.
Just wanted to send you some pics of my first attempt
at photography and a not so good walk thru.
Did all mods and hacks suggested by you. Did not want
to send pics of the internals as they are not pretty.
As I mentioned earlier I do not own soldering
equipment.
First pic illustrates sanded LED locations (similar to
variation submitted by steven in tips and info
section.). If you notice the LED's are partially
sticking out of the holes. I did that to maximize the
height of the LED's. Also they are not pointed
straight out but slightly two degrees outward to
maximize the light to edges of the screen. They are
held in place with crazy glue (be careful when using
crazy glue let it dry fully before continuing).
Oh, about the foil tape. I had some lying around the
garage and decided to use it instead of painting it
like suggested by stan in your tips and info section.
They only serve as anti-glare, not to assist in
reflecting light (doesn't work).
Second pic: Trying to show the spread and brightness
of the lights. The whole screen as well as the corners
is nicely lit. This pic really doesnt do it justice. I
will send a better pic when I master the use of this 5
mega pixel camera.
An anti-glare strip is a must have as this light is so
bright. Use suggetions from the tips and info section.
Do it anyway you are comfortable with as long as it is
a flat dark color strip. For my anti-glare strip I
ran some self adhesive film through my laser printer
(printing a black picture)and cut to the shape of top
of GBA screen.
To play the GBA with this light is easy. Just angle
the GBA so the light is shining on the anti-glare
strip with the light shield folded back as far as
possible.
Jeff Pilarca (Blubtl)
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