hey...fellas,now i wanna get some LED backlight for my keyboard...u see i dont wanna spent a few hundred on a logitech g11 or g15 keyboard....so instead, i wanna mod my keyboard for some backlight....

u see,my keyboard is from my 1st computer(like 6 years ago,HP multimedia keyboard) and i love my keyboard...

sometimes when i was typing at a room with the lights off,is hard to hit the key right....

so can tis be done??

any advice?

i wanted to find help but it kind of expensive and the cost of it can buy a g11 already...

another reason is tat the g11 is LOOOOOng especially with all the macro keys and it doent fit into my table....

buy a table lamp and light the keyboard.. walah~

errmmm ... open your room's light? haha ... i'm not such a creative person so I also can't help you. Help u to bump, maybe others can help u.

thanks for all the lovely idea...haha...jk jk....

the bright light from lamp so need my eyes really hurt my eyes...

besides a light in the middle of a room sounds spooky and hairy,,,

this is wat i did:
get on of those flexible USB lights...than let it hover on top of ur keyboard
but this is only possible if ur PC has front USB ports and is near the keyboard...
mayb u can some how stick (celophane tape it) to ur monitor and use USB cables to power it...

go view sherren's thread or pm him.

hi so whats ur plan ? a back light led for ur keyboard or the other way u can do its usign uv pen follow the words
then use some uv led's to shine it be glowing

nah....uv seems strange...i wan a LED backlight for the keyboard..any ideas?

anyway thanks for responding

use those EL cables.
But you wont be getting the glow out from the keys of the keyboards

EL wires is kind of thick to squeeze into the space beneath the keys wor........i was thinking of that but hehe......... a bit trouble of getting that to work out

maybe u can post some picture as a guideline of how you to do your modding. is easier to give comment rather than all words.

hmm.. i still cant hav any idea how to do that... how to put something beneath buttons when it is too close to the board... if use small LED (hand phone keypad LED)... hav to install a lot... if u can find transparent button to replace current buttons... then u can tembak the LED from side..

juz look for USB LED torch, then point it directly to ur keyboard so u wont hurt ur eyes like using table lamp...

hmm..u can go and buy a Razer battle light and try..

he wanted backlight from the keyboard , not external light
maybe you should try handphone LED as omara86 mentioned .
5~10 LEDs per row ?

some modders are using EL wires to make diy backlite led keyboard..the result is awesome..but its quite risky for ur keyboard to hav failure unless if u r pro enough..but if u do it carefully theres nothing impossible..gud luck mate!

LEDs isn't too good to get nicely spreaded light.
That, unless you use an acrylic sheet to spread out the light.

EL cables, you can get from Niclas from the garage sale.
Also can be found in rooftop Sg. Wang.
But one thing about el cables in Malaysia, they're all 12V, so you need to have another cable coming out of ur keyboard. (Bad thing, the converter is huge... so...)

Also depending on your keyboard, you must take note of how high the keys are from the base of your keyboard in order to fit in the el cable.

I guess, if you can get hold of 5V el cables, it'll be pretty easy to add them in. Also do inform me if you can get those 5V el cables.

This post has been edited by pmmonkey: Sep 25 2007, 02:29 PM

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Hmm,get some LED lights and open the internal of ur keyboard and try to add into it,it's possible ler,the problem is whether do u dare to try only anot,hahakz..maybe u can try to modi using a cheap keyboard first?haha..

mostly el wires comes with 12v connector..btw,juz make 1 molex port at the back of ur case..then ur modded keyboard with el wires can get a power it..this wut hav been done by those fella who modded using this method..

This post has been edited by renesisx: Sep 26 2007, 06:06 AM

sorry for not able to response any sooner....ya know mooncake festival is yesterday and i almost burn down my friends house and when i got home,my cousins almost burn down my house....lol...some kind of karma...

anyway...i reli like link to the other forum...is nice but onli back light but the letter dint illuminate....

and bout the EL wires,i should say this 1st,i'm using a notebook and my keyboard is external one not built in to the notebook's......so i duno the 12v connector is available for notebook.....

so now is the idea,i try to find transparent letter for my keyboard so tat it will illuminate when there is backlight...otherwise the whole point of this DIY is useless

thanks everyone for their ideas....