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Recent content by tominox
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Project NN (beigeboxbuild)
I got a few more things done with this build. First of all, the plexiglass front panel broke, due to careless drilling on my part. I ended up finding a large sheet of metal, from what appears to be an industrial furnace, that I will use to make the new front. I also decided to solder... -
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Project NN (beigeboxbuild)
Just one small update for today: The original motherboard tray had these removable pieces above the motherboard rear plate. I cut this area out, and riveted in some meshing. Unfortunately, due to clearance issues, I was only able to rivet on the one side, but it sits flush on the opposite... -
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Project NN (beigeboxbuild)
The hole for the rivet is countersunk, I plan on making the rivet not visible from the front. One idea involves filling the outside hole with bondo, and painting the front panel. The other idea is a bit more unconventional....;) Either way, it's not going to be visible. Today I decided to... -
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Project NN (beigeboxbuild)
Finished shaping the first layer of the plexiglass front. I also found some different types of meshing material - a speaker cover from a 12" sub, and a small metal cart that has perforated steel shelves. For the plexiglass, the outside edges as well as the opening for the optical drives need to... -
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Project NN (beigeboxbuild)
Yes, the fan holes will be full size - the 3d image was mostly to help me figure out how I am going to create the front panel. Small update today. I found some 4" speaker enclosures and took the meshing out from them. These will be used on the two 140mm fans. They are large enough to cover... -
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Project NN (beigeboxbuild)
A quick sketchup showing the next part of the front panel I am going to be working on: -
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Project NN (beigeboxbuild)
I used a jigaw, dremel tool, hand files and a wire wheel to remove excess metal on the front of the case and to debur the edges. The cuts are relatively straight, not perfect, but they won't be visible anyways. I have a sheet of 1/4" plexiglass that is a bit scratched up from which I will... -
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Project NN (beigeboxbuild)
It’s time again to build a new system. I am quite poor, so the idea is to save as much money as possible on the build. I don’t plan on skimping out on essential components, but certain things, such as the case and certain modding supplies, I’m not spending a dime on. I have a... -
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I got a satellite dish.
Just off the top of my head, I'm sure you can splice one of the coaxials so it connects to your wireless.... they looks the same, the wireless being a bit smaller. Then I'm quite sure you will have to greatly amplify the signal, not sure how, some kind of external power source that you can scale...- tominox
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couple general hardware questions.
1. If your already using your soundcard, might as well disable your onboard sound, and only use your soundcard. At least your wont have possible driver conflicts. 2. I've killed my fair share of network cards. Tried re-installing the driver for it?- tominox
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- Forum: General Hardware
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DVI and VGA , DVI orange no screen
Make sure your refresh rate is 60Hz and that you are running your monitors native resolution. -
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nox-box
A few small updates for today. I've done most of the rebuilding of the old xqpack chasis, have some more filing and deburrig and general detail work to do, as well as adding a bracket for the back, and the bracket supporting the optical drive in the front. Just to give you an idea of the... -
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nox-box
Small update. Finished all the sleeving. I ended up using quite a bit of black electrical tape, first instead of shrinkwrap, then, in some cases, using 6mm tygon tubing instead of sleeving and electrical tape over the whole thing. Not that its going to matter too much in the end, there's just... -
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nox-box
A few small things today. I found a pair of blue led's connected to a molex. Wanting to make my own version of a tube light, I cut a small length of a purple plastic drinking straw, and attached the led, one on either end, into the straw. The unit sits in the cut out slot in the CPU HS that... -
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nox-box
Just a few things today. I cut down the MB tray so it fits the board exactly. The reason for this is because now I have almost 5 inches of room between the front of the MB and the front of the chasis where a 120mm fan and 2 hard drives will be going. Otherwise the 2 inches of the MB tray that...