Cobra-matic : Retro Bakelite Phonograph

[SXRguyinMA]

this thing is awesome! nice work! +rep

[blueonblack]

Oustanding work, I love the retro look myself. Will be trying to incorporate it into my current mod when I get back to it. Keep it up!!
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Larry Shinoda

[p0Pe]

this is looking fantastic
+rep! love the glow powder xD

[jdbnsn]

This is coming along great Mach!

[Mach]

Thanks for the rep and compliments!
@DonT-FeaR & p0Pe: It'll be more subtle when it's painted on but it's very cool stuff
@SXRguyinMA & jdbnsn : It makes me grin to see it finally coming together
@blueonblack: Can't wait to see it, the HD activity gears idea is genius.

Paint testing underway, it's going to take multiple coats to get a strong effect from the glow powder. Its interesting stuff. You pour the powder into the clear finish and shake it up. It doesn't dissolve but is suspended in solution so you have to keep it mixed while painting.

The DVD rom is going to take some more work. Tried the idea of cycling the power on and off and resetting the drive from VB but no luck.

[BerticusPryme]

hey mach check this.http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/...t-refresh.aspx look at the 2nd post. the guy wrote a peice of software that might help you out a little. Thought I would try and shed some light on this and definatly give soem rep for the awesome mod.

[Mach]

@BerticusPrime: Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, after trying it out, no go. I'm thinking its in the DVD Rom controller. It has to show ready before windows can even talk to it. As it takes a full shutdown and restart to reset the drive, a low level re-initialize or reset command is probably the only thing that's going to work. Or figure out where the trip switch is and mod the drive.

[Mach]

Good news: It's possible to make the DVD work.
http://www.austinmodders.com/modules...ewtopic&t=1467

Bad news: It'll take a hardware hack. The sound you hear is one step back

The killer is that I've been lurking at austinmodders but never saw that thread. I went looking over there tonight cause I had a bookmark to a mod done by Zapwizard on a slot loading DVD. Looks like it's time to find the tiny soldering iron tip.

[BerticusPryme]

Hey least you are somewhat making headway here. The drive placement is great and I would ahte to see you lose that. Hopefully this works.

[DaveW]

This is a great mod. Though I'm curious-are you running that RAM in Dual-Channel mode? I know different boards do it differently, but I was under the impression that Gigabyte boards usually want both sticks together. That being said, I can see red and yellow on both slots, so I thought I'd ask.

-Dave