" hey mike,
thought you might be interested in this casemod I did on my blue&white.. I snagged an old 286 laptop from work over the summer with the intent of harvesting for interesting laptop parts, and came away with the cold-cathode tube that illuminates the lcd. it's fairly small, about 6" in length which I thought would be perfect for backlight illuminating the translucent side of the smurf. this is how I proceeded:

step 0: void warranty

step 1: remove the side plastic cover (watch for the clip in the center, you need to remove the fan inside to release it). drill 2 holes in the sheetmetal to run the wires through, position the lamp (I wrapped it in a deep purple theatre-lighting gel first for a blacklight effect (hey, what can I say, I missed the 60's)).

step 2: reattach the plastic side (if you cut carefully it fits upside down)

step 3: mount the powersupply for the cold-cathode just behind the main case fan (out of convenience, not because it needs lots of cooling). wire it in to +12v and +5v via drive power pigtail splice thingy.

step 4: reinstall main case fan (I use the fan housing from a g4 so I can stack two drives in an odd arrangement).

step 5: reinsert drive tray, mod electronics are safely hidden out of the way behind everything.

step 6: power on and hope it lights =) my next job is to figure out how to shut it off when the monitor powersaving kicks in.

I would say this is a fairly difficult modification to do, but well worth the effort. thanks for the great site, keep it up =)
r. "

Warning: LCD backlights normally use inverters that generate high voltage (appx 100 VAC I think), which could be hazardous to your heath. Do not try this at home....