[Tomster]

I just finished the blue led hack of my Macally iOptinet mouse and thought it looked much better with my Powerbook. The only thing that really looked out of place on the whole rig was the AC adapter LEDs. Sure, the orange when charging, green when full motif looked great with the first generation clamshell iBooks, but I thought it was time for Apple to update the colors. Anyone have any experience taking the plug apart on the power adapters? I recalled some of the first generation led power adapters came apart by themselves and wondered if anyone out there could describe how they are held together.

Thanks.

[Grrr]

The (4) LED's are extremely small surface mount ones in there.. Sure it would be possible to change them. But it's gonna be damn difficult.
I only had a poke around in my iBook one, as the plastic sleeve became unstuck, so could see inside.
The way it's constructed really doesnt seem to allow for servicing/modifications. If it were to break, Apple would just replace it, not try to fix it.

[antisonne]

ive been thinking about modifying it too for a while... I would really like to change it to white when full and blue when charging... I just dont have a spare charger to modify... Im sure its possible to do just need a spare charger and some same size leds... Lemme know if anyone has attempted this before

[Grrr]

Part of the problem with modifying it is the cable gromet cant be moved out of the way. at least not on mine. It seems to have been somehow bonded to the cable. So unless you can move that out the way, or are happy to cut it off entirely, there is just no way you are going to be able to solder anything on that tiny circuit board. Plus, it's surface mount LED's too.. So unless you are handy with surface mount technology, forget it

[Tomster]

My main concern was finding the correct LED's. There might be a great variability in the power consumption and light emitted. It might be a bit of a problem to find ones of the correct size to fit. In my neck of the woods, there are a bunch of shops willing to mod the LED's in a phone so for some bucks, I can get them to do the surface mount soldering.
Also of concern was the aesthetics of the plug after the hack. No sense in changing the LED's if it looked like the plug got run over by a car. I would need to take an impression of the plug and cast a new one out of plastic (two parts), then cut off the old one, change the LED's, attach the new case then polish.

Once I removed the plug housing, if I found some LED's of a size not available outside of OEM, I would pretty much be out of luck. that is my main issue so far.

[zeekyhbomb44875]

those LEDs are TINY little SMT ones, about liek one on the motherboard of the comp itself, and unless you have the right tools for working SMT, you could have some trouble. of course you could just heat one side of the old LED till it conducted through and melted the solder on the other side, then gently set the new on there and solder each side individually. good luck on finding a SMT bue or white LEDs tho. and the power they draw could be of a problem to you, too.