lukewarmfusion's Journal: My First Hardware Mod

I've never done any kind of hardware stuff before... and I know this is as basic as it goes, but I'm proud of my first attempt:

I'v had an unused case fan sitting on my desk for the last few months. Originally, it was plugged directly into the inside of my case and simply run up to my desk. But that wasn't very attractive or efficient (you have to open your case to turn it off?).

So I cut open a USB cable and spliced the power ends together with the case fan. The wires were conveniently color coded red and black on both. Taped the wires so they wouldn't touch, and voila! A USB-powered case fan.

Still not attractive, but much easier to turn on and off.