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Instructions
Use a Torx screwdriver to remove the Torx screws under the Xbox. There are screws under the rubber feet on the bottom of the Xbox console. After removing the Torx screws, remove the Xbox cover.
Use a Torx screwdriver to loosen the screws securing the Xbox hard drive and unplug the IDE cable connected to the Xbox hard drive from the Xbox motherboard. Take the hard drive and set it aside. Remove the DVD drive from the Xbox by loosening the Torx screws and removing the cables connecting it to the Xbox motherboard.
Unplug the controller port assemblies in the front of the Xbox console. Use a Torx screwdriver to unscrew the screws on either side of the controller port. Pull up on the back of the controller port to loosen it from the Xbox.
Look on the inside of the Xbox, where you removed the controller ports. There will be three small metal tabs used in shielding the controller ports from the motherboard. Take off two tabs on the sides of the controller port. Leave the bottom metal tab in place. Cover the metal tab on the bottom and the exposed metal edge around the controller port.
Use scissors to cut eight lengths of wire that will be sufficient length to reach the controller port from the location the LED will be mounted. Eight inches of wire should be sufficient. Strip the ends of the wires.
Use a soldering iron to solder an end of a wire to the back of the controller port.
Insert the controller ports back into the designated location and test the controller ports to verify that there is no contact between the point on the controller port where you soldered the wire and any other part of the Xbox.
Fold the stripped end of the four wires in half, which will make a small hook. Install the hooks of the wires in with the red wires that are on each controller port. Once the wires have been inserted, plug the controller ports into their designated location. The hooked wires will provide the 5-volt power for the LED lights.
Cut the positive side on the LED lights to about a 1/4 of an inch. Cut the same measurement on one of the sides of each resistor. Usually the positive side of the LED light is round and longer.
Use a soldering iron to solder the short end of the resistor to the short end of the LED light.
Mount your LED lights by using a drill to bore holes so that your LED lights can be mounted in them. Place a drop of glue in the drilled holes and insert your LED lights. Allow the glue to dry. Use a soldering iron to solder the positive and negative pair of wires to the specific LED light.
Replace your Xbox DVD drive and cables. Tighten the Torx screws to secure it into place. Replace the Xbox hard drive and plug the IDE cable back into the back port. Replace the Xbox cover and tighten the Torx screws to secure the cover in place. Turn on your Xbox to see the LED lights power on.