ibook backlight mod

[+StevoFC MVC]

yeah tissue paper will work. might not look as good as other things though.

[Rudy]

i would try it with green transparent paper.....that would look great

[GregRC]

i really want to do it orange.....where can u get the "stuff" to make it look good, gels or w/e they are called

[dougal.s]

Good one StevoFC! Was considering doing this, but was hesitating as to how simple it actually was!!

Cheers.

Dougal.

[Southern Patriot]

Darn, looks just like mine now. I used a piece of plastic from a notebook though. I guess I will change my color soon. :(

[asdflkjsdrhthfhrhr]

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.

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Really, I doubt it... a white sheet can't exactly "tint" the red is at the top, right?

Correct me if I'm wrong, I always thought that having it like that wouldn't do anything.

[SerialStorm]

Looks great, I wonder if it is that easy to do to a powerboook...

[+StevoFC MVC]

Really, I doubt it... a white sheet can't exactly "tint" the red is at the top, right?

Correct me if I'm wrong, I always thought that having it like that wouldn't do anything.

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yeah it would probably work fine. i may try it one day, who knows. i'd prefer the blue though probably anyways.

[NetRyder]

Looks nice, StevoFC :)

[tariq]

this is the coolest one i've seen so far...

[RightWing]

Dude that is simple and sweet..... why can't more girls come like that? lol

[chmsant]

cool stuff! seems easy enough.... will have to try that when i get an iBook sometime

[+StevoFC MVC]

this is the coolest one i've seen so far...

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yeah that is pretty sweet. i need to find something here to do that with. if i do i may make the old apple logo.

[Xer34]

What I did to mine is remove that white sheet underneath. Makes the Apple logo MUCH brighter instead of diffusing it which is what that does. I thought about doing the vintage logo, but Im far too lazy for that at the moment. Looks good though Stevo, I thought you slapped a Fruit Roll Up on there for a minute though :laugh:

[Southern Patriot]

What I did to mine is remove that white sheet underneath. Makes the Apple logo MUCH brighter instead of diffusing it which is what that does. I thought about doing the vintage logo, but Im far too lazy for that at the moment. Looks good though Stevo, I thought you slapped a Fruit Roll Up on there for a minute though :laugh:

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The vintage logo is done with one of the old stickers that used to come with Macs before they switched to the monochrome logo.

[Zenith]

looks great! i wasnt sure how a blue light would look, but it actually really works well with the Aqua theme in Mac OS X.

A few other readers were commenting on haveing different coloured lights in their *books. i know a site ( here ) which has pictures of many different Mac customisations. a pretty nice site :p

a more direct URL is here

Edited January 27, 2005 by Zenith

[nexionly]

how would I do this with my powerbook? I wanna make it green...

[asdflkjsdrhthfhrhr]

It's exactly the same way as StevoFC did it, nexionly.

[Xab]

So how easy is this to do to a Powerbook? I just got my new 15" and would like to make the backlight hunter green, or at least remove that white sheet and make it brighter.

[ahfunaki]

I'm sure its the same for the powerbooks...

[rajputwarrior]

well i did it to my ibook :)

thanx Stevo for the inspiration!

[Porsche Design]

Check it Out:

WinApple Icons by ~jatin

WinApple Wallpapers by ~jatin

It's pretty old but very nice by jatin of WinMatrix.com

WinXPro

[rajputwarrior]

what does that have to do with this thread?

[ahfunaki]

how did you guys get the screws at the bottom of the screen?

I cant get my alan wrench to fit down there at all...

I'm assuming maybe the powerbooks are different than the ibooks now...

[rajputwarrior]

the ibook is pretty easy, the powerbooks i am not to sure about, i am sure the write allen wrench will do it