LED too bright!!!

[Buzioid]

I changed a 3mm led in my keyboard to a blue one, but its 8000mcd and its too bright!!! it makes a circle on the ceiling. does anyone know how to dim it a bit?

[butch81385]

well, besides giving it to me and putting the old one back in, the only things i can think of are
1, putting something tinted there
2. (i dont know if this works so ask someone else) maybe limit the power going to the led?

[XxCowOfChaosxX]

LOL!!!
did u like replace the capslock,numlock and scrolllock?

[Eryk]

resistor... try to soder one between the circuit.

[Telexen]

Put a resistor on it

http://colourclassicfaq.com/general/led.html

the original LEDs in my keyboard put circles on the ceiling =\

[Buzioid]

lol, its getting annoying, but it looks awesome. Thanks for the link, I'll see what resistors i have here to use.

[RedFury]

8000mcd..wow..yeah that's a bit of overkill for a keyboard status light....now maybe if you had it lighting up the keys from underneath.....

[Buzioid]

My keyboard keys are black, so I dont think it will do much, lol.

[butch81385]

it will shine from between and look sweet
if you want you can donate some of those leds to me and i will show you on my own keyboard :Þ

[kantlivelong]

go to radio shack. they sell blue leds that are dimmer for a few bucks . i put a 6000mcd blue and 10000mcd white led in my case for hdd and power