Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:26 pm Post subject: replacing the jewel
just wondering if it is pretty simple to replace the jewel?
does it come off easy and when you want to put another on there, what do you use as an adhesive? i want to do this to my box, but never have done it.
also do you have to buy a mod for leds? where can i get that if so...thanks
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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:35 pm Post subject:
Replacing the jewel is pretty easy. Take the cover off and use a heat gun underneath the case (where the jewel is). Get it nice and warm and use a very small flat head screw driver and try to lift it up. If it doesn't easily lift, its not hot enough. Make sure you use a very small flat head! _________________ My Setup:
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joho5 Xbox-HQ Freak
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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:24 pm Post subject:
hair dryer work?
how did you put another on? will hotglue work?
thanks man
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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject:
When you remove the old one, there should be lots of sticky residue left that you can just pop the new on. If not, ya, a little bit of glue should work.
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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:38 pm Post subject: removing
hair dryer works. and heres a tut on doing it. theses lots of ways it can be done. these is a way that you freeze the top case part with the jewel to and a way using dentel floss. Heres the dentel floss way its the way im going to do mine. hope that helps
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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:45 pm Post subject:
Man..and this is just me..but I tried that dental floss way...it has to be the worst way to remove a jewel LOL!! You are just making way to much work for yourself IMO. Maybe its cause I used dental floss that probably belonged to my grandmother when she was 12, but still, it was painful.
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:38 am Post subject:
i like the hot watter methed take a cup of watter put a little dish soap in it put cup in the microwave for 3 minuts then pore watter on jewel just enoff to cover the jewel wate 30 minuts then take a butter knife and pop it off you just need the knife to get under it thers no force needed it comes right off as for sticking it back on that depinds on what you are doing with your jewel if you want it to light up then a little hot glue will do the trick if you are just putting a dif one with no lights then dubel side tap or hot glue (dont use supper model or crsy glue it will mess up the jewel) _________________ <a href="http://www.us.playstation.com/PSN/Users/BUD_TOKER_13"><img src="http://pid.us.playstation.com/user/BUD_TOKER_13.jpg" width="235" height="149" border="0" /></a>
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:51 pm Post subject:
what kind of mod do i have to get to light it up? is there like a power supply modchip or something that powers the leds? or is it like a led mod that comes with the leds and everything? im pretty new to the case modding.
thanks
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:22 pm Post subject:
you can buy leds and make your own wiring or you can buy a kit from numeous places....or you can get a fan with a coldcathode tube ring remove it and use that.... _________________
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:40 pm Post subject:
Or, if you couldn't afford any of that, you could cover it in tin foil and shine a torch at it!
The sky's the limit!
I assume if you're having LED's, your new jewel is clear? Do you have any designs on it?
you can buy leds and make your own wiring or you can buy a kit from numeous places....or you can get a fan with a coldcathode tube ring remove it and use that....
what if i bought all my own stuff, where do they get the power? where would i wire them to get power?
thanks
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:39 pm Post subject:
from the hard drive power. You can buy a molex adapter that has an in and an out plus a positive and a negative wire that you can hook the leds to. you can buy the jewl halo light kit from llama.com for like $10
joho5 Xbox-HQ Freak
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:34 pm Post subject:
Burner6999 wrote:
from the hard drive power. You can buy a molex adapter that has an in and an out plus a positive and a negative wire that you can hook the leds to. you can buy the jewl halo light kit from llama.com for like $10
would you mind giving me a link to the halo light kit, all i can find is the jewel only. does the kit come with everything?
thanks
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