Ballistix Tracers mod... help please

Fitseries3 · Feb 24, 2008

i LOVE my ballistix tracers BUT.... they are too damn bright! i am trying to think of a way to dim the LED's to a more manageable level. i am also trying to come p with some sort of cooling method that still allows the ram to be shown off... just not SO bright. the only thing i can come up with is window tint. i haven't figured out how to mount it quite yet. any other ideas?

JUDAS3 · Feb 24, 2008

lay a small piece of smoked plastic over the lights, that should do it.

hat · Feb 24, 2008

You could REMOVE the LEDs I suppose...

Fitseries3 · Feb 24, 2008

@judas any pics?

@ HAT kinda small and i don't want to kill my $200 in ram. i had thought of that as well though!

Fitseries3 · Feb 24, 2008

this will give you an idea of how bright they are....

JUDAS3 · Feb 24, 2008

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3mm-Dark-Smok...ryZ26258QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Fitseries3 · Feb 24, 2008

great idea. how would i mount it?

JUDAS3 · Feb 24, 2008

http://www.gcip.co.uk/EP/perspex_sheet.htm

JUDAS3 · Feb 24, 2008

you could cut a small strip sand it and hot melt it to the cooler brackets

Solaris17 · Feb 24, 2008

take some whiteout and put it over the led's?

Corrosion · Feb 24, 2008

Solaris17 said:
take some whiteout and put it over the led's?

Best idea of all of these.

Fitseries3 · Feb 24, 2008

Solaris17 said:
take some whiteout and put it over the led's?

that has to be the quickest fix i've heard of! :laugh:

maybe black out to match the ramsinks.

im looking for something not so permanent.

MrW · Feb 24, 2008

Tin foil.

sneekypeet · Feb 24, 2008

OCZ ramcooler over the top?

Fitseries3 · Feb 24, 2008

come on guys.... im not looking for a quick fix here. this is a show quality build here. more pics in my SIG.

Fitseries3 · Feb 24, 2008

sneekypeet said:
OCZ ramcooler over the top?

that would be more like it. i dont want to add more LED's though. maybe change the fans?
or i could make something similar out of the smoked plexy? how about a smoked plexy air duct. that way the fan wont be covering the ram.

Solaris17 · Feb 24, 2008

fitseries3 said:
that has to be the quickest fix i've heard of! maybe black out to match the ramsinks.

im looking for something not so permanent.

white out is white....it will make them less bright and sionce its white they will still show blue...and if you have to reapply or get ride of it it will wipe off with a q-tip and alcohol...

Fitseries3 · Feb 24, 2008

im not worried about the blue LED's. just the yellow and red ones on the top.

Solaris17 · Feb 24, 2008

it wont do anything...if you have a white out pen that would prob be better and you wouldnt even see if you were carefull enough

department76 · Feb 24, 2008

MrW said:
Tin foil.

horrible idea. so it can fall and/or shortout his ram, or hit the back of the videocard and kill it, or get sucked into the psu or cpu fan.

i'd just take a black permanent marker to the LEDs. quick, simple, safe, removable, effective.

sneekypeet · Feb 24, 2008

fitseries3 said:
that would be more like it. i dont want to add more LED's though. maybe change the fans?
or i could make something similar out of the smoked plexy? how about a smoked plexy air duct. that way the fan wont be covering the ram.

I do believe that even the stock fans LEDs could be disabled on the OCZ cooler.

Fitseries3 · Feb 24, 2008

sneekypeet said:
I do believe that even the stock fans LEDs could be disabled on the OCZ cooler.

yeah, but i still want the ram to be visible. i know, i know, you can't have both. but... i know there is a way to have both things accomplished here.

niko084 · Feb 24, 2008

Remove one of the connections on the led and place a small resistor on it that will cut the power to it a bit.

But probably not something you want to do...

Skrabrug · Feb 24, 2008

try getting that paint stuff you get get from hobby stores that you use to draw images on glasses and so on with.. get the clear one and mix a little black into it and paint over the LEDs?... dunno if it would work though.

sneekypeet · Feb 24, 2008

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3220/6756003ur2.jpg

Looks to me like they would do the job?!?!

But it is your toy!!!!!

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