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I saw some of the keyboards they used in some of the really old sci-fi films, and how they tend to glow around the edges. I then saw some glow wire, which is as simple as it sounds; wire that glows!
I decided to put it in my keyboard, so i took all the keys off my keyboard... BAD MOVE! first thing you should do is to make a note of where all of the keys are. It doesn't matter whether or not you think you know the keyboard like the back of your hand, when it comes to putting the keys back in, one by one, its just too confusing.
I laid the wire where the keys would go. It ran along each row to get the best out of the glow. After all, its no halogen bulb!
I had extra wire when I had done the main part of the keyboard, so I drilled a hole through to the cursor keys, and put the wire around them. I STILL had some left, and so I drilled through to the keypad, and outlined that. I then drilled a hole into the top of the keyboard (near the circuit and the LEDs) and another next to where the keyboard wire comes out of the keyboard case.
The wire between the inverter supplied with the wire, and the glow wire was far too short to reach the case, so I cut them, and soldered some more on (just normal wire, infact I used some that I had taken off a broken psu). I ran this the length of the keyboard cable, into the case and plugged the inverter into one of the molex connectors. I then put the keyboard back together, which due to my stupidity took hours, and the use of notepad.
And finally, and hour and a half (which could be just half an hour) later IT WAS FINNISHED
I decided to put it in my keyboard, so i took all the keys off my keyboard... BAD MOVE! first thing you should do is to make a note of where all of the keys are. It doesn't matter whether or not you think you know the keyboard like the back of your hand, when it comes to putting the keys back in, one by one, its just too confusing.
I laid the wire where the keys would go. It ran along each row to get the best out of the glow. After all, its no halogen bulb!
I had extra wire when I had done the main part of the keyboard, so I drilled a hole through to the cursor keys, and put the wire around them. I STILL had some left, and so I drilled through to the keypad, and outlined that. I then drilled a hole into the top of the keyboard (near the circuit and the LEDs) and another next to where the keyboard wire comes out of the keyboard case.
The wire between the inverter supplied with the wire, and the glow wire was far too short to reach the case, so I cut them, and soldered some more on (just normal wire, infact I used some that I had taken off a broken psu). I ran this the length of the keyboard cable, into the case and plugged the inverter into one of the molex connectors. I then put the keyboard back together, which due to my stupidity took hours, and the use of notepad.
And finally, and hour and a half (which could be just half an hour) later IT WAS FINNISHED
qwerty 
) so I got rid of it!
