G73 Afterburner Light Package

today i was checking xotix website found they are offering Afterburner Light Package . has anybody brought laptop with these customized light if yes please post the pic

 

New Afterburner Lighting for ASUS G Series - XOTICPC Forums

Still looking for a blue LED light bar below the screen though.. if anyone has them on their computer, please post it!

 

wow this mod is insane!!! does it connect to the same power source as the led under the screen ot do we need to add cables?

 

Not exactly sure, I'm sure you'll find the answers on XOTICPC forums though.

 

nice to see a good mod, but it gets the ball rolling for really unnecessary mods that are gotti and ruin the look of the G Series. Reminds me of people supping Honda Civics to street racing rigs. Fast and The Furious ruined car modification FOREVER.

PS: This mod is cool, but would hate to see ad ones. (Shields eyes)

 

So, I saw this mod and thought "hey cool! I'm gonna see how much it is!"
Can't find it for sale anywhere. I'm pretty sure it's a feature they offer only in laptops that they sell. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway, I did some digging, and I think I have found the equivalant. By the look of the pics of the afterburner mod, I believe it is a neon tube mod. They can be purchased on ebay for very cheap. I found a set of two 2" neon tubes that are powered by an optional transformer that takes two AA batteries. That's 3 volts. The operating voltage of the leds on the g series is 3-5 volts, roughly. I tested it with a meter. So, I think that the tubes can be powered directly by the laptop's led power source. Recently, I ordered some 3-5 volt blue leds for a mod I did. They worked great- nice and bright. I wired them into the light bar control, so I could turn them off with the stock light control button. But, I wanted something a little less cobbled together, so I removed the mod. After seeing this post and finding the lights to do it, I will be ordering the parts in a few days. I will post pics when it is finished (which will be soon), along with a description on how I did it. This is simply a method of us having that afterburner style mod, without having to buy it as a package deal in a new laptop- I am in no way trying to outdo or undercut the site that came up with the mod. Perhaps I didn't look hard enough on the site, and maybe they do sell it by itself. But $12.99 for a pair of 2" long neon tubes is a pretty good price, especially if they will just wire right in. I will know more when they get here.

 

Yes, I checked, Xoticpc only does their light mods on laptops they sell themselves. They won't do it on a laptop they didn't sell due to warranty issues, etc. I was interested in the the lights in the rear air vents on the G73. It can't be terribly difficult to wire something up with a few LEDs. I'll be interested to see what you come up with on your mod.