Has anyone ever tried dying a pcie card with a powdered aniline dye in alcohol solution?
Intel doesn’t make multiport nics in black… lol
I know, it’s dumb, buuuut even if it dyes the white edge black my ocd will chill a little. Going to dye the ol S3 virge for testing but just figured I’d ask here.
Never tried any kind of dying process, however I dod remember Linus doing it to some computer parts and it turned out pretty good, but in a Tye-Dye sort of way
If it’s a conductive dye it surely will. Also what you need to make sure of is any reaction it might have with metals. If it does it will corrode all the solders and kill the device.
You could try plastidipping the parts shown that bother you. As far as I know plastidip is not conductive so it won’t kill your nic.
I don’t think fiberglass takes dye very well. Paint may work, but some black pigments are conductive, so you’d want a pure acrylic “high gloss” base coat. (The kind without a mixing ball, which according to my research is as close as you can get for conformal coating at the corner hardware store) Timing application so it sticks but doesn’t mix could be a little tricky.
To prevent damage to the card, you probably want to start with a conformal coating before applying any paint.
You also want to keep any surface used to transfer heat to heatsinks free of paint. The heatsinks themself from my limited testing can take a coat of paint without changing performance.
Just a dumb idea but maybe it’ll work… Hell maybe it’ll catch on. Why not 3d print a cover/enclosure for the card… I bet a lot of people would like to spruce up their high-end PCs (that use green pcbs) by hiding unsightly components behind whatever color works in their build.