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ok so here is a tutorial on how to pull this off. It is relativly simple, but does take some patience and time… it took me approx 4 hours to complete.
First of all here are the supplies that I used, you may have alternatives but this is just a guideline.
-a clear Apple logo that they use on there laptops (I bought a old ibook lid off ebay and got it from that)
-a diffusion type material (some of the apple logos have this already on the back of them, i think all the macbook apple logos do)
-dremel tool and or files.
-masking tape
-spray paint
-800-1000 grit wetsand paper (make sure its the wet sand paper)
-superglue
-misc tools to remove lid
here is the clear apple logo im talking about..
ok.. first remove the lid. To do this, remove the 4 rubber pieces on the screen bezel, beneath them are screws.. remove them. and carefully pry up the bezel. Now remove the final two screws that hold the screen to the hinges. After these are removed the LCD and lid will be separated. Go ahead and take up the clear yellow tape from the LCD connection and unplug it and put your LCD to the side. Now carefully remove the camera, mic and two antennas from the top of the lid and carefully remove all of the wiring.
Now that you have that seperated the lid, you need to cut out the center of the foil/black padding. I took out probably a 4″ by 4″ square, but take out what you need. Now put some masking tape on the INSIDE of the lid and trace the apple logo on it. (Make sure its centered!)To do this, I used my ibook lid i purchased and used the hole on that to trace my logo (MAKE SURE YOU DO IT MIRRORED! that way it will show up right on the outside of the cover). Now you need to cut it out. This is the most time involved process. I used a drill out of the center and dremmelled out the logo and used files to get the smaller and more precise parts of the logo. TAKE YOUR TIME HERE! This is whats going to make or break this whole project! Keep putting the clear logo up to it to make sure your filing out the right parts. I personally messed up a few times and had very small gaps in some places after i installed the clear logo. But there is a easy fix to that by simply using a sharpie to paint the clear logo black on the lip that is used to glue it onto the lid… you really cant tell there are gaps if you do that becuase the light wont shine threw!
After you get the logo cut out and your clear logo fits in there, remove the clear logo and wetsand the whole top to remove the clear coat and MSI logo. You will notice if you centered your apple logo that it WILL NOT cover the “MSI” logo. So you gotta sand it out. This will also take some time, but has to be done! Make sure all the clear coat comes off and your down to the plastic.
Now simply paint the lid and glue your logo on! WOW! looks good! Also, go ahead and apply the diffusion material over the back of the clear logo. This will cause you not to see shadows or the LCD wiring. You can even threw colored plastic in there to get a different color apple!
Now your only half done.. next comes to part thatll make you sweat…. Cutting away the plastic and foil that keeps the back light from shinning threw the back of the LCD. So grab that LCD screen..and make sure you are careful! there is going to b some tape foil towards the bottom covering up the circuitry. Cut away all that you dont need, just leave enough to cover the circuit board. go ahead and tape off any openings and the connection because you dont want any dust getting in there. Now you gotta cut out a good portion of that white plastic cover. I first started doing it with a exacto knife, but took forever, so i used a dremel with a cut off disk. :-/ Towards the top of the LCD the white palstic cover kinda clips onto the metal frame. Carefully unclip the two, you will notice you dont get much play room. I got enough room just to lift the white plastic cover up a little bit so i wouldnt cut threw my screen. Now carefully cut about a 4″ x 4″ square out of the plastic. You will gete alot of dust if your dremel. but as long as you mask everything off, itll b fine.
Now you still will not have light shine threw, because as you will notice there is more silver foil blocking it. you gotta remove a square of foil and you will get light. but be EXTREMELY CAREFUL here. This foil is directly adhered to the material used to distribute and even amount of light to your screen! It comes off easily.. but it will take some time. I learned the hard way and cut threw the white material under the foil and it left very dark spots on my screen. I fixed it, but was not fun! Simply just take your time and carefully peel away enough foil. (removing just the foil does NOT affect your screen at all). After the foil is removed.. you will have light! Its a beautiful thing! and its BRIGHT!
Now go ahead and put all of your antennas, camera and mic back on the bezel, route the wires and screw it all back together. Remember that the screen goes onto the lid then the hinges ontop of that. Make sure you have no pinch points of cables by the hinges. reinstall the bezel and then clip the hinge covers back on. Now you got your very own glowing apple
Benefit over doing this than using some LEDs is you will have a even amount of light over your logo, not hot and dark spots. It will also save on battery life because your not running the extra LEDs, just your screen backlight. It will turn off and on whenever your screen is on or off.. just like a Apple. Also, no wiring is involved in this process! Hope it all works out and post any questions here! I love this mod!