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First off you will need a molex to attach to the PSU. I ripped this one form an old power supply and I got rid of the red wire (5V) and its ground. The lights all only use 12v so adding a 5v wire just makes things that much more complicated. The less wires and the less soldering the better I always say. Now if you remember when I shortened the wires for the cathode I left the 5v and its ground there. I later removed them, but if you plan on wiring the lights off the HDD molex you will need to leave them as the HDD uses the 5v lead. Below are pics of my re-modified cathode molex and the connector we will be adding to the PSU unit.
Now where to solder the new connection? Just follow the yellow (12v) and the black (ground) back to the PSU and check where they end up on the pcb. If you have a multi-meter, use it to verify the visual. I have indicated where I soldered in the pics below.
After its soldered you can use electric tape to cover the solder spots and another piece a tape to keep it going out the side it’s supposed to go out. Bending the solder spots too much will cause them to break so taping it down will keep it in 1 place. Now you can go ahead and test to make sure everything fits under the DVD drive, but if you followed my instructions, it will. That lighted jewel definitely adds a unique lighting effect that you won’t see very often, BUT are we done with the lighting? Of course not. We got lighting on the top, not its time for a lighted effect on the bottom. Enter the led lighted case feet made for the Chemning / Antec style of cases.
Modding on the LED Feet!:
The four feet all connect to an 8 pin header that connects to a molex pass through. There is also a little nub on the top of each foot. The feet are made to swivel on the cases so the nub stops it from over rotating. So we’re going to want to get rid of the nubs as well as glue the feet because we don’t want the feet to rotate on our Xbox. You can see the nub in question circled below. First we’re going to take the feet apart. Unscrew the 2 screws on the bottom on the feet. It will come apart in 3 pieces.
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