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Shaneus - Oct 29, 2001

		Shaneus	Oct 29, 2001
		Yes ppls, I just put in my brand spanker of a Blue LED... now it matches my blue swirl on top of my DC, and plus it looks VERY cool... I put in a 3.5v LED, and hasnt blown up on me (yet), so if u have even a little electronics knowledge... DO IT!!! Hehe, my DC is now l33t

		Captian Crazy	Oct 29, 2001
		What games do you have, then your DC will be even more l33t

		Dyne	Oct 29, 2001
		how did you do it....or do you have a link for any sites? i always wanted a different colored LED for my SEGA blue custom shell i painted

		IceDigger	Oct 29, 2001
		you can usually just replace the original LED with a clear blue 5 mm 3.8 V one. just make sure it's a clear one, and has at least 2000 mcd.

		Shaneus	Oct 29, 2001
		wtf is mcd? i think it had one of 1800 or something... btw there was a whole site dedicated to this (http://hardwaremod.dcemulation.com...), but the flash buttons dont work - i just had to track down the voltage along the LED, and found the most appropriate one... i think its 3.3v, tho the closest i could find was 3.5 wouldnt 3.8v be too high/get too hot? its DEAD easy tho, NO ONE should need instructions

		IceDigger	Oct 29, 2001
		they're usually 3.8 V. mcd is micro or milli candela I think.. it determines the brightness.

		paulpsomiadis	May 9, 2002
		mcd usually stands for milli-candles (me-thinks?) ??? Oh, and you can buy this type of Blue LED from Maplin in the U.K.

		Ape	May 9, 2002
		I did that too like 3 days after I got my DC, and I put one in my Saturn too Looks really cool. I got them from Radio Shack, just got the brightest blue ones they had and they worked. Now all I need is a transparent shell for the DC and a Derby Stallion Saturn ...

		Curtis	May 9, 2002
		Originally posted by paulpsomiadis@May 09 2002,23:41 mcd usually stands for milli-candles (me-thinks?) ??? Oh, and you can buy this type of Blue LED from Maplin in the U.K. mCd stands for milli-candalas not candles although the meaning is the same - milli(as in fraction of) candle power. There are 1000 mCd's to the candala, so a 10000mCd LED is roughly equivelent in brightness to 10 candles.

		DBOY	May 17, 2002
		Popping LED's in amachine is a snap. Just check the anode and cathode of the one already in the machine, desolder it, and solder in the new one. My Dreamcast has been sporting a blue light and clear shell since 2000 My saturn ont he other hand unfortunatly had the pad come out with the LED so I had to scrap some green off the board and solder over a little 33 gauge wire to complete the connection. But now it has that pretty blue glow too Shaneus: If you were putting a 3.8V LED in a socket only providing 3.3V, then it just wouldn't glow at it's optimum brightness. You could always tack on a CR20XX battery and a resistor to drop it down and give some extra juice needed. But dropping juice like that would heat it up. Just try to pick a close LED. Blue's are 3.5 and Red/Green is 3.2/3.3.