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Offline idontknowwhatamidoing

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sound reactive leds question
« on: January 02, 2009, 07:50:18 AM »
Can any1 give me a clear picture where to solder the wires?
Is there some kinda place on the motherboard or should I solder wires to directly to the speakers?
and how many leds can 1 speaker handle?

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Re: sound reactive leds question
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2009, 07:55:13 AM »
« Last Edit: January 03, 2009, 06:07:54 AM by Nemesis »

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Re: sound reactive leds question
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2009, 08:03:52 AM »
but if i dont have the amp thingy (is it even necessary?), I need to solder it to the same place, right?

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Re: sound reactive leds question
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2009, 05:40:26 PM »
but if i dont have the amp thingy (is it even necessary?), I need to solder it to the same place, right?

Just solder directly to the speaker connections on the mobo.

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Re: sound reactive leds question
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2009, 03:28:47 AM »
Just solder directly to the speaker connections on the mobo.

k, that is just what i wanted to do  :greedy:
but before I solder anything I wanna make sure what do they look like? :dntknw:

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Re: sound reactive leds question
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2009, 08:29:20 AM »
k, that is just what i wanted to do  :greedy:
but before I solder anything I wanna make sure what do they look like? :dntknw:


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Re: sound reactive leds question
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2009, 06:42:20 PM »
i thinks it could handle 5 leds before you feel the sound change.

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Re: sound reactive leds question
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2009, 06:45:00 PM »
i thinks it could handle 5 leds before you feel the sound change.
Yea you don't want to add too many. But the sound difference isn't very noticeable unless you have allot of leds.

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Re: sound reactive leds question
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2009, 04:12:48 PM »
if you dont know what your doing i wouldent recomend you doing it

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Re: sound reactive leds question
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2009, 08:28:25 PM »
Yeah, if  were you id make sure i had SOME solder skill, and also the pads for the speakers on the mobo lift REALLY easy so use flux if its heated for a second or 2 its gone.

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Re: sound reactive leds question
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2009, 08:30:09 PM »
Really? I didn't notice. As nooby as I am at soldering I managed to do it with no problems. But yeah I really recommend flux and some soldering skills. Flux is your friend. This is from personal experience without it.

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Re: sound reactive leds question
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2009, 11:59:03 PM »
Just use rossin core solder. And as for the pads coming off, I just use something like tweezers or a flat head screwdriver to hold it down while I solder the wire to it.

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Re: sound reactive leds question
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2009, 12:12:27 AM »
I just solder directly to speakers instead of the motherboard so I don't accidentally lift the pads.  :yess: Works great.

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Re: sound reactive leds question
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2009, 01:36:37 PM »
I just solder directly to speakers instead of the motherboard so I don't accidentally lift the pads.  :yess: Works great.

Yea that works. Just be careful not to melt your speaker though.

 

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