Project: PrometheusCu

[gramatton]

@Langer-I've seen that eeePC before. Thought it was amazing then and its still is now. I still don't know how you got all that in there. I've had mine for awhile but all I've done is put some memory in. I'm gonna have to look into modding it soon.

@markkleb-That looks awesom man, wish I was that good with a soldering iron.

+rep for an amazing, crazy soldering job

[markkleb]

actually soldering the back side of the mobo isant that hard.

Here are a few tricks..
1-its NEVER too clean (surface or soldering tip) make sure the surface is free of oils (including fingerprints) and any type of coating.

2- dont use a monster soldering iron.I use a 30 watt version with a voltage control and a pointy tip.

3- tin the tip.. clean the tip and apply a bit of solder to it before heating the wire or surface.

4- I like to strip about 1/8" of the insulation off the wire and apply solder to the wire. Than I put a bit of solder on the mobo.

5- MOST IMPORTANT TIP.. work fast here, touch the wire to the spot on the mobo and heat it up for 1 or 2 secs. only. That should be fine if you keep heat near the mobo longer than that heat will fry something. If the tip is dirty or the joint is dirty it will take a LONG time to melt the solder so stop and clean the tip (I do for every joint I make)

6-dont move the wire while it dries (just a few seconds) or it will crystallize (the joint will turn a flat shade of silver) It will be very brittle and not join well.

7- Double/triple check the wires..Soldering a yellow where a black goes is bad.

[Langer]

Here's a very quick and dirty diagram to roughly show my intent with soldering the ATX and 12V lines to the bottom of the mobo.

I had a short run of (1250ft, lol.. minimum manufacturing length) 24conductor 18agage 'PrometheusCU edition' ribbon cable manufactured by ITW Pancon especially for this (and alot fo the other wires) purpose.

[markkleb]

After some solder, a touch of dremeling and some 'cablegami', I'm hoping to hide the wires completely.

I am really looking forward to seeing what you come up with. So far your work is spectacular.
(1250' of wire...that should keep you in wiring for quite a while)

[Langer]

Thanks so much man, and right back at you - I'm quite eager to see your results. That one pic showed very promising results.

[DonT-FeaR]

come on langer do it already wow markkleb

[The boy 4rm oz]

I have seen a similar thing dont with touch pads. I think it may have been markkleb's work lol.

[DonT-FeaR]

oh rly.... that sounds cool... althought im not sure how that would help

[Langer]

Thanks guys!

Quickie update:
After a lot of measuring, scoring, snaping, drilling, and filing I have this:

1 down, 1 to go.

[The boy 4rm oz]

I made one of them for my wireless LAN card, they look great.