I just done mine (titanium so bitch to prise apart) I went for white which l prefer. I used a 3mm white led and filed it down a bit. the orange colour just looks crappy imho
Only thing I can tell ya is to try a smaller let and try the leads on the contacts and see if it lights, if you know the polarity of the led to the surface mounted one, then you have it figured out.
Its surface mounted, I had a couple extra from an old hard drive pcb, but one thing you will have to make sure you are aware of is the polarity of the led itself. There should be a little blue line on the one side of it, use that as your indicator to line it up.
Be careful not to desolder anything else on the board otherwise your out of a thumbdrive.
its L.E.D. not led
Randomguy578 1 month ago
I had that ide just a few days ago, Deja Vu XD
NonneBoy93 9 months ago
It's very cool! However, I just don't see the point of wasting your time modding on something so simple as a flash drive.
cateye27 1 year ago
@cateye27 Well, why not? The practice you get in projects like this help you for bigger and better mods in the future. ;)
AzurusNova 7 months ago 3
@AzurusNova Plus, you can use different colored LEDs to tell one unit from another without opening the files.
soundspark 7 months ago
My girlfriend thought the cops were outside when i had mine on!
Gamethroughs 1 year ago
@Gamethroughs
Now that is funny!
AzurusNova 1 year ago
cool mod!
I just done mine (titanium so bitch to prise apart) I went for white which l prefer. I used a 3mm white led and filed it down a bit. the orange colour just looks crappy imho
cilitpop 2 years ago
Yep!
I have other things I am modding as well.
Im also getting ideas for spraypaint stenciles as well, and one of them is going to be a radioactive stencile.
I have a Sharp VHS camcorder case that Im going to mod into a kick ass case as well, I just dont know what to put inside of it.
Thanks for the comment!
AzurusNova 2 years ago
i did the same thing except with a red light cause it was all i had
randomstufdude 2 years ago
How do you get the white cover off of the circuit board without breaking it?
Vince2173 2 years ago
It takes a little bit og ginger work. There should be some tabs on the sides that you could safely bend back and get it off of the main board.
AzurusNova 2 years ago
cool, I have a Cruzer micro just like that one (exept mine has 16 gigs.) its so fucking cool!
ILikeKiks 2 years ago
Hey man I'm having trouble trying to line the polarity up, what exactly am I lining the blue line up with on the circuit board?
Pogster1339 3 years ago
Did you check what side the original led polarity line was on before?
AzurusNova 3 years ago
Unfortunately, no.
Pogster1339 3 years ago
Only thing I can tell ya is to try a smaller let and try the leads on the contacts and see if it lights, if you know the polarity of the led to the surface mounted one, then you have it figured out.
Good luck.
AzurusNova 3 years ago
What kind of light have you used there, where did u get it from, im thinking of doing the same thing....
Pogster1339 3 years ago
Its surface mounted, I had a couple extra from an old hard drive pcb, but one thing you will have to make sure you are aware of is the polarity of the led itself. There should be a little blue line on the one side of it, use that as your indicator to line it up.
Be careful not to desolder anything else on the board otherwise your out of a thumbdrive.
AzurusNova 3 years ago
Hey I have the same memory stick, how did you get the cover off, mine seems to snap when I get it off.....
Pogster1339 3 years ago
it was slow prying that worked for me, where the little notch where the lanyard was supposed to be, that worked for me.
AzurusNova 3 years ago