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Title: LED-swap on FILCO boards
Post by: hotswank on Thu, 16 April 2009, 13:56:15: How much volt are those insane bright Xenon LEDs on the FILCO (and SteelSeries) boards? Want to swap them for anything softer, I already own a Led-Lenser...
Title: LED-swap on FILCO boards
Post by: keyb_gr on Thu, 16 April 2009, 14:08:46: Ah, the classic "blindingly bright blue LEDs" issue. Always good for a rant (http://stephan.win31.de/follies.htm).

It's not a matter of voltage, that doesn't vary all too much for one specific type of light. (Should be about 3 V or thereabouts for blue.) It's the current that matters. Possibly they're using contemporary high efficiency LEDs and rule-of-thumb'd the series resistors wrong. Can you find those and identify their value? If so, try like 4 or 5 times that.
Title: LED-swap on FILCO boards
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 16 April 2009, 14:14:02: I don't find them too bright, but I don't stare down into them, either. From a normal angle, they look fine. The green ones in my G80-3000 are pretty bright, too, but there is a matte finish to the lens, so it's not as glaring.
Title: LED-swap on FILCO boards
Post by: ozar on Thu, 16 April 2009, 14:20:19: They don't bother me at all unless I put my head directly over them and stare down at them. Once I convinced myself to stop doing that, they haven't been all that bad. :lol:
Title: LED-swap on FILCO boards
Post by: FKSSR on Thu, 16 April 2009, 14:29:43: "Too Bright" - Maybe
"Way Too Bright" - Nah
Title: LED-swap on FILCO boards
Post by: FKSSR on Thu, 16 April 2009, 16:13:05: Yeah, I want to put red LEDs in mine, but I'm not sure if I want to risk damaging the board. I'll start with the Unicomp Spacesaver, when I buy it...

I'm not copying! I made up my mind to do it before ripster got to it first! :D
Title: LED-swap on FILCO boards
Post by: ssb on Thu, 16 April 2009, 16:13:37: Oh my eyes! Where are my sunglasses? :lol:
Title: LED-swap on FILCO boards
Post by: hotswank on Thu, 16 April 2009, 16:33:31: Quote from: ssb;86019
Oh my eyes! Where are my sunglasses? :lol:
Joking apart, some people have very sensitive eyes, like me for instance LOL. If I went out with no protection on a sunny day, my vision is heavily stained for hours at sundown to the point I can't drive my car or bike anymore.
Title: LED-swap on FILCO boards
Post by: ssb on Thu, 16 April 2009, 16:56:35: Quote from: hotswank;86025
Joking apart, some people have very sensitive eyes, like me for instance LOL. If I went out with no protection on a sunny day, my vision is heavily stained for hours at sundown to the point I can't drive my car or bike anymore.

Yeah I know what you mean. I have exactly the same problem with sun or strong direct light.
Title: LED-swap on FILCO boards
Post by: FKSSR on Thu, 16 April 2009, 22:01:33: Quote from: ripster;86015
I have tenkeyless so when that flash hits my eyes I know I hit the wrong key.

This is a good point. How often are the caps lock and scroll lock LEDs on? On my keyboards with a numpad, the Num Lock is always on, but I don't think that the Caps Lock and Scroll Lock LEDs would even be used enough to harm your vision.
Title: LED-swap on FILCO boards
Post by: cmr on Fri, 17 April 2009, 13:05:13: i think i may replace the green LEDs in my M10 with something in super orange to match the X%&#! key
Title: LED-swap on FILCO boards
Post by: o2dazone on Mon, 22 June 2009, 18:45:52: (http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=2796&stc=1&d=1245692029)
hahahahahaha probably the funniest pic youve ever posted rip
Title: LED-swap on FILCO boards
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 23 June 2009, 07:59:27: Damn, ripster, I can tell you've been posting far too much. The spacebars on your pretty new Filcos are already shiny.