Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
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By sonseelye Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:29 am
hey thanx man,,i think its gonna be pretty dope lookin when its done..
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By jazzbee Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:43 pm
Yo Son,

Where did you get those tube lights from and what voltage do they run off?
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By SMC Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:31 pm
I'm lookin for a Beatdown 2KXL to mod out.....

I'm thinkin Blue screen like yours, good choice, then blue LED's all around...... (Where'd you get the tube?)

Black or Dark Blue paint, with Electric Blue text/art....

I'm stickin with the original look on the font. Simple. Clean.

Baby Face Mod....... yezzir.

As for my 4K, the wood is almost done (Function Button Cover, Screen Cover, Wrist Rest, Side Caps) All Cherry, just gotta stain and finish.

Top Panel and Chasis Chrome once my new screen shows up ($145 new).

Still gotta find a screen printer. Also gotta separate the screen from the backlight and make it blue or something.
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By sonseelye Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:04 pm
^^^sounds like it will look beast..

i get my lights on ebay..i just type in 4 inch ccfl..not sure the voltage but ive installed 6 and they have all worked.

installing one at the moment...will be back with pics soon.
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By sonseelye Fri May 01, 2009 1:56 am
ok so with out thinking i installed the "uv" light hoping for super bright blue light,,,well anybody knows uv lights arent really that bright,,they just put off a different spectrum..so heres what i got,,but im changing to xenon or regular blue..not sure wich yet..

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By sonseelye Fri May 01, 2009 3:18 am
Fung45 wrote:So you did the destructiv soldering mod? I'm pretty jealous I'm getting pretty sick of zips to be honest.

if you are refering to the cf drive,there was no soldering involved,only thing ive had to solder so far was the potentiometer for the jog.
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By sonseelye Fri May 01, 2009 3:20 am
poundaproblem wrote:hahaha SICK! :lol: Nice work man.

thanx pound..i think ul dig this joint when its done...i like the green in that car u posted but i think i chose some hot sh1t..

its going to be "candy pearl blue" and "light gun metal grey"

they just looked so phat next to each other..it was like whispering to me :lol:
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By jammy Fri May 01, 2009 3:28 am
hey son, im getting myblue ccfl's today. from your pics looks like i have to break open some kidna glass tubing to get the ccfl out. is that right? thanks!
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By sonseelye Fri May 01, 2009 12:49 pm
^^yep,,what they are is,lights for the inside of a custom computer tower,so they come with transmitters and are usually in those little tubes..

try to crack it easily,then i use 2 pair of pliers and twist it...
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By jazzbee Fri May 01, 2009 1:26 pm
Good work so far ;)

I still don't understand how these are suppose to be wired.
Do you have a photo of the inside wiring connection for the tube lights?
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By sonseelye Fri May 01, 2009 1:37 pm
what u have to do is cut the adapter off of your existing light and re-wire it to the new ccfl..then install it into the screen and voila..