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Havok:
rlehm, step away from the computer. Pay someone to do it...

RandyT:

--- Quote from: rlehm on August 01, 2007, 05:33:37 am ---Well, that would explain my last failed attempt. I cut the red and black dvd wires inside my computer, powered up the novagems that way, 3 dead at start up, while checking the wiring of them, more began to fail. Guess I needed resistors.

--- End quote ---

Check and double-check your wiring.  The NovaGems have these resistors in place, and unless they were cut off or the LEDs attached to a power supply of higher than intended voltage, they should not be "failing".  In the unlikely event that there is a problem (I say unlikely as this is the first instance we have had of anything like this for the hundreds of these we have shipped) then return them for evaluation and, if necessary, repair.

The rest is not exactly an accurate characterization.  I'm happy to hold someone's hand through the installation process, as I have done many times before.  But I can't do it if the customer hasn't even received the parts yet.  It will literally take 5 times the explaining and in the end, little will be accomplished.  I also can't do it if I am not in front of my email when it arrives (6:59 pm in this case)  I was out until 9:30pm at which time I chose to log onto here and make the short post in this thread before "going back to work".  This act is apparently what precipitated the onslaught.  For the record, no other emails were received prior stating that your parts have arrived and you were awaiting help.

RandyT

Malenko:
I did the automotive LEDs/drill a hole in the bottom of clear ones, but thats before I knew about the LED Wiz.

rlehm, I'll give you $166 for your set up, thats exactly half. then you can do it your way and I'll redo mine randys way.

rlehm:
I used the red wire from the dvd player as stated here. These buttons pop, one by one. Smoke fills the button, then pop. I don't think anyone wants to buy these from me. sure most were fine, but why would i wany 40 out of 48 buttons to be lit?


I won't be discussing this further. RandyT's responces to me in email is not helpfull, but be-little me. So I give up. I am ripping these from my machine. I will just settle on the unlighted buttons I originally had. I guess I am just too stupid to dp this, right?

Later.

Thanks goes to those who tried to help me out and not blame my unawareness, and make me feel stupid.

Green Giant:
After the first button popped, did you try switching which wire is connected to the power.  LED's are direction specific.  You need to push the current through one way, otherwise you will mess it up.

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