Another mouse fan mod

[AKA_RA]

Heres a ton of pics with some captions. so far the mouse works great,i just need to make an intake because i didn't consider its trying to suck air out of closed space. easy fix though. so heres the pics/worklog

Stock MX510 Logitech 8 Button mouse.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/coffeetablesex/mouse%20fan%20mod/IM000384.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/coffeetablesex/mouse%20fan%20mod/IM000385.jpg

Logitech mouse with holes in it :D

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/coffeetablesex/mouse%20fan%20mod/IM000387.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/coffeetablesex/mouse%20fan%20mod/IM000397.jpg

I held the dremel in a vice so i could get a very fine line for the circular part. It actually turned out well because there was round logitech logo, so i removed that and used the indentation it was in as a template basically.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/coffeetablesex/mouse%20fan%20mod/IM000396.jpg

The fan fits perfectly in the hole in the mouse after trimming the fan down to size and enlarging the hole in the mouses inner shell just a little bit.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/coffeetablesex/mouse%20fan%20mod/IM000392.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/coffeetablesex/mouse%20fan%20mod/IM000394.jpg

Now that the dremel work is done, time for a cold one. They brew this across town, good stuff.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/coffeetablesex/mouse%20fan%20mod/IM000402.jpg

Now to the electronics. the mouse is powered by a usb port. as most of us know, usb means 5 volt power running straight to the device. problem was that they had extremely fine solder points where the line met the board. so i carefully soldered 2 leads on the back side where the 5volt line and ground were, and it was very successful.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/coffeetablesex/mouse%20fan%20mod/IM000405.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/coffeetablesex/mouse%20fan%20mod/IM000407.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/coffeetablesex/mouse%20fan%20mod/IM000412.jpg

Perfect, 5 volts running straight through. time to hook up the fan. ghetto rigged first to make sure i didn't need to slow it down or anything.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/coffeetablesex/mouse%20fan%20mod/IM000401.jpg

then of course, the parts before final assembly

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/coffeetablesex/mouse%20fan%20mod/IM000416.jpg

Put it all together and i got me a nice cool hand for cappin' those CTs ;)

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/coffeetablesex/mouse%20fan%20mod/IM000398.jpg

[azminisk8r]

nice, thatd b pretty useful for me and my bro, after 6 hrs of bf2142 you culd sell all the swaet on my hand

[Guardian]

6 hrs of bf2142

wooo! Cheers to that!! BF2142 is the best! i culd use one of those mouse mods. Aka, aim for a tutorial pl0x?

[Zephik]

Dang thats a tiny fan!

Cool little mod you got there. How well does it work?

[AKA_RA]

it works rather well, though i have to unplug my mouse when i decide to shut down my PC. i need to add intake vents somewhere so it blows more air. now that is something i never though i would need on my mouse.

[Guardian]

though i have to unplug my mouse when i decide to shut down my PC.


LMFAO,sorry man I had to laugh. lol you wake up in the middle of the night and the fans making a twirling noise lmao


Yeah you should soder a switch in the fan cable and hot glue it on the side of the mouse or somthing?

[AKA_RA]

im gonna look at radio shack for something small and flat. kinda like what you see on the back of a PSU to change from 110 to 220

[Guardian]

why dont you just rip it off a old psu then?

[AKA_RA]

theyre actually quite large, i wouldnt be able to fit it in there i dont think. i have a few laying around, so i might mess with it later.

[LiTHiUM0XiD3]

lolz great job on the mod..... but i got one question....... whats the point on having air being pushed into one central area..... they have fan mouses that have a venting setup so it cools ur entire hand heh
not tryin to knock ya bud awsome job... just questioning.....
and an intake port would prolly help it alot good job :)

[AKA_RA]

well, #1, it cools pretty much the whole hand fairly well, the airs spreads out when it hits my hand and i kinda hover over my mouse in that area. #2, i couldnt fit anything larger into the thing, lol

[intergalacticman]

couldnt you use an old 40mm fan from old ati graphics cards and intel DX4 processors

[stizzswizz]

Nice mod.

I'm liking that Sierra Nevada Pale Ale though!!! Mmmm it might be time for me to visit the beverage center!

[Drac998]

Good work. I'll join you in a cold one bro. Cheers.

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s190/dr4xxx/P1000130.jpg

[Rudsta816]

you should sell that idea to logitech or another manufacture who makes gaming mouses :D

QUICK! before i do muahahaha JK