Project: LEXA

[The boy 4rm oz]

Well because I couldn't finish my PSU cover today I thought I would have a flip through my mobo manual. As I was reading I took a closer look at the Karajan Audio module that comes with the DFI boards. As I read on it had the usual stuff about which pins go where and stuff like that. During my boring afternoon of reading I found that if I connect me front audio and mic connectors to the mobo I lose access to them on the Karajan audio module. Now this means for me no front audio ports (don't care, don't use 'em anyway ) but also an extra full length wire in my case doing nothing. So I got my pliers and started modding.
This is very basic stuff and took all of 1 min to do haha.
Here is the Victim:

The picture is of the cables for my to USB ports and the audio cable, as you can see they are joined together, but not for long.
Here is a pic of how the cables sit on the PCB in the front of my case:

Here is a close up of the cable:

The bundle of wires on the left are the ones being removed.
The job is done, the two separate cables:

I just got the pliers and pulled he wires straight out of the plastic housing.
A final pic of the Cable attached to the PCB:

With this done I now have one less cable to route and no hardware issues to worry about. Well that's all for now, I hope to get the new domed nuts by the weekend to continue with the overall mounting of the bay covers and PSU cover. Until then...

Happy Modding.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Well guys sorry there hasn't been an update in a while. I have been busy choosing my subjects for year 12 and let me tell you that's been a real bitch haha, all the subjects I need aren't running at my school next year, may have to transfer for year 12.
Well enough of my problems, let's get to the modding.

I started marking the plastic for for a pump should (very similar to the PSU shroud on the previous page). If I can tomorrow I will cut it out and drill the holes for the screws (still waiting for the domed nuts ) and I will also drill screw holes on the PSU shroud. I have also been thinking of where to mount the pump and have to mod the ODD drive rails to fit my res. well that's it for now. Until then...

Happy Modding.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Sorry guys still no plastics work, still waiting for the domed nuts. As I have nothing to do after school today I thought I might get stuck into what little parts of the water cooling loop I can.
This is what I've done so far:

Not much really, just the res to the pump and dad to the res with a "T" for the fillport.
Here is a closer look at the res:

Should it be ok to have such a steep drop using the right angle's? or should I try to link the pump directly to the rad with out the right angles? it would be very tight doing it like that.
Here is a pic of the rear rad:

The lose bit of tube is going to connect to the GPU.

Well that's all at the moment. Enjoy and keep your eyes open for my new plastics work. Until then...

Happy Modding.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Sorry there hasn't been an update for a while guys, I've had lots of school stuff to do but today was the last day of term so you can expect some more frequent updates.

Good News:
Today I received an email from the place I ordered my Apogee GTX and MCW-60 Water Blocks from. They have informed me that the stock has come in so now all I have do do is wait for postage.

Bad News:
Haven't had a chance to look for some domed nuts yet so no more plastic work yet. I have two weeks of holidays and hope to finish this mod during the two weeks (in between the 4 essays I have to write ).

Well I got bored of waiting for my water cooling stuff to arrive and not being able to play any games so I decided to construct my PC straight on to my desk.
Here are some pics:

I also mounted my Danger Den Fill Port
Marked and ready for drilling:

I attached a plastic bag to catch the metal shavings, saved me a lot of cleaning lol:

Here is the cut hole, almost perfect:

The mounted Danger Den Fill Port (from the top and side):

I have also done a bit more work with the water cooling tubing, can't do anything else until I receive my order. Until then...

Happy Modding.

[liquid_fire]

heh, that's how i have my computer setup now too..last night while i was dremeling i noticed the fan I have positioned in front was sucking the dust in, so i turned it around. yikes! I need a shop!!

[The boy 4rm oz]

Haha, originally I didn't have a fan on my HDD but I touched it once by accident and burnt my hand, it's amazing what difference a fan can make.

[Ouch!]

Is that you DVD porn collection I can see in the photos??

LOL!

Ouch!

[The boy 4rm oz]

@Ouch! - Yeah I wish haha, na they are DVD's that I get with a computer mag subscription. Every issue has over 9GB of goodness lol.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Well guys another text update, should have some pics up tomorrow or the next day.

Some good news - I have found the domed nuts I need for my plastics work and should be picking them up in a few days. Yesterday I went and got a can of etching primer for my aluminum case I will be able to start painting soon after a few more modifications to the case . Also my water blocks and a few other bits and pieces are only days away yay, finally after 3 months wait.

Well today I wet sanded the edges of all of my plastic pieces to give them all a uniform glow. I also did a few sketches of how I will mount the pump without it shifting to much due to vibration. Tomorrow I hope to give those plastic pieces a quick once over and maybe prime a few pieces of the case for painting. Until then...

Happy Modding.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Well guys today it finally came, that's right, the rest of my water cooling gear along with all the other bits and pieces I need to finish my mod...hopefully.
Well here is what was in the package:

There is also a 12V-10V fan cable that is not shown in the pics.

Before I received my order I primed my side panels ready for painting, sadly I have no paint but I will try to get some tomorrow.
Here is my side panel with the plexi, lock and all the shiny plastic bits removed and all taped up for painting:

And here is the primed side panel:

Onto the other side panel, same deal:

And primed:

I have a little problem guys and mabye one of you could help me out.
I have two of these switches that will be connected to my CCFL's, unlike the stock switches these have 3 pins instead of two.
Pic:

What's different about these switches is that they have a built in LED that will light up when the switch is in the on position. I know what pin is for the LED (gold looking one, the bottom one in the pic) but I don't know how to wire the switch so when in the on position the LED lights up and when in the off position it turns off. Due to the stock switch only having two terminals (with two matching wires) I don't know how to set this up. The LED will only power on when I use the red wire (12V?) so could I splice the red wire and have an extra spade connector running to the LED terminal, or will there be more involved?

Any help would be great. Until then...

Happy Modding.