Project Black PC (part 4)
Sorry about the dull name.

I really didn't want to end up doing too much to this PC but the more I though about it, the more a theme or an over all look developed in my mind. I'd had a Cooler Master Musketeer in the old PC for a while and wanted to keep it however I had decided I wanted the PC to be black, green and a hint of copper. The Musketeer is black with blue dials. I found myself wondering how easy it would be to change the dials.

OK very pretty.. But it has blue meters and that simply won't do. Where's my screwdriver?

"WARNING! Warranty void if this seal is broken"

Yeah whatever... sound effect of tearing paper...

Wow! That's a whole lot of PCB for very little in the way of components.

What's behind this bit of plastic? Ah the meters... I had worried they would be sealed units... They are but only with sticky tape. Who made this? Blue Peter?

Those LED's (2 behind each meter) provide the backlighting. I had thought I'd have to replace these with green ones but they are white ones... Result! No soldering.

The meters are alarmingly delicate. They pull apart with a little force but it would be all to easy to slip and pull it right off the circuit board and I suspect they would break away via the terminal inside the back of the meter... That would be a bad thing. The two transparent blue plastic parts are all that need to be replaced to change the meters from blue to green. I'll be spraying the bezel copper I think, and the needle will be florescent green.

Very rough version of the dial. I will do a better ones for the final version. Print them onto clear film and put the green film behind them.

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