ok this mod is not finished as i am waiting for LEDs to arrive its a very basic mod. all this mod involves is removing the fan off the areo 7 and glueing 4 UV LEDs in the 4 corners solder a risistor to each LED and solder to a common ground. then rout the wires through the heatsink where it clips to the mobo. my crude MS paint circet diagram. the victim mounted on my shiney MSI mobo with athlon 1700+ under there ( yes its a slower athlon i got it a yr ago (i can get a 2000+ for the same price i payed but gfx card takes priority)) shoddy wireing awating LEDs and resistors EDIT: pics work now
I tested the glowing potential of these fans when they were first published. Never got around actually mounting the leds permanently to the unit.
They will look sweet bud, another idea for people with UV setups would be to spray the casing with clear UV paint and use UV LEDs instead. Nice to see how it looks once finished and fitted. Carl
I have an Aero 4 which is half blue and half green because of other lights around my case.. looks really nice. Can't wait to see how this turns out, i like Carls idea about the clear UV paint.
Wow that looks really good I reallyt wanna do that to my aero 7 But I dunno how to set up LEDS and stuff... Like how can I get electricity to the LED I don't have any solder kits or something. Or can I get some kind of LED attached to a molex or something
I can't wait to see this one!!!! I've been planning the UV version for a few weeks now!! But probably going to wait till after the first of the year. The wife is slowing down my modding spending, but thats what wifes do!!! On the subject of learning to setup your own leds, really go get a soldering iron, they are cheap and very usefull and then start learnin!!
LEDS not arrived yet there "in transit" as for setting them up all you need is to determin what voltage your gonna use 12 or 5 yellow or red then. then look up the spec of you LED and put details into bit techs led resistor calculator. (its there somewhere) then buy resistors that match the led spec. now all you do is solder the resistor to the positive leg then to a wire connected to the 12V or 5V supply then the other leg of the LED is soldered to a wire that goes to the 12V or 5V ground (black wire closest to the color wire you are useing) NOTE: make sure the LED is the right way round there is a flat part on the side and a longer leg. i think this is the cathode so it is connected to nevative/ground. (i forgot my electronics class from 2 yrs ago so i will use trial and error)
I have to say that looks rather cool.. my g/f has an areo 7 but why did I not think of LED's??! *sigh*
and the finished product the LEDs came las nite they had left them with next door. youll have to excuse the crappy pics due to the ****ty quality of my webcam and the cam on my phoen isnt any better the leds are UV purple ultra bright. there connected via a 100ohm resistor to the 5v line as there 4v LEDs. there acutally brighter than my CCFL the cathode looks wimpy compared to the fan .
Gotta say that looks SWEEEET !!! I was thinking of getting an Aero cooler (to replace my Themaltake Smartfan which is waaay too loud at full speed) ...and after seeing those pics, I just decided to make an order right away!! Nice job, warmr
you need one of those flat-sticky-wire-hoop dealies to hold your psu wire up off it ... then it would be great. like in this horrid pic ... the little blue thing that keeps the psu bundle from hitting the heatsink ... for about 25 cents each, theyre the best deal in wire management imo ...
