ibook backlight mod

[+StevoFC MVC]

I'm extremely bored today. I was just sitting around and I thought, I have an old strobe light in my closet that has different color inserts. and that gave me an idea.

so yeah, I took my iBook apart...and took pics of course. I figured I would post this here because people seem to ask about it sometimes.

added a little more aqua to it.... :laugh:

as you can see the top comes right off completely. just 4 hex screws and that's it

a pic of the back of the lcd

the insert

the ibook off

ibook on with backlight on

[fuzzy_logic]

Good job man! Looks nice!

[mikedc1760]

You put that blue sheet on just like that? So you take out that white piece of paper and just put the other in? WOW, great job.

[XiXora]

simple but effective mod to make your ibook unique :D

i may do that when i decide to buy my *book.

dont know whether to get power or i book.

to me the white is sexy but aluminium is nice too!

[+StevoFC MVC]

You put that blue sheet on just like that? So you take out that white piece of paper and just put the other in?  WOW, great job.

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i didn't post it because i thought it was impressive or hard to do. a lot of people have said things about it so i just wanted to show it was extremely easy.

and no i didn't take out the white sheet. it is glued down under the foam so i left it there.

[asdflkjsdrhthfhrhr]

Cool Mod. How about making a classic apple logo with your own printout?

[Trunten]

:o Thank you, my friend! ;) It looks a lot better like that! :yes: If I ever get one, I will try that. :) I also have an old strobe light and its inserts. :p It's so quick and easy, but yet it's worth it! :happy:

[+StevoFC MVC]

Cool Mod. How about making a classic apple logo with your own printout?

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yeah that would be cool. you could make just about anything really. get a transparency sheet for an overhead projector and print something cool so the light still shines through.

[asdflkjsdrhthfhrhr]

You're right, a transparency would look great. I wouldn't use paper, though, since it wouldn't look very consistent with light shining through.

[QuarterSwede]

Wow, that was insanely easy. Nice job StevoFC. I likey! Now, can I afford an iBook and is the speed decent? hmmmm ...

[+StevoFC MVC]

Wow, that was insanely easy.  Nice job StevoFC.  I likey!  Now, can I afford an iBook and is the speed decent?  hmmmm ...

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yeah it works great. mine is 1.33ghz. when i got it i was actually surprised how great it ran, even before i upped the ram to 768mb.

[.....]

That's a great looking mod! If I get an iBook I'll definitely be doing the same to mine.

[Gary_Player]

Thats pretty sweet...I wonder if its that easy on a powerbook

[mikedc1760]

i didn't post it because i thought it was impressive or hard to do. a lot of people have said things about it so i just wanted to show it was extremely easy.

and no i didn't take out the white sheet. it is glued down under the foam so i left it there.

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LMAO, I am so sorry. I didn't mean too say that sarcastically. I was serious. I was just trying ask if it was really that simple to do.I am going to try this tomorrow. LOL sorry for the misunderstanding. Heh, come to think of it I dod sound like a smart @ss in that post. Sorry.

[+StevoFC MVC]

it is really simple. the hardest part is getting the outer case off once you have the screws out. it has little tiny clips that just kind of hold it in place and you don't want to push on the screen or bend it while you do it.

[Detroit]

Very nice mod :)

Ah, so you got it at 256mb before? What amount of performance leap did you see after 768?

[Jonny Wake]

That looks very nice. It work look great with a black case.

[+StevoFC MVC]

Very nice mod :)

Ah, so you got it at 256mb before? What amount of performance leap did you see after 768?

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yeah it came with 256 built in and i added a 512. it's hard to explain the performance difference. i guess it's more responsive. and many more programs can be open at once with little to no lag. but it actually runs pretty well with just the 256 in it.

[mikedc1760]

I think I'm going to try it with a black paper or whatever those things are called.

[Senseotech]

They're called gels, and are used in Studio/stage lights as well. They come in hundreds of different colors; I got a sheet of Crimson Red to do some mods on my PC's lights awhile ago. I'd use the left overs to do this, if I wasn't so jittery about opening my iBook :/

[+StevoFC MVC]

honestly it's not hard at all. just be careful and don't put too much pressure on the screen.

i was thinking about using red also, but i thought it may look too pink since i left the white piece in.

[rajputwarrior]

that's why i got now is the 256, huge performance boost with 512! and yeah what kind of paper is that becuase i really want to do that but with red paper

[robniep]

Didn't that just void your warrenty?

[+StevoFC MVC]

Didn't that just void your warrenty?

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yeah but if i ever need it fixed i'll just take it out first. that's why i didn't rip out the other stuff in there already.

[GregRC]

im thinkin of doin this on my g3 ibook. cant u just use tissue paper?