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paul26982 · 2008-06-14 06:59:12

if you a fan of gta the rock star sign would look good, but with it back lit etc

blu3rav3n · 2008-06-17 04:28:49

Ok guys i like your enthusiasm and not to seem like an ass but have any of you taken a ps3 apart? There is no room what so ever, in fact im amazed that they made it this small to begin with. Heres some pics of the front panel off. Also the panels are see through to a degree so the use of led's wouldn't work. You can see the pic in front of my tv, i have tried a few things to try and reflect the light from the led but with not luck. And last but not least yes clear windows but there is nothing special behind it. So i don't know "To each there own " they say

Mr.TurnSignal · 2008-06-17 07:11:34

Im putting leds where my disc drive is. Kinda like the wii but not as gay..

paul26982 · 2008-06-17 13:35:21

could you not build a clear persfex box and fit the ps3 into it (have a new case) think that would look cool

blu3rav3n · 2008-06-17 15:37:12

hmm a new case of all clear plastic would be sweet, but even for me would b to complex i think to make at least look decent. All tho never hurts to try and i think i might at least get an idea on what i could do.

paul26982 · 2008-06-18 10:01:42

doesnt exactly need a door for the drive, just a slot cut out etc, just had this vision

blu3rav3n · 2008-06-19 01:26:13

true on the drive good thing its an autofeed, im gonna buy some plexi this weekend and see what i can do with it. Ive taken the ps3 completely apart even down to the mobo, so the only problem im seeing is connecting the ends of the plexi together but ill figure sumthing out if i decide to finish it.

paul26982 · 2008-06-19 09:45:19

looking forward to this blu3rav3n, would love to do it myself but never took it apart before so best left alone lol

pachufir · 2008-06-19 12:07:28

paul26982 wrote:
looking forward to this blu3rav3n, would love to do it myself but never took it apart before so best left alone lol

ha ha my thoughts exactly

Mr.TurnSignal · 2008-06-19 12:30:32

Ive seen some videos on youtube of people putting LED's on their fan.... How smart is that?! You would never see the fan and all it would like is missed placed LED's by the factory. If anything i would cut a circle out of the case on the bottom where the fan is then then replace it with clear plastic and put leds around the circle on the outside of the plastic to give it a nice little ring. Then put two LED's where my memory card slot is and rig it so when you open it up the LED's come on automatically. Then put LED's where my disc slot is. And maybe some on the bottom below the memory card slot and disc slot and on and off button... but im not sure about that. Dont want to over do it lol

blu3rav3n · 2008-06-19 15:12:17

yea an actually the ps3 power supply is very unreliable tho, so with the new case it would be easy to add an external power supply. I am actually looking forward to this and have a few ideas on how to fasten the sides together so this could be interesting to say the least.

paul26982 · 2008-06-20 15:38:27

to many leds mentioned for my liking, thats the first thing people think of leds's being done to death now

blu3rav3n · 2008-06-21 06:10:55

Its like im staring at the sun! Thats something we both can agree on. But with a complete clear case only a few leds placed were the light is distributed over the surface area would look amazing. So far heres my ideas

1) go with a similar design to the ps3
2) the top or main panel of the case would have the ps3 logo etched in for the frost look
3) a chrome look around some of the edges and usb ports
4) 2 fans running off the same external power supply with a 3 way toggle switch in the rear( nicely hidden and small) cant make it look dumb now.

I start today, I have a parts list and a 6 pack in the firdge for when all goes bad. Any suggestions or ideas is welcome, and if you wanna call me crazy start
those comments now. It will give me something to read later.

paul26982 · 2008-06-21 13:04:47

my suggestions that numbers 1 - 4 are GREAT exactly how i would do it, maybe when you finished id get you to do mine

blu3rav3n · 2008-06-23 15:04:37

well i started sat and got side tracked all weekend. I'm hoping i can finish by the end of the week. so far not too bad either altho i think i can make it look better if i had a few better tools and work space.

Mr.TurnSignal · 2008-06-23 17:00:05

Take some pics of what you have done so far.

somegod · 2008-06-23 17:08:42

you should of used this speacal plastic that goes around the polyeister and case so it doesnt leave does nasty edges

blu3rav3n · 2008-06-24 00:48:12

thats what i got so far now mind u its still in working stages.

paul26982 · 2008-06-28 16:21:14

found this today, in the discription he says chi[, little confused

http://forums.llamma.com/viewtopic.php?t=18962

pachufir · 2008-06-28 22:21:28

nice, hope this works out, quite an ambitious project

BCapper92 · 2008-06-29 06:42:18

Yoo good luck with that, i'm sure you'll be the first

The most modding i could handle was a decal lol...

Have fun.

snipersnake · 2008-07-02 00:47:37

good luck buddy

blu3rav3n · 2008-07-02 02:07:03

Well I thought I would give you guys an update, so far no good. I'm having no problem cutting the pieces but trying to join the sides together is proving a lot more trouble then I thought. I wont give up I gotta get to a few hardware store's and see if I cant find something to fit my needs

parmz · 2009-01-24 18:36:45

you can always power your leds using a usb port

Sk8yu · 2009-01-26 14:53:37

im thinking of paying someone to custom ps3 case thats all clear and blue leds every where

Last edited by Sk8yu (2009-01-26 14:53:59)

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