Custom 5.25" drive bay cover

[Cagedconnerman]

Does anyone know if u can make a custom cover for a 5.25" drive bay? I'm thinking of having some switches with alot of blinking lights on it. The electonics i can do easily, but how do i actually make the piece to mount them on?

[XcOM]

try using the old drive cover that came off of your case in the first place.

[tybrenis]

Yes,

Most people just use a drive plate that pops out of your case when you install a CD rom drive or something of the sort. You could paint it and make it look nice, or you could trace it on something like acrylic and make one out of that.

[Cagedconnerman]

alright, maybe i can't do the wiring i can solder all of the LED's together and i can get the switches lined up in series correctly, but when it comes to connecting to power i'm totally lost i'm running about 30 LED's, so i dont really know what resistor(s) (if any) to use. Also, how the heck do i connect this to the molex connector?

[xmastree]

Somebody whistling my tune?
30 LEDs, huh? all blinking or just some of them? By far the easiest way would be to use flashing LEDs and hope that they flash at slightly different frequencies. At power on they would all come on together, but pretty soon they would be out of sync giving a nice random effect.

[Cagedconnerman]

hmm, never seen any of those, i'll look at some other places. But how would i give power to this? just solder some wires onto a molex connector?

[Omega]

Well, you would want to wire it all correctly. If you have 4 3v led's you want to wire them in circuit then put it on the 12v draw. That much i know.

[Cagedconnerman]

but, do i just like solder them onto a molex connector? or is there something special i need to do to hook it up to power (i'm 13, so i've got very limited cash, otherwise i would just keep experimenting until it works)

[xmastree]

If you have 4 3v led's you want to wire them in circuit then put it on the 12v draw. That much i know.

That's plain wrong. I suggest you take a look at my LED post.

The OP wants flashing LEDs, so I sugested using ones with built-in flashing circuitry, which will be designed to run directly off 5V. They will be easy to wire in parallel and hook up to the 5V supply.

http://www.elexp.com/opt_6bid.htm

[Cagedconnerman]

awesomeness, thanks for the link. but still... how the heck do i connect to a molex? just solder the resistor i'll use onto the pin?