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lack of pictures from last weekend as there was not much done, sanded the whole case down ready for another coat of paint, ordered more braiding,mosfet and SB cooling and some more thermal paste, hopefully when all this stuff arrives i can do a big update as im looking to
[1] finish off the case, painting,stand off mounts and front panel cables braided
[2] transfer current equipment over to new case
[3] most probably find something else that will take up most my time
so looking to do a bulk update mid week next :)
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well i been fiddling about a bit with the case and got a bit done and a small set back :(
i gave the panels, and the main body of the case a final coat of clear laquer, after i sorted out a bit of a problem with the paint on one of the panels.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...90608_1632.jpg
once that was done i moved on to the rear I/O panel. i want to make the rear of the case as minimalist as possible in reguards to colour, so i sprayed the panel black and a really good thing about the backplate on the P5K-E is that the "which hole is for what input" bit is pressed in to the plate, so even when sprayed black, you can still see the writing on back.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...90608_2012.jpg
next on my list to do was finish off some of the wiring, im still waiting for the last bit of my kit to finish off braiding anything i can :) so the front panel audio/firewire/usb is on hold however the activity lights and power switch have been finished. so i put the lights and switch back in, looking pretty good if i may say so myself!
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...90608_2017.jpg
however!!!!! whilst trying to route the wires to make sure everything was tidy tidy the wires connected to the vandal switch! which was a bummer so i suppose i will have to learn to re-connect that soon.
hopefully should start recieving some of the cooling stuff next week, so i will start putting the motherboard in soon followed by making the side panels whole again and installing the fans
but the best news is its taking shape now :)
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managed to spare a few hours this evening to have a fiddle with my hard drives and also my dvd drive. as you can see from the pic, plain harddrive, remove sticky labels as they are out of warrenty anyway
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...40708_1804.jpg
a few measurements, a few cuts and DA DAH! you will notice the bubbles and a fold on the drive, that was pre-pushing them all out which took forever!
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...40708_1809.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...708_180901.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...40708_1844.jpg
and a few of the dvd drive
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...708_192701.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...40708_1904.jpg
like i said before i want to run my harddrives inverted so that i can run the cables from them under the platform in the case to make as many cables invisible as possible, however i did confuse a few people so i made a mock up photo of what it will look like when it is set up.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...708_184601.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...40708_1846.jpg
tomorrow now i shall cut the floor using a template i made up this evening and also i will be edging the cut and spraying it black once more. i got one of the doors put back together, just glad i remembered how they go back together :)
more updates tomorrow night or sunday night most probably
comments.............. FIRE AWAY!!! :)
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another small update as im getting towards the end of the case mod and moving on to installing everything :)
firstly something i thought would happen actually happened :p braided my sata cables :)
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...708_163601.jpg
once that was done i tidyed up the hole i made yesteray for the wires and fed them all thru so that i could judge if i needed smaller/bigger wires
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...60708_1734.jpg
once that was sorted i got around to sorting the front of the case out and putting the fascia(sp?) back on. im looking at getting another one with the holes on them as the one solid plate looks out of place :(
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...60708_1754.jpg
and to round the little update up a bit of a insight to how the case shall look when finished with reguards to wires
now you see them
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...60708_1756.jpg
now you dont :)
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...60708_1759.jpg
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looking good. i plan on painting the inside of my case black next week.
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well its been a long time since i updated, theres been more planning done a one or two hiccups but all sorted now, firstly i broke my vandel switch that came with my case :( but a new one is on its way to me along with some other goodies.
planning wise i was thinking of something that would be practical for me to use daily but something prephaps not common on desktops, so i have come up with an idea! on the front of the V1000 there is a smallish li lian logo on a panel that i believe i can pop/force out my idea is to take it out and replace it with a fingerprint scanner. seeing as i go on loads of forums etc and have different passwords for each it would be practical to stop me from remembering them all and hopefully (although i dunno if i can do it) is either get it to start/shut down the pc or maybe sort of like a safety device where i need to fingerprint scan before i shut the pc off, stopping anyone from turning my pc off say if it is rendering or encoding, this will all boil down to the sort of electronic/programing skillage needed to set it up
this weekend is my birthday weekend so might not be any updates but im off from wednesday til monday so who knows :)
