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Thaddy
03-07-2004, 09:16 PM
Well I wanted to keep the clean look of my Lian-Li, and I wanted to add a window. I didn't want something that everyone has though, which is just a hole hacked in the side of their case.

I was looking at the front of my case one day, and really liked the look of the drilled out intake grilles. Well, this is the aftermath:

http://www.freepgs.com/XP1800/Project/P1010352.JPG

http://www.freepgs.com/XP1800/Project/P1010349.JPG

http://www.freepgs.com/XP1800/Project/P1010350.JPG

http://www.freepgs.com/XP1800/Project/P1010351.JPG

The top of the AMD logo is a tad crooked:o

Next up is some green LED's that illuminate the AMD logo when my HDD is being accessed.
kill_emma
03-07-2004, 09:33 PM
wow, pretty nice. gj
lorcani
03-07-2004, 10:45 PM
Wow, good job man.

What did you use to punch through the aluminum?
Thaddy
03-07-2004, 10:53 PM
Just your standard power drill:D
vck6v3
03-07-2004, 11:11 PM
pretty cool stuff right there,
but what happens when you upgrade that XP 1800?
lorcani
03-07-2004, 11:22 PM
Originally posted by vck6v3

but what happens when you upgrade that XP 1800?

I was thinking the exact same thing. Unless they come out with a XP18000, it'll look weird :p
Thaddy
03-08-2004, 12:04 AM
I already have...read my sig:)

XP1800 is my alter ego for another forum that I visit quiet frequently;)

I still have the chip though, it's folding 24/7 for me.
grjr
03-08-2004, 01:16 AM
wow that XP1800 came out really good, looks like it was done by a machine and not by hand :eek:
Thaddy
03-08-2004, 01:58 AM
Thanks for comments so far:cool:
jeece
03-09-2004, 10:22 AM
Is it just me, or the AMD logo is flipped/reversed? :p
ST|FFY
03-09-2004, 10:58 AM
Originally posted by jeece
Is it just me, or the AMD logo is flipped/reversed? :p oh wow it is :eek: no one would have noticed if u didnt say anything

google is your friend http://images.google.com/images?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&q=amd&sa=N&tab=wi
Thaddy
03-09-2004, 01:19 PM
Originally posted by jeece
Is it just me, or the AMD logo is flipped/reversed? :p

Hehe, I was waiting for someone to notice this! I was going to make it the other way (the right way), but it just didn't look as good, so I just flipped the design and did it that way:)
TheMostWantedPolishTwin
03-09-2004, 01:56 PM
not that bad...
V0ltage
03-09-2004, 03:00 PM
nice... if you ever upgrade you can just turn the side into a window.
jeece
03-09-2004, 05:52 PM
Originally posted by Thaddy
Hehe, I was waiting for someone to notice this! I was going to make it the other way (the right way), but it just didn't look as good, so I just flipped the design and did it that way:)

I kinda agree with that, it just looks more balanced this way. I just didn't know if it was on purpose or a goof... ;) But hey, it's still a great mod you got here, IMHO. I'm looking into something similar for my server case.
That_Sound_Guy
03-12-2004, 04:10 PM
when you say making some LED's light up the logo are you gonna mount them in the holes of the logo or just backlight it? I think in the holes of the logo would look awesome but wow wiring all that would suck! But if you put all this effort in, add a lil more and make it sweet. Just my thoughts, probably uselss but ya never know :p
Thaddy
03-12-2004, 04:29 PM
Originally posted by That_Sound_Guy
when you say making some LED's light up the logo are you gonna mount them in the holes of the logo or just backlight it? I think in the holes of the logo would look awesome but wow wiring all that would suck! But if you put all this effort in, add a lil more and make it sweet. Just my thoughts, probably uselss but ya never know :p

That would work, but it would require too many LED's and the wiring would REALLY suck, like you said. I'm just gonna get like 2 green LED's and point them towards the logo:)
Shinare
03-12-2004, 05:58 PM
Excellent mod, man! Very clean. I see your digicam takes as good of pictures as mine does. heh
jamezzz122
03-12-2004, 09:53 PM
Looks great...Must of been tedious huh?
Thaddy
03-12-2004, 10:22 PM
Originally posted by jamezzz122
Looks great...Must of been tedious huh?

*sigh* The holes took forever to drill, and then I still have to get some jewelers files and sand them down:(
skaquixotic
03-15-2004, 04:16 AM
looks good...clean and professional
what did you use to draw out the pattern? some kind of stencil or completely freehand?

heheh u should stick a p4 in there
Unoid
03-15-2004, 09:17 PM
Good work..

funny tho it reminds me of somethign I did not too many months ago with a 1/16th drill bit on my lian li ;-)


http://webpages.charter.net/wein/casemod/
http://unoid.net/watermod/completeclosed1.jpg
lorcani
03-15-2004, 10:17 PM
Pretty nice Unoid. Must say, I'd never have the "ubar-1337 pr3c1s10n skillz" to do something like that.

Probably a n00b question, but why are you just punching holes instead of cutting shapes fully out?
jwill
03-15-2004, 11:32 PM
wow you did an excellent job man. seriously i can imagine how tiring that could be. ill have to think about doing something like that. good work. :)
Thaddy
03-16-2004, 11:08 PM
Originally posted by lorcani
Pretty nice Unoid. Must say, I'd never have the "ubar-1337 pr3c1s10n skillz" to do something like that.

Probably a n00b question, but why are you just punching holes instead of cutting shapes fully out?

Because EVERYONE cuts holes in the side of their case. I wanted to be a little different.

Lol, I have a Lian-Li too, try not to flame me too hard for that last comment!
lorcani
03-16-2004, 11:09 PM
A little extra time and effort goes a long way. Great job guys.
proroer
03-22-2004, 04:10 AM
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Thaddy
03-23-2004, 01:02 AM
Originally posted by proroer
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Wtf kind of worthless post is that?
jwill
03-23-2004, 01:15 AM
Originally posted by Thaddy
Wtf kind of worthless post is that? so he made a mistake, relax.
Izza
03-23-2004, 05:25 AM
Maybe cut a piece of EL sheet and put behind the holes? Would eliminate the wiring issue with LEDs.
Thaddy
03-23-2004, 10:20 AM
Originally posted by jwill
so he made a mistake, relax.

Ohh ok, got a little confused. Sorry:)

Originally posted by Izza
Maybe cut a piece of EL sheet and put behind the holes? Would eliminate the wiring issue with LEDs.

Would I still be able to wire it to the hard drive header on the mobo? Also, this would prevent the blue light from shining through when the HDD is not active.
Izza
03-23-2004, 11:09 AM
Meh, you'd have to wire up a circuit in order to have it show HDD activity, and yeah... it would block other light from shining through.

I got to thinking though, and what you could do is cut a piece of plexi and mount it behind the holes. Use a dremel to "frost" the plexi that shows through the holes, and you'd not only see ambient light from your cathodes, but placing an LED on the side of the plexi would illuminate the holes.

Get what I mean?
Thaddy
03-25-2004, 10:21 AM
Originally posted by Izza
Meh, you'd have to wire up a circuit in order to have it show HDD activity, and yeah... it would block other light from shining through.

I got to thinking though, and what you could do is cut a piece of plexi and mount it behind the holes. Use a dremel to "frost" the plexi that shows through the holes, and you'd not only see ambient light from your cathodes, but placing an LED on the side of the plexi would illuminate the holes.

Get what I mean?

I know exactly what you mean. Actually, that what I'm probably gonna end up doing. It was my initial idea:)

That way, I would only have to wire up one LED to the corner or something, and it would light the whole piece of plexi.
darktiger
03-25-2004, 11:08 AM
Good Job, but what happens when you update your processor?
Thaddy
03-29-2004, 12:13 PM
Originally posted by darktiger
Good Job, but what happens when you update your processor?

Lol, read the thread from the beginning...
einsig
04-06-2004, 03:49 PM
Not sure if anyone else said this yet, but it looks like a Light Brite from back in the 70's-80's.
Sokidan
04-06-2004, 11:58 PM
That's pretty good man..........