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    The floppy drive is no longer obsolete. AmEv's Avatar
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    Default Project: ModCron

    I have started this in another forum. However, I thought I'd share it here.


    I bought this case at a local thrift store. PIII 866, 128MB PC100 SDRAM, 20GB HDD. Not bad, but.....

    Just look at the size of this thing! I paid $20 for it!


    And from the front:



    Shhhh.... This is how you add things!


    Look at that expansion room!

    Can anyone say "stealth hot-swap bay"?

    And it's so simple to open it, if you know where to look:


    Talk about spacious! Don't know what the blue thing is, PCI cooler?



    However, it's simple to open. Note this:


    And this.


    To this:


    And again.


    The board and cooler..




    Now, the PSU cage is totally nice.

    Remove this screw....


    Yank on this....


    Whoop. Gotta pull cables.


    Once again. Totally AWESOME!!!



    Better mugshot of the cooler.


    The RAM. 1GB total.


    Well, this is how things are mounted.

    A special type of screw goes on the front two spots, and a third mounts it.


    This is your OS HDD bay, because it's an always-on, needs the ventilation.


    Your power board.



    Left side panel?

    One or two screws to remove.

    Meh, a bit bland. Might make for OK wire routing, haven't checked for that.




    Toolless PCI bay.


    From the inside.


    Simply remove the screw....


    To get this.


    Final treat. The sound card. Creative: the best producers of audio products, period.


    Model number.
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    The floppy drive is no longer obsolete. AmEv's Avatar
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    Tempo HP case on the left.


    Window hole (kinda blurry sorry)


    New back side, with stealth floppy


    LCD (work in progress)


    In the tempo case:


    Fan (in action!) Plus front audio/USB ports (both in progress)


    And again:


    In action, back in its home. The other case had horrible ventilation.


    Insides:


    My desk.


    What's this keyboard?

    A Sejin Electron Inc. SWK-8697WT keyboard, with PS/2 reciever!





    The reciever:


    And, finally, my power-saver/anti-hijacker tool:


    Mouse teaser, for my laptop:

    Unfortunately, I lost the left button



    Well, I don't have food, but I'll treat you to something:

    Genesis on a 40" LED TV.

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    nice recycling job! micron cases rock.
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    Cool start. Micron cases are all over. This one has the Dell swing out motherboard fan thing going on. I'll watch this.

    john
    What's that ?
    The worlds only carbon fiber cased water cooled C-7 Jetway mini-ITX computer.
    Why? - Why Not?

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    the fan and window holes need some filing, but other than that, it's looking great. where can I get one

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    The floppy drive is no longer obsolete. AmEv's Avatar
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    Take a look at local thrift shops; you will find the widest variety of cases there.
    AT, ITX, NLX....
    Dell, HP, History businesses.......

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    For those of you with spouses already P/O'ed about all the computer "junk" laying around in every room of the house I strongly suggest treating those thrift shops like an alchoholic treats a bar... Just stay away, it's for your own good...


    GF: What the heck do you need a manual for Windows 3.0 for?

    Me: But it's only a dollar!

    GF: You didn't answer the question... Besides you don't even have Windows 3.0, what the hell you need the manual for it for?

    Me: Sure I do

    GF: No you don't

    Me: Hell yea I do, You dragged me to the Goodwill, I'm gettin this, end of story

    GF: What the heck are you doing with a copy of Windows 3.0?

    Me: ... Same thing I do with my copies of Windows 1, 2, 3.11, 95, 95 with USB Support, 95 OSR2, 98, 98SE, ME and every version of NT

    GF: And that is?

    Me: Not a whole hell of alot, but just having them makes me awesomer

    GF: Clearly

    Me: You're just jealous

    GF: What do you think of this vase for our living room

    Me: Looks like someone didn't want it anymore for a reason

    GF: What's that supposed to mean?

    Me: Looks like sh... HEY! LOOK! They have computers!

    ex-GF: I'm leaving



    The "right" girl would have understood why I had to buy this...




    Back on topic though, nice little gem you got there, the 3.5" floppy back in the back next to the power supply is pretty awesome, that case has tremendous potential.

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    bahaha funny story :p
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    Screen shot goodness :p





    Don't know what happened to the last one O.O
    Two years. They were great. Let's make the next ones even better!

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    I like this the case and the opening system is great for modding.

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