Project: Valkyri Phase One

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As promised, here is an update on the psu light panel...

Man, drilling those holes really was nerve racking...one slip and the whole coockie would crumble :crazy:
Here are a couple of pics:
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Holes made plus the mystery pipe (you'll see) :twisted:

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And led's fitted, ready for soldering

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A close-up for your perusal...

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And a couple of bottom shots, just to get an idea.

I'm really impressed with the outcome so far. The next mission will be to do some soldering, which is not my favourite passtime...but you gotta do what you gotta do :wink:
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Post by DAE_JA_VOO »

Nice Work :D
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Thanks DJV, much appreciated :D
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More updates.

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This took me some time, and was quite a bother, actually :evil:


I found a couple of other niggly things that needed sorting, like the psu rectifier which had come loose, and more wiring had to be done for the additional psu fan and led circuit.


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Some testing before closing up the psu...
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And then, finally installing the heart of Valkyri Phase One
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Even with the flash of the camera, those leds are not drowned out...and they are running off a cell charger for testing purposes 3 volt :!:
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Imagine those with 12 volt coursing through them :twisted:

And now, SHOWTIME...still only with 3 volts...
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For now, that's that.
I'm going to be sourcing some other things, which will bring me ever closer to completion, but , for now this project is going into hibernation.

JHB I am coming back!
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You did a great job on those LED's
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Thanks, DoOb. :D
Ya, I figured since the leds where going to attract a lot of attention, it had to be 100%.
What is your opinion on the pipe that I used for the psu cables?
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I like da pipe :D (I know it sounds ghei, but I'm not)
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Even if you were, it matters not . Thanks for the feedback 8)
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Great job on those leds. VERY neat... looking really nice dude. :)
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Thank You, DarkRanger :)
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Looking really good bro! Those LED's on the PSU look sick!
You got any particular colour themes for Valkyri yet?
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I'm :inlove: with the LED’s on page 4. Have you got any other lighting ideas or is this going to be the “main attraction”? I think the color is :bomb: ! And I can’t wait to see more. :onfire:
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Wow , your mod is comming out great , the led's look cool.
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@ silv3rback: I don't want to deviate too much from black and amber...and those leds are probably going to drown out most of the other lighting, once they run at 12 volts :) in any case. But maybe an accent here and there with 1 other colour wouldn't be a bad idea. I mentioned the use of el wire previously for the hdd cage but methinks LED's FTW :biggrin:

@ Dragonflyweb: Yep, they will be one of the main attractions...but I don't want to make it look too "busy", I'll try not to go overboard (but you know me... :) )


Thanks for all your comments :D
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I am stealing the pipe idea.
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[edit]Dont know .. I will have to make my cables longer though i see[/edit]
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Lithe_Joint wrote:@ silv3rback: I don't want to deviate too much from black and amber...and those leds are probably going to drown out most of the other lighting, once they run at 12 volts :)
So just tone em down by upping the resistance a bit...
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Lithe_Joint wrote:Thanks, DoOb. :D
Ya, I figured since the leds where going to attract a lot of attention, it had to be 100%.
What is your opinion on the pipe that I used for the psu cables?
Yea the pipe looks good. Just make sure all your connections are well covered after you have extended if thats what i see you doing. with insulation tape.

Otherwise keep going coming along smoothly
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@ viceroy : Methinks a variable resistor of appropriate value, is a good idea...then I can adjust the brightness to my heart's content :) ...I'll make a note of that, for when I unpack ...

@ DoOb : I am going to extend them a bit and I'll be using heatshrink...much neater imo, although it won't be visible.
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Lithe_Joint wrote: I am going to extend them a bit and I'll be using heatshrink...much neater imo, although it won't be visible.
What do you mean they won't be visibe?
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well...it(they?) will be hidden behind the side coverplate.
I just hope there is going to be enough clearance but I'll know soon enough :)
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looking cool dude. keep it up, how many resistors did you buy? 8O
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da_ripper wrote:looking cool dude. keep it up, how many resistors did you buy? 8O
500. And to top it off, it turns out that they had the wrong values...I eventually had to go and get the right ones myself :roll:
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Lithe_Joint wrote:
da_ripper wrote:looking cool dude. keep it up, how many resistors did you buy? 8O
500. And to top it off, it turns out that they had the wrong values...I eventually had to go and get the right ones myself :roll:
that would so infuriate me... :evil:
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Zalman.

One word.

One pic:
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picked it up yesterday, updated my site today :D
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Post by Samaya »

DUDE! Those LED's are seriously cool. BUT the pipe is EVEN better!!! I really like what you are doing. Very nice
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