Hacking How much for LED lights for slims?

[Blakejansen]

I've seen slims with blue fans/led lights. How much would it cost to get these pieces? Thanks.

 

[DinohScene]

Blue SMG LEDs are super cheap, a few p each, the blue fan might cost a tenner orso.

 

[Blakejansen]

Blue SMG LEDs are super cheap, a few p each, the blue fan might cost a tenner orso.

I'm seeing the led modded xbox rgh go for 50-100$ more. I hope I don't have to resort to buying one off those websites on google.

 

[DinohScene]

If you've got some soldering skills, just do it yourself?

 

[Blakejansen]

If you've got some soldering skills, just do it yourself?

I don't have soldering skills but I think I could probably do it myself. I just don't know how much it would cost to buy all the tools I need.

 

[DinohScene]

Decent soldering iron would set you back about 50 USD, the components are cheap tho, like I said before.
But you do need to have some soldering skills, otherwise pay someone to do it for you.

 

[godreborn]

Don't know about the slim, but the rol on a phat is on the rf board which just clips on with 3 black screws. Maybe install it yourself, if you don't have soldering skills, send the board to someone. $50-100 is a ripoff.

 

[Hayato213]

You might want to pay someone to solder for you if you have no experience of soldering or proper equipment or workbench.

 

[godreborn]

I would expect a soldering job of the rol to be maybe $15 or so. that sounds about right anyway.

 

[tech3475]

If you plan on learning to solder then there are better ways to get started (e.g. a cheap ebay kit or old unused PCBs) since it's easy to mess up, however, it is a useful skill to have if you're into this kind of thing and there are guides on Youtube like Adrians Digital Basement and Bigclivedotcom.

Looking around though, you may not need to actually solder anything depending on the specific mod, you may be able to get away with something like heat shrink connectors.

Although for someone starting, it may be best just to get someone else to do it if you can.