So I got my lights in today
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Been waiting awhile for them bored out of my mind lol
So a quick show where the lights will be going. Around the fan and last internally in the optical drive (If there is clearance)
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So fan first, I went ahead and slide the replacement fan and the duct around. Hmm got tight area.
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I marked off where the fan line will be sitting in position. Once I lay my lights in this will help me avoid lighting this area.
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So I sanded the duct ring. Two main reason why I did this, first there was so small rise which align some foam that helped reduce vibration (guessing). Second, Since the area was nice and smooth I worried that the lights once on will begin to slip out. So rough texture helps.
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And indeed it does help the lights went on and feel nice and secure
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Quick show of where the light end and where it begins. I went and separated the sealant from the strip to expose the tabs.
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So a quick fit test and yes using the replacement fan it fits nice and snuggle
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Since the white are 50/50 SMD I went ahead and used their position as reference. I did this twice using my stock fan as a test.
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I used the stock xbox slim fan to do some drilling for the lights.. You can see I am off :/ how disappointing.
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To fix this and make it easier for me to work around the issue I went ahead and cut the section where the light will shine through. I also added some foam.
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Back to test fitting and you can see the foam helps to seal around the fan and duct. Hopefully this will help direct air.
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Again test fit of some of the stock parts. I might end up painting the Hard drive port in fluorescent orange just because lol.
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Well still waiting on Rodent to send me some part to help me finish RGHing my xbox so I can finish the rest of the mod.
I still need to lay in the window and buy some plastic weld and lay my green light strip around the case as well need to wire my lights to a small slide switch. I was thinking of using two switches to control lights individually but I might just add one switch for both sets of light.
I also need to get myself a UV light for my room and to show off my xbox 360 slim