Written by: Dark-Side

 

How turn your plug from this V                                        To this V  

 

Tools you need:

-The break-a-way end of the controller that plugs into the X-Box

-A small thin flat head screw driver or electrical probe ~~>       

-An LED -what ever color you want-

-A resistor 100ohm -just keeps LED from burning up-

-A soldering iron and some solder

 

How to do it:

-First off I have to say that it’s on you if you break anything-

-I do not that responsibility for what happens-

1) Open up the plug by taking your screwdriver or probe and wedging the sides at the end of the plug. Go all the way around till it’s off.

2) Bend back the metal tab and cut it off. -It’s just part off the ground its OK to cut off-

3) Look at the wires. There’s one red and four blacks. Were going to use the red and the black farthest from the red. All the controllers I've seen have had one red and four blacks, if yours is different then use a multi-meter to find the ground. Touch one probe to the red then the other to the different blacks your looking for 5v DC. -Note controller most be plugged in and X-Box be on to find the ground-

4) Attaching the resistor to the Led. Twist the resistor wire around the positive wire of the LED. The negative end will have a flat side or a dimple and the positive end will be round

Hook it up like in photo and solder near the led.

5) Cut down the wire to make it smaller. It should now look like this. Cover wire with electrical tape where you’re not going to solder.

6) The red wire is +5v and the black is -5v or ground. Soldering the wires is pretty easy since you already have solder on the plug. Use extra solder if you need to just make sure you don't bridge any points that may kill your controller. Attach the positive end of the LED -the end with the resistor- to the red wire and the negative end of the LED to the black wire.

7) Before you do anything else plug the break-a-way end into the controller and into the X-Box. Turn on the X-Box and it should be glowing, if it isn't scroll down to the trouble-shooting section.

8) Now put the end plastic cover on and the green covers back on and start showing off your new mod. If you want to make the end piece glow more as if the LED was bigger fill the top half with hot glue and pop it back on.

 

Trouble-Shooting Section

 

I think every tutorial should have a trouble-shooting section even easy ones like this.

1) No light

            Check your solder points and check your LED to see if you put it on backwards.

            -LEDs are electronic one way valves and won't work if backwards-

2) Blinking LED

            Bad solder point check and resolder.

3) Controller not working

                Bridged wire, unbridge and try again if controller still doesn't work buy a new one.

 

Written by: Dark-Side