Shazza's Modest Mountain Mods Build

**shazza** · 03-13-2009, 07:19 AM

And, just procrastinating going to the office. Here's a shot of the display with some Everest monitoring info:

**Jhors2** · 03-13-2009, 08:27 AM

Jeez whats up with the low vcore??? lol, looking good Shazza, I'm looking forward to seeing the Aquaero when you finally get one up and running

**IanY** · 03-13-2009, 08:30 AM

Confratulations shazza. Its a masterpiece; a standard by which all others are measured.

**~~just a noob~~** · 03-13-2009, 01:46 PM

hey shazza, would you happen to have any pictures of the back of that lcd?

**SiGfever** · 03-13-2009, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by just a noob

hey shazza, would you happen to have any pictures of the back of that lcd?

I think this is it...

http://www.crystalfontz.com/product/CFA634TMCKS.html

**shazza** · 03-13-2009, 02:31 PM

That's it ... thanks, SiGfever. I was too impatient to take pics before seeing if I was going to crash and burn another LCD.

Ha, Jhors2 ... don't be laughing at my Vcore ... I can easily do up to 3.8 on the 920 without going over that

Have yet to try to really push it.

And, thank you, Ian. Hopefully it will be wrapped up this weekend (unless I break something else while persuing one of my half-baked ideas).

**theseeker** · 03-13-2009, 02:53 PM

Shazza, It's those half-baked ideas that lead us to success! Mine typically arrive due to scotch......

**SiGfever** · 03-13-2009, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by shazza

That's it ... thanks, SiGfever. I was too impatient to take pics before seeing if I was going to crash and burn another LCD.

Ha, Jhors2 ... don't be laughing at my Vcore ... I can easily do up to 3.8 on the 920 without going over that

Have yet to try to really push it.

And, thank you, Ian. Hopefully it will be wrapped up this weekend (unless I feel the need to pursue more upgrades).

I corrected it for you Shazza.

**jpm804** · 03-14-2009, 12:20 AM

Originally Posted by shazza

That's it ... thanks, SiGfever. I was too impatient to take pics before seeing if I was going to crash and burn another LCD.

Ha, Jhors2 ... don't be laughing at my Vcore ... I can easily do up to 3.8 on the 920 without going over that

Have yet to try to really push it.

And, thank you, Ian. Hopefully it will be wrapped up this weekend (unless I break something else while persuing one of my half-baked ideas).

Good to see that you got this issue squared away. You went from 2 line LCD to 4 line LCD.

It's like turning lemons into lemonade.....

Hopefully no more issue with the LCD going forward....unless something does and then i think i'll see SLi LCD's in your future to top this fix hehehe.

**shazza** · 03-14-2009, 03:52 PM

...then i think i'll see SLi LCD's in your future...

... I'd laugh, but ... not yet!

I want to repeat what my new Crystalfontz LCD told me when I first turned it on "Shazza lost her mind." Up at 6 am ... thought I had just a few hours of cable fixin' and it's now almost 5pm. Redoing cables, redoing the chipset / mosfet loop, sleeving some more fans, and making sure everything stays hooked up. Fire it up ... get to windows loading screen then it hangs, and hangs, and hangs. ARRGGGHHH. After a couple hours, traced the problem to the new hard drive my husband gave me and got that sorted out. I was just thinking, "Oh No, do I have the fortitude to tear down and redo if I can't troubleshoot this?" Whew, I'm not sure what the answer to that question would have been, but I was looking for a large sledgehammer...

Still work to do. A few early teaser pics:

Just trying to get the green color to turn out right:

Oops, got some crookeds to fix:

You'd think Bitspower would send me a free pen or something, all the silly pics I post of their shiny fittings.

and, one more:

Will try to get some serious shots of the completed build sometime soon.

**theseeker** · 03-14-2009, 03:57 PM

Breathtaking pics Shazza! I wish I could do that...............

**dingdong555** · 03-14-2009, 04:01 PM

I wish my loop was green now, the green is such an awesome colour!

Fantastic shots Shazza!

**~~ILikeCosmosS~~** · 03-14-2009, 04:05 PM

Shazza your humorous when you were talking about redoing your cables

I really like how that blue came out! (i fiqured how to make sure your feser one doesnt gunk! feser dye+ feser anti-corrosion+distilled)
thank fox for this info!

**~~just a noob~~** · 03-14-2009, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by shazza

i like that shot, and with the amount you've redone this, i think you could eventually get into mdpc

**jpm804** · 03-14-2009, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by just a noob

i like that shot, and with the amount you've redone this, i think you could eventually get into mdpc

At these rate of changes... she's going to start a new site TDPC (Trillion Dollar PC's

)

**shazza** · 03-14-2009, 04:46 PM

LOL ... thanks guys, but I'll leave the million dollar PCs to the pros. I'm kinda going for the Wal-Mart look here

**jpm804** · 03-14-2009, 04:58 PM

Shaazza... any pics of the LCD and Aquaero hooked up?

I'd like to see how you decided to mount it .. whether you decided to combine them or seperately....

Also you inspired me to pick up a used one for a decent price ... hopefully i wont have any issues

**BringerOdeath** · 03-14-2009, 05:59 PM

If I bought the Aquaero LT, Where would get an LCD screen to work with it? Directly from crystalfontz or which lcd should i get?

**dingdong555** · 03-14-2009, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by shazza

LOL ... thanks guys, but I'll leave the million dollar PCs to the pros. I'm kinda going for the Wal-Mart look here

You have done a true work of art that we haven't seen before, multi coloured tubes, once you post full case pics etc.... I'll be sending this URL to MDPC

**headala** · 03-14-2009, 06:24 PM

Whoa, Shazza, looks beautiful! Your grandkids are going to love all the colors!!!

**shazza** · 03-14-2009, 07:33 PM

Thanks again for the kind words, all. And yes ... the Grandkids are visiting in a couple of weeks, so I think they'll like it. My other in-house critic is not a big fan of the red loop.

So - questions re the Aquaero: Disclaimer Here - I AM NOT the expert. I've wanted an LCD display for a couple of years, and couldn't even figure out which one to order. Finally bit the bullet on the Aquaero, and you know I had issues with the LCD (user-induced, I believe). That lead to more research and I picked up the Crystalfontz 634 4-line display. I now have it hooked up in the front bay, and the Aquaero is behind it. The Aquaero is controlling fans and monitoring temps. The CF is reading info from Everest, using the CF2 software. All this is not exactly straightforward, but is not rocket science as I figured it out in an evening. I have effectively turned my Aquaero into the LT version - monitoring and control but no direct display or ability to control from the buttons on the front. That's okay for what I want.

Do I have a pic of the Display in the case? Well, sort of. Apologies - just not possible to get front case detail and show the display without setting up extra lights - will try that tomorrow. For now, here's the best I can do:

(the little smudgies around the characters are an artifact from uploading/compression - not there in RL)

A few more details:

My CPU Loop Drain (darn Macro lens shows every spec of dust)...

NB/Mosfet Loop: I call this one the "boy" drain:

NOW, I think it's time to

**BlueAqua** · 03-14-2009, 07:46 PM

I vote for a sticky!

These are really some of the best pictures I've seen on XS, and a great representation of what a build log should be like. Great work Shazza!

**BringerOdeath** · 03-14-2009, 08:14 PM

Can the Aquaero run 9 s-flex f fans? Also is there any place in the USA that has any of the regular non-lt versions in stock?

**SiGfever** · 03-14-2009, 08:20 PM

Excellent as always Shazza, a true beauty to behold.

**~~ILikeCosmosS~~** · 03-15-2009, 05:32 AM

Shazza your bp pron makes me jealous !
I'll try to the top that in the next few months!

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