Looking For A Link Or Tutorial On How To Add Led's To Dvd Drive, can't find anything no more here please help Options

[xboxuser5]

I am looking for a link on how to add led's to the inside of the xbox dvd drive's I am mostly looking for the samsung 605-B one but other's would help also

[shakaru]

OPTICAL Drive. not really something you want to do.

[rockrerun]

I'm guessing you want to light up a dvd window or something. While the dvd drive is OPTICAL, you can still add leds. you could even add leds under the dvd for a glow. The dvd drive uses a laser to detect ons and offs (reflection off the cd/no reflection). as long as you don't point a led directly into the sensor, it shouldn't mess anything up. As for a link, I don't know of one. I just thought I would clear up the confusion.

[speed_racer88]

im not sure if there is a tutorial but i remember a guy who took power from a different source, and ran it to a phone jack (i think). he glued the other end to the thing that goes in and out so that the lights went on when the drive closed and were off when the drive opened. I hope this makes sense lol, if not im sure someone here knows what im talking about and knows where the pictures are.

[xboxuser5]

Exactly but the other way around I want the tutorial were they come on when the drive is opened and the led's are off when it is closed and in use just want it for eject look's with UV

[xboxuser5]

still looking

[Aquarillis]

I've been thinking of installing some LED's on the bezel that turn on point towards the disk when opened. How this is done is by putting a wire down the length of the tray, and at the end the bare wire. When opened, the bare wire touches the current and lights the LED, illuminating your disk. =)

[sabbath_dude]

Thats a mod Im planning on doing very soon. I'm going to have 2 3mm blue leds drilled into the tray facing towards the disc. When it opens fully both will come on and light up the tray. I was asking about this not long ago but no one gave me any info on it so im assuming theres no tut on how to do it or not many ppl have done it. I have a few ideas how I'm going to do it and i'll do a tut if it works out.

The guy that did something similar I think speed_racer88 is talking about was stevewall (I think). He did that stained glass xbox?. Anyway it was the same idea but in reverse. Was in the forums about 3 months ago if you can find it.

[xboxuser5]

it has been done already and looked really easy and like a very clean install I seen it on here before so it has already been done I just can't find it but it was a completed tutorial when I seen it last

[Maertz]

just wing it it dont sound to hard.

[Aquarillis]

Thats a mod Im planning on doing very soon. I'm going to have 2 3mm blue leds drilled into the tray facing towards the disc. When it opens fully both will come on and light up the tray. I was asking about this not long ago but no one gave me any info on it so im assuming theres no tut on how to do it or not many ppl have done it. I have a few ideas how I'm going to do it and i'll do a tut if it works out.

The guy that did something similar I think speed_racer88 is talking about was stevewall (I think). He did that stained glass xbox?. Anyway it was the same idea but in reverse. Was in the forums about 3 months ago if you can find it.

I was thinking of having them in the bezel... But yeah, do you like my idea? I'll draw a crappy picture in a second...

(Picture courtesy of llamma.com)



See, the way it's set up, the LED's turn on only when the circuit is complete, which is when the drive is open. When it's closed, it's not.

This post has been edited by Aquarillis: Feb 15 2006, 03:42 PM

[Need Help Now!]

Correct me if I am wrong but I belive palmore did this?

=DooM=

This post has been edited by Need Help Now!: Feb 15 2006, 05:38 PM

[xboxuser5]

the one that I had seen the led's are inside toward the rear and lay facing outward toward the disk tray and bezel I am going to make one up today and I will take pic's as I go I will be doing it to a samsung 605 does anyone know a link for a pin-out to the dvd drive's power harness molex that the yellow wire hook's into on the back of the drive all I need to know is which pin is ground and wich is power and what volt it run's at I am going to mount them on the black plastic frame toward the rear drive inside and face them outward toward the bezel I am going to try to make something like mentioned above where the tray end has something mounted so when is out it toach's and make's the cotact were they will come on.

[xboxuser5]

I stewed on it for awile and I figured out a way to make them run constant all the time or only when the tray is being ejected and out and off when closed or how to make them on when it is closed and shut off when opened also a spot to put a lot of led's inside the case and can run them at 12v or 5v with the correct resistor's of coarse but I can take pic's of the process of making the one that come on when ejected and off when it close's