Mod’n Roll 2012: The Theory of Everything.

tom1

very good impression this covered

One1ros

Waiting for the PSU top!

Angel OD

tom1 ha scritto:

very good impression this covered

Thanks a lot. I think it's gonna be as good as it looks!

One1ros ha scritto:

Waiting for the PSU top!

SO am I! :asd:

I just need to have the machine for a couple of days straight, but vacation is coming up, so I hope to finish that in a week or 2!

Angel OD

Sorry for leaving you waiting guys. It's been hectic at work and I've been pondering a lot about the mod. But now I'm ready to go again!

On with the show, pictures is what you wan't!

I milled a hole in the side for the 120mm radgrill:

This is (almost/kind of) where the dvd-drive is going to be placed.

I need to mill the in the top and make some more stuff for it.

Right now I've got a couple of my ph.d. homies in Electrical Engineering working on a controller board that will be used for the drive, and the motor.

More on that when it's done. Should be within a week or 2! :clap:

Since all the plugs are hidden underneath the PSU cover plate, I need outlets for usb/audio/RJ45 and the GFX. These will be placed next to the 120 radgrill.

Setup:

Milled:

I encountered a problem with the radgrill, since It's pretty far to the side AND the bottom of the side plate. I had to dremel that away:

Done:

Then I had to round the corners of the radgrill. 4mm radius, and the gauge to use as a template for filing down the corners:

Done:

It looks crooked, but it's just because it's not glued in place so it fell back.

Then I received the last of the cables needed. 4 usb's and 1 rj45 that are made for panel mount. The GFX cable is actually a splitter, so I need to make something to mount it. Not many options out there for a 5 inch cable for DVI :lol:

That's it for now. I hope to get led's in the 120 radgrill today, and finish the design of the cable outlet plate. I'll post pics later if I get it done!

Until then my fellow modders! :thumb:

tom1

well , waiting for next pics

Angel OD

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well , waiting for next pics

Here you go!

I designed the plate for the In / out connections. It's gonna look something like this:

Then on to cutting and soldering the led's, and then mount them:

And it works:

Ran to the bathroom as that's the only place I have that's dark during the day! :lol:

This is on a drained 9v battery, so I think with 12v it's going to light up the entire country of Denmark!

And in daylight:

There we go. I might go to the workshop tomorrow again, but not sure.

C ya soon anyways!

One1ros

Very good work, man!

tom1

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Angel OD

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Very good work, man!

tom1 ha scritto:

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Thanks a lot guys!

I was going to do a piece today, but unfortunately I got called up to do a co-worker a favor so I didn't have time to finish it. Just pulled if from the cnc, so it still needs some filing and some holes. I'll get it done friday!

But I decided to put it in here, just as a kind of a teaser:

C ya friday with yet an update!

tom1

Angel OD

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Ty!

I had to cut it short today. But I have the next 10 days off, so some progress is to be expected!

But it is indeed a GFX backplate:

I don't know exactly what went wrong in measuring, but I had to take a bit off of the corner of the GFX pcb. No problems though, it's just PCB!

Sorry for the short update, I'll be back during the weekend with more!

I also bought some fittings. I was supposed to redo some myself, but they were on sale and for less than $1 a piece for these - Looking that good, there was no way I neede to do that!

I should be going to the workshop tomorrow, so hopefully yet an update shall be here by then!

tom1

WOW fantastic integration

Angel OD

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WOW fantastic integration

Thank you very much! I do my best!

Angel OD

I'm back!

Went to the workshop to find out my access card does not work on holidays!

Luckily it's brand new as the old one broke, and I therefore had a guest pass that I have not yet returned.

First look of the controller for the dvd-drive:

Can't wait to see this in action with components on, and software written for it! :clap:

Finally I got the I/O plate done!

Usb/Gfx/Lan mounted - The holes for the audio were a bit too small so I'll get those done tomorrow or saturday:

Put in the case. This is just for testing, I'll set it with rivets when I know it's ready!

That's it for now. I hope to have more for you tomorrow!

tom1

Fantastic very nice work

One1ros

Angel OD ha scritto:

Can't wait to see this in action with components on, and software written for it!

Me too!

This mod is becoming more and more interesting! Keep modding hard!

Angel OD

tom1 ha scritto:

Fantastic very nice work

Thank you very much!

One1ros ha scritto:

Me too!
This mod is becoming more and more interesting! Keep modding hard!

Thanks! Don't worry, I'm addicted to modding so I'll never stop!

Angel OD

What to do on friday morning of easter vacation?

I was planning to go to the workshop, but decided to stay home and get started on sleeving the PSU!

Going with white, blue and red.

I used my trusted homemade tool for this. Two little pieces of metal cut to size.

Halfway done with atx cable, the PCI-e is quite anoying since it's a 2x6 pin splitter, so I'm not done with that!

5 wires later I snapped both the small bits off of the tools :muro:

But that wasn't gonna stop me so I got it done. This included a 5 minute search on the floor for one of the little tool-bits... 0,3mmx0,8mmx5mm in length is not easy to spot even though I vacuumed the floor the day before yesterday! :2funny:

I might get the cable done today! If not, I'll hope to get it done tomorrow after some hours at the workshop.

tom1

well

Angel OD

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well

Thank yoU!

A small update for you guys. I did a quick mockup with the donor gfx card, just to let you see how it's going to pan out.

I need to cut some different size spacers for the PSU cover to get it in line. Unfortunately it's not an exact science to get that damn thing sitting perfect!

Also I need a hole for the 8pin mobo cable, and something to hide the PCI-e riser cable somehow.