I've done cut my DVD drive!! (HUGE PICS INSIDE 56k & broadband beware)

[sho.gun]

So after spending half of my 4th of July just sitting around doing nothing, I decided to stick a window on my DVD drive. THe drive is a slot-load pioneer 16x with a silver painted bezel. I then busted out my trusty ol dremel and started chopping, then glued a thin plexiglass on the bottom. I had nothing to use as a trim, but I think it looks fine without one.

Then I figure why not just stick a LED inside while we're at it... so while wiring one up I thought again, why not stick 2 in there while we're at it. To power the leds, i just took 5V from the bottom of the board where all the electronic parts are.

My cam sucks, the light is much more spread and even if you look at it in real life. But hey, here it is.

http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/061602/dvd1a.JPG
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/061602/dvd2a.JPG
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/061602/dvd3a.JPG
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/061602/dvd4a.JPG
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/061602/dvd5a.JPG

[sho.gun]

http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/061602/dvd6a.JPG

[ribitch]

might want to photoshop those images down to a smaller size.

did you wire a load to those LEDs? The 5V will blow make em pop before long unless you drop the voltage down some. a 10K in series will work for each LED.

Otherwise its pretty cool

[Ladogaboy]

That is the biggest DVD drive I've ever seen! :2far:


:heh:

Nice job sho.gun! :thumb:

[sho.gun]

Originally posted by ribitch
might want to photoshop those images down to a smaller size.

did you wire a load to those LEDs? The 5V will blow make em pop before long unless you drop the voltage down some. a 10K in series will work for each LED.

Otherwise its pretty cool

I resized em :)

Each led is paired with an 180 ohm resistor so it should be fine, the resistor drops the 5v into 1.6 or something. Btw what's a load?

[sho.gun]

Originally posted by Ladogaboy
That is the biggest DVD drive I've ever seen! :2far:


:heh:

Nice job sho.gun! :thumb:

hey they're smaller now and guess what... *ahem* notice anything weird? like they're not BLOOOOOOO? :D

[bachviet]

Damn you have some skillz!

[Hiro]

Nice work sho.gun!

You got da skillz and da boredom to go through with things. heh. I see your 4th was just as entertaining as mine. I spent all day drawing and pining over my ex. :P

I also went down and saw Dopey and Pinkgirl and Dopey's kids. We went to McDonald's and the park.

[ribitch]

Originally posted by sho.gun


I resized em :)

Each led is paired with an 180 ohm resistor so it should be fine, the resistor drops the 5v into 1.6 or something. Btw what's a load?

sorry, a load is a form of resistance used in an electronic circuit. A load will reduce the voltage to keep from destroying the dvices wired into the circuit. A resistor is the load used in this circuit

[Showtime]

nice work, now put it in the top drive and and cut the case to show it off.
-jel:halo:

[Speedfreak]

Looks like Mickey did a Van Gogh.

[Merlin]

You so crazy.

[DoPeY5007]

can you see the laser through the DVDs?

[sho.gun]

Originally posted by the jello is jigglin
nice work, now put it in the top drive and and cut the case to show it off.
-jel:halo:

*whistles innocently*

http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/061602/dvd7a.JPG

http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/061602/dvd8a.JPG

http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/061602/dvd9a.JPG

[sho.gun]

Originally posted by DoPeY5007
can you see the laser through the DVDs?

hehe yeah actually, when you put a CD in you can see the laser turn on really bright... but afterwards when the CD is spinning fast you can't see it anymore.

[DoPeY5007]

but when a DVD is playing, you should be able to see it the whole time....

[joe52985]

that is some nice work there shogun, looks like the rest of ur case rocks too

[Ladogaboy]

Originally posted by sho.gun


hey they're smaller now and guess what... *ahem* notice anything weird? like they're not BLOOOOOOO? :D

Oh, I noticed... I just didn't want to embarrass you. :hihi:

[nomoney]

Originally posted by ribitch
a 10K in series will work for each LED.
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lets see...most leds drop about 1.7-2.1V so we are looking at lets say 3V across the resistor. A 10K resistor would allow .3ma to flow through the series combo (V=IR). Most LEDs are brightest between 10-20ma. Wouldnt recommend the 10k...more like 200 ohm or less

[Tommy Boomfiger]

thats a sweet mod sho. youve just motivated me to do some case mods as soon as i get a dremel;)