It's done (whew)

**Adisharr** · 07-25-2003, 02:30 AM

Just wanted to do something a little different..

It's only a P3 933
256MB ram
15gig HD
8x8x32 CD-RW drive
Radeon 32 SDR w/ TV out
Audigy 2 (spare)

The motherboard tray which has been heavily cut down was from an old ATX case. The plate at the bottom, the CD-RW drive brackets / pillars and the HD mounting brackets were hand made. The washers, nuts and support posts are not painted. I cut blue vinyl tape to the shape of them and let me tell you that was a pain.

This sits in my livingroom as my media PC to play Divx / MP3 files and misc. MAME games / internet browsing (large type)..

EDIT: Forgot to mention the display - It's a small 320x200 NTSC display from a surplus place. Lucky find.. The machine is networked to my main PC in the basement where I keep everything. Both of those machines go through the Netgear RT314 router to Roadrunner..

Night all.. It's 2:38am here and I gotta sleep.. ugh.. :-P

**GLScooby** · 07-25-2003, 02:44 AM

Sounds like you did alot of DIY work on this one. Too bad the linkie doesn't work. I'd like to see it!

**Adisharr** · 07-25-2003, 08:08 AM

Ugh I forgot.. you need to sign in to Yahoo in order to be able to see the pics folder otherwise it looks empty.. Any idea where I can host some pics?

**jagojago12** · 07-25-2003, 08:44 AM

Originally posted by Adisharr
Ugh I forgot.. you need to sign in to Yahoo in order to be able to see the pics folder otherwise it looks empty.. Any idea where I can host some pics?

Says I'm logged in when I go, but I don't see any pictures

. Then I go click on "All albums" and I get this:

* Public sharing of files/full-size images only available for Premium Service users.

. If you don't find any decent picture hosting sites (You can look for some on www.google.com) I can try to host some pictures for you, just pop me a PM.

**Adisharr** · 07-25-2003, 09:26 AM

Thanks Jago.. I guess I'm on the hunt

Stupid Yahoo..

**sharkypinoy** · 07-25-2003, 12:35 PM

wow thats one nice custom case... i like very much! good job

**zackbass** · 07-25-2003, 12:56 PM

Wow, that looks really awsome. The blue contrasts with the wood very nicely. It's really nice to see someone doing things differently (especially when well executed). You did a very nice job with all the cables, they're barely noticeable.

**Adisharr** · 07-25-2003, 01:46 PM

Hey thanks guys

Glad you like it.. I had a few cathodes burn out for some reason (?) so I had to make a little LED strip with high intensity blue LED's. Have you guys ever experienced any cathode problems?

EDIT: I'm looking forward to any progress on that tube case Zack

**Mrfreddio55** · 07-25-2003, 02:30 PM

Verryy nice. How long did you spend building that? Looks like it took many many man hours.

+1 to original modding!

**Adisharr** · 07-25-2003, 02:58 PM

Originally posted by Mrfreddio55
Verryy nice. How long did you spend building that? Looks like it took many many man hours.

+1 to original modding!

Whoohoo! Thanks for the stat bump.. I've failed a few save vs. rolls against 'cut self on metal' but I have emerged victorious!

I wish I knew.. I'm sure it took longer than I expected - everything I do does

I'd have to say the most time consuming part was extending the motherboard power connector. I had to offset the wire extensions diagonally so they would all fit with the heat shrink tubing in the large split loom. The CD mod really was very fast. I removed the front LED and replaced that with two high intensity red LED's mounting inside the back of the drive. One of the pics kind of shows it lighting up.. looks like it doesn't photograph all that well..

Im still toying with the idea of using some kind of clear conductor for the fans - that would let me lose those two black cables running up the sides of the thing.

**TAZTG** · 07-25-2003, 03:28 PM

It really is a fantastic job. Very Nice work. Looks Good sitting next to your Home Entertainment Center.

What kind of Monitor is that, looks like it fit perfectly.

**XP1800** · 07-25-2003, 03:47 PM

Here's another thumbs up from a fellow modder

**Adisharr** · 07-25-2003, 03:53 PM

Thanks TAZTG & Xp I'm glad you like it..

The display is from a company called 'Primeview' and the outer shell was damaged. I took the main part out and painted the outer bezel blue and then reassembled it. The rest of the control boards for it are in the top of the table. It ended up being a fairly decent display but it's not really usable at all for small text. Very hard to make out.

**GLScooby** · 07-25-2003, 09:45 PM

Yay! I can see the pics! Very impressive. I love the wire steathing and contrasting colors. Creativity and originality are the cornerstones of modding. WTG!

**OS-Wiz** · 07-25-2003, 09:57 PM

O U T S T A N D I N G Excellent ideas and work! Darn you, now you got me thinking . . .

Thread: It's done (whew)

Thread Tools

Display

It's done (whew) (56K warning)

Posting Permissions