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LawnMM
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LawnMM
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4 Jun 2003, 6:54pm

Post your mods!

Okay boys, here we have it...the official sticky Mods thread. Throw pics, drawings, plans, whatever has to do with your latest or vintage mod and post 'er here for all to see!




I'll get teh ball rollin'!



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Kwitko
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4 Jun 2003, 7:05pm
I'm awaiting use of my freind's digital camera, so in the meatime I'll have to explain my mods.

I've got 4 Antec blue LED fans for intake/exhaust, an Antec blue LED on my Alpha PAL 8045, silver braided rounded cables, a full-size window cutout with a custom decal that reads ÜberBlue with an AXP logo underneath.

I changed the green power and HD LEDs on the front to blue, and would like to replace the CD-RW and DVD LEDs too.

The big bummer is that the case is beige, not blue.
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Clutch
I'm the man in the box
Clutch
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4 Jun 2003, 7:30pm
Might as well post my mod while I'm here. This was my first attempt at a dremel and plexi glass so it's not the best in the world, but it's mine damnit





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LawnMM
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4 Jun 2003, 10:01pm
TD_Isles said
I'm awaiting use of my freind's digital camera, so in the meatime I'll have to explain my mods.

I've got 4 Antec blue LED fans for intake/exhaust, an Antec blue LED on my Alpha PAL 8045, silver braided rounded cables, a full-size window cutout with a custom decal that reads ÜberBlue with an AXP logo underneath.

I changed the green power and HD LEDs on the front to blue, and would like to replace the CD-RW and DVD LEDs too.

The big bummer is that the case is beige, not blue.
Paint it yo!

Clutch said
Might as well post my mod while I'm here. This was my first attempt at a dremel and plexi glass so it's not the best in the world, but it's mine damnit





Looks good clutch, thats a bright frickin CC!
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GHoosdum
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4 Jun 2003, 10:14pm

GH's Mod



I was going for a classy look to this mod... although nothing looks too classy in that craphole of a bedroom I've got. It's a Chieftec Mini-Mid tower with two 80MM LED fans in front, power and HDD LEDs changed to blue, and stealthed CD-RW drive. I also have the custom case badges my friends and I had made for Nexlia.com, our website, on the front. I've got a few more subtle mods on the way including front USB 2.0 ports, maybe a front firewire also, cut into one of the 3.5" floppy covers.
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danball1976
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4 Jun 2003, 11:06pm
My current mod will be figuring out how to remove and replace the top case fan in my Lian-Li PC60+USB case since that fan is dying.
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dodo
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5 Jun 2003, 3:32am
Not so much a mod as a serious lack of a budget, and thus, a case. Let me tell you, for $10 total, its definatly ghetto.
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Clutch
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5 Jun 2003, 3:39am
Is that your main rig? You better not bump your desk to hard, if so, your whole rig is coming to the ground. Better get to saving some money bud.
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mmonnin
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5 Jun 2003, 4:16am
A finishing project.
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CaffeineMe
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5 Jun 2003, 4:59am
Most of you have prob. seen mine, but here's the link anyhow. Large pictures ahead, be warned dial up users!

http://www.angelfire.com/ia3/billmaly/
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paroxym
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219 Posts
5 Jun 2003, 5:16am
mmonnin: Thats a pretty awesome NES mod ya got goin on there but how does she breathe??
Any chance you could post some more pics?

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mmonnin
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5 Jun 2003, 5:30am
She is not done yet. I have to drill some holes for 2 40mm fans and then put it all together and make sure she is stable, PSU wise.

Consider the pic a teaser. An article should be out before the month is over, I will be moving to college in a month.
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paroxym
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5 Jun 2003, 5:41am
mmonnin said

Consider the pic a teaser. An article should be out before the month is over, I will be moving to college in a month.
Well, I always like a good mod and I will be lookin forward to that article. Great work so far

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Zorki
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5 Jun 2003, 9:43am
Its a cheap Enermax case but it has plenty of fan holes! I yanked out the front USB and audio, the door in front of them, then hacked out the case with a kitchen knife. Mark of a folder? It didn't get turned off during surgery or for its portrait.
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Zorki
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5 Jun 2003, 9:49am
Inside, at front is a cheap 4-LED 120mm and waaayyy too long cables, then my shiny blue mobo and Antec 3-LED 80mm on an AOpen heatsink.
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dodo
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5 Jun 2003, 11:32pm
Yeah, thats not my main system, thats a quality pentium pro 200Mhz system pull that lost its case to something more worthwhile. I'd like to say that i have the motherboard actually mounted to that board...but its just sitting there.

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Zorki
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6 Jun 2003, 2:30am
Doesn't your hard drive and optical drive rattle or something?
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LawnMM
Oppressor of Crackheads
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6 Jun 2003, 2:34am
dodo said
Not so much a mod as a serious lack of a budget, and thus, a case. Let me tell you, for $10 total, its definatly ghetto.
Thats the most ghetto mod I've ever seen!
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dodo
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319 Posts
6 Jun 2003, 3:45am
Zorki said
Doesn't your hard drive and optical drive rattle or something?
Well, no. They arent exactly high speed components, so that may be why they dont. At least the board isnt warped. Actually, I removed the CDROM drive and put it in another system...and the floppy.


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dodo
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319 Posts
6 Jun 2003, 3:47am
LawnMM said
Thats the most ghetto mod I've ever seen!
Well, i think the ghettoness could be improved by duct taping the components on the board and mounting it vertically, but thats a little risky.

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Clutch
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6 Jun 2003, 5:06am
Wouldn't it be funny if a house fly landed on your hs fan and got cut up? hehe I just thought about that. And yes, the ghettoness could be upped a level, but it looks plenty ghetto for me.
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LawnMM
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7 Jun 2003, 7:48am
Clutch said
Wouldn't it be funny if a house fly landed on your hs fan and got cut up? hehe I just thought about that. And yes, the ghettoness could be upped a level, but it looks plenty ghetto for me.
Thats pretty close to where the expression "bug" actually originated from actually...
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mcwc
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8 Jun 2003, 7:21am
Here is something you don't see on Compaqs. Extra fans! It's my brother's Compaq that I modded for some more air flow in its cramped case. The cables are wrapped with electrical tape, zip tied to the PSU, folded IDE cables, CoolerMaster HSF (I killed the OEM one with canned air ), one fan on the rear, sticking out; and one beside the PSU blowing air to the HSF.
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8 Jun 2003, 7:28am
Here is my own. It's nothing spectacular. No windows and glowing LED fans. Just some low budget mods. I made 2 blowholes (side and top), enlarged the front intake, removed the stamped grill from the PSU, front intake, and rear exhaust. Homemade fanbus, folded IDE cables, and electrical tape wrapped cables zip tied along the case. It probably only cost me $30CDN.
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LawnMM
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8 Jun 2003, 9:15am
Nice! Was wondering what that black contraption was on the bottom inside there!
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dodo
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8 Jun 2003, 7:53pm
Methinks your fingers would beneift from some kind of grill on those fans. And yeah, whats that black thing?

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mcwc
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8 Jun 2003, 9:26pm
The black thing on the bottom of my case is my homemade fanbus. As for grills at the back of my case, nah. No one is going to go to the back of my case except for me.
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DeathStar
Getting settled in
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8 Jun 2003, 9:50pm
Here's a recent pic of my ongoing mods....
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Cyclonite
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8 Jun 2003, 9:53pm
Uhhh... Whoa...
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muddocktor
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8 Jun 2003, 10:39pm
Real nice, DeathStar!

Here's my watercooled sx1240 dually, no lights or nothing fancy though.
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DeathStar
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8 Jun 2003, 11:31pm
muddocktor said
Real nice, DeathStar!

Here's my watercooled sx1240 dually, no lights or nothing fancy though.
Very nice! I was going to watercool this beast but decided against it as I have limited case space; I don't have anything fancy on the inside either as no one gets to see it unless I post pics....

MP2800 Bartons on a MSI K7D Master-L w/Retail HSFs
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Clutch
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9 Jun 2003, 1:41am
DeathStar, I'm speechless on your pics man. That is one nice setup, how hot does it get in their in the summer time? I know you got a nice ac unit in that room somewhere.
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Reign
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9 Jun 2003, 7:16am
Clutch said
DeathStar, I'm speechless on your pics man. That is one nice setup, how hot does it get in their in the summer time? I know you got a nice ac unit in that room somewhere.
I think i see the AC right behind the monitor in the window. Great setup man.
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Black Hawk
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9 Jun 2003, 7:56am
DeathStar said
Here's a recent pic of my ongoing mods....
wtfomg?! It's F1!!!

* Black Hawk thanks the lord there isn't a secret room here
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mcwc
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9 Jun 2003, 8:01am
That is a really clean setup, DeathStar, I mean really clean and I thought my cable job was clean.
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Black Hawk
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9 Jun 2003, 8:06am
speaking of which, do you have any pics of your old w/c'ing setup DSMF?
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DeathStar
Getting settled in
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9 Jun 2003, 9:53am
Blackhawk said
speaking of which, do you have any pics of your old w/c'ing setup DSMF?
Here's a pic of my old W/C rig; this was two years ago....
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DeathStar
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9 Jun 2003, 9:55am
A little more detail.....
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DeathStar
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9 Jun 2003, 9:56am
Danner MagDrive @ 700GPH......
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DeathStar
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9 Jun 2003, 9:58am
Fan shroud and Raddy assembly; 800CFM Dual-squirrel cage....
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DeathStar
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9 Jun 2003, 10:05am
Here's the raddy; 4"x6"x16" evaporator core. With the A/C cooling the room, the whole system would keep a T-Bird 1.33@1976 (2.11 Vcore) at about 20C constant temps...
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Bad_Karma
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9 Jun 2003, 10:23am
muddocktor said
Real nice, DeathStar!

Here's my watercooled sx1240 dually, no lights or nothing fancy though.


Nice Job! Makes me drewl
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danball1976
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10 Jun 2003, 1:49am
DeathStar said
Here's a recent pic of my ongoing mods....
I remember seeing a rig like that at the ForumOC forums a couple years ago
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Red Dawn
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10 Jun 2003, 7:52pm
Gonna be modding my mouse and keyboard again after i finish exams june 27th,

heres just a few ideas i had for my mouse, pritty much know what i'll be doin with the keyboard



i'll just be drillin holes in a pattern and placing leds inside the mouse then maybe fill up the holes with a clear resin or liquid plastic, sanding it then to get a smooth finish

Not sure either whether to use blue or red leds, i'll be gettin loads for the keyboard mod so i huess i could try em both out and see which i like best
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Nixxer
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11 Jun 2003, 8:20pm
Sounds good, but I'd never dare mod my MX700. Just in case I mess it up, and that its fine how it is.
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Red Dawn
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11 Jun 2003, 8:27pm
its a cheep ass mouse serial i've had since before i can remember so its not really gonna be a great loss if i mess it up but on the other hand if it turns out fine then i got a cool looking mouse
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Khaos
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11 Jun 2003, 9:42pm
Well, my case is still in New Hampshire, so I can't take any pictures of it with our sweet new digital camera... I do have some pictures that I took with a 35mm while I was modding it.

Basically, I totally stripped this thing down and repainted it. The inside is engine compartment black and the outside is metallic blue. There are a bunch of other mods as well; fans, temperature probes, etc. All the drives got painted and the LEDs were swapped out for blue ones, but I don't have any good pictures of them at the moment.

These pictures are of the fan mods that I did...







No pictures of the R404A chiller with me at the moment, either. It's partially disassembled pending repair... And still in New Hampshire. At one point in time I had removed the fan from the blowhole over the CPU and had the insulated hose for the waterblock running out of it. Afterall... You don't exactly fit an R404A chiller in the case. It was, if I do say so myself, probably the slickest chiller setup I've ever seen... Short of putting the whole thing in a cabinet, like DeathStar's awesome watercooling rig.

Nice pictures and rig there DeathStar, thanks for sharing.
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Clutch
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11 Jun 2003, 10:12pm
Holy smokes, how loud is that thing? And how much cfm you got flowing in that case.
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Khaos
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11 Jun 2003, 10:48pm
Well, I built a fan bus that controls all of the audible fans in the case because the noise started to get to me. LOL... So, it can be quiet... It can be loud, too. Very loud. Total CFM is between 600 and 800; I really can't say. I know it has gone up since I first built it because some of the 120's and 80's got replaced with higher powered models. I accidentally connected some wires wrong while I was rewiring the case and fried several of my fans.

That top blowhole pushes somewhere around 138 to 150 CFM all on its own. I forgot the specs of that particular fan - But I don't like it. Even when it's dialed down, it is still pretty loud for a 120MM.

Hey DeathStar, that thing IS folding for team 93, right?! lol
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Disvengeance
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20 Jun 2003, 3:10am
man DeathStar, how much money that rig put u back?, its real nice
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