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huh. well im no monitor expert so what do you guys think of the sony SDM-HS73? thats the monitor that iused in this project and it seems pretty clear and crisp. of course im not the best judge of this but i do see good enough so i can tell these things apart. just a quick question for the...

hey thanks guys. it is really nice to hear praise about this thing since i have poured my heart and soul in to it these past few weeks. here are my answers to your gripes =P: 1. yes definately that will be coming later though as i am in the middle of a vacation and moving right now. 2...

shwa? what looks messy, besides my room of course? please tell me because i am too close to the project and i can not spot these things. i want comments or things that you guys see. if i didn't want them then i wouldn't have bothered posting this mess in a forum :D

1. i used the external router idea because i wanted the router and computer to be completely independant of one another. i wanted the option of turning off the computer and having the router still on for my other users attached to it. in addition i didn't want to stress my PSU. that router draws...

oki dokie here are the pics that many people, including me, have been waiting for. THE FINISHED CASE!!!! Of course there are still lots of aesthetic things that need to be done like painting the connectors and keyboard etc.... stuff like that. Anyhow here is the PC in its new home running...

okay people after four all nighters (one of which ran for about 70hrs), 3lbs of M'Ms (peanuts of course) ~30 sodas, and a three weeks of near constant work. THE ELECTRONICS ARE FINALLY FINISHED!! i am so relieved to have that out of the way. i figured out the meters and installed the...

alrightie this has been long in coming but i have had alot going on. anyway here is another update for the Ammo Lan PC i knew that i would have to re-do the security circuit because 1 it didn't work and 2 it was hard as H311 to debug so i started over. here are some pics of the only things...

ok i called panasonic which was a feat in itself to get a human on the other end... anyhow they said that they will not replace the drive but rather repair ir. :hehe: now thats a joke i need this drive back ASAP and they want FOUR MONTHS!!! NO WAY!!! so i called newegg and they said sure we...

hmmmm i find that intresting that you say that because i wanted to do the same thing however i didn't know how. well now my friend i do. i have some volume knobs that are looking quite naked. sooooo i think that i will dress them up with a few of these: :naughty: likey? now i have to...

1. the antenni are not a problem they rotate and pivot out in many directions so i am not worried. 2. i was not specific enough with the dvdrom the BIOS will not detect it. it is the strangest thing. i now realize that i might have plugged in the IDE backwards but other than that it died on...

alright to start off i have completed about 99.9% of the work for this project. the only thing that i have to do now is figure out why some stuff doesn't work. ok some pics to start off: here is the computer with the front panel mounted to it: two different angles to spice things...

ok i woke up this morning to find this thing waiting for me... now im not sure why people don't believe me when i say UPS sucks but i just have a sinking suspicion that those same people don't get packages like this. well it wasn't the end of the world. this is what was inside and...

alright people down to business i now hade a deadline that is much closer than was previously expected. i need to have this done and running by friday at 5p MST(US). there is a large lanparty in my area and i could gain some awesone exposure there. plus i haven't played games in a while and i...

nope took that thing apart and painted what people could see. there was no way i was going to risk painting an LCD besides it just looks better. :naughty: :thumb: yeah it was pretty tough because there are components less than an inch away from the backside of that panel. i had to put the...

alrightie here is some more stuff that i have done: i have painted the montor casing to match the inside of the case. well i just re-assembled the monitor and here it is:

ok here is what i have been working on in the past 5 to 6 hours. i drilled out all of the mounting holes for the panel and luckly i only ran in to one snag the USP ports were punched a little too close to one another. a little trip to the barder de dremel and that was fixed. :dremel...

Ok a small update for now. I have cut all of the holes in the front panel that I need and am ready to start mounting stuff. There is only one problem I remembered to take my digital camera with me however I forgot the memory card for it so no pictures for now. :wallbash: I will insert them...

alright i persisted a little more with the store where i got the wrong angle bracket and they are going to fix the matter. the replacement part will be here in two days. i would have to say that it wasn't easy getting in touch with them but once i did they were very responsible. they even...

its sturdy enough to stand up on its own and not fall over. i am working on a locking mechanism so i can lock it and not worry about it falling over at all. sorry =C no updates for today. i woke up at 7p because i worked the night shift last night. i managed to sleep through class and...

1. thanks 2. they were just an idea is there something that i should do? maybe paint something on the side? i need ideas here. i would like to have some sort of label or sticker that matches the theme on the fan grills. any ideas? 3. yeah i filled the one hole with JBweld sanded it and painted...

not a problem at all youre the moderator! :D

:rock: after a short but much needed sleep break i went back to work. i wanted to prep the case for touch up paint as i just went to The Home Depot and had some paint mixed. close? ( had to take a friend to help me make sure it matched because i am slightly color blind) well i took...

1. not yet maybe later... 2. yes and here is its beginnings... alrightie people i have forgone another day of work to bering you yet again another update for the Ammo Beast. today the fedex man brought me a new one of these. i think its kind of ironic how similar, if not exact, this...

Ok here is what I did today: I mounted the monitor and while I was doing this I found some stuff out. I realized that the hinges bow out when they are moving so I had to cut some small groves in the case to accommodate the hinges. :dremel: I made some catches to secure the monitor...

thanks, i went to my local electronics shop and gathered up all of the connectors that i would need. the total was ~ $60.00 :jawdrop:. needless to say i was glad that i waited till later that day when i found out that the electronics shop where im working was getting rid of that piece of...

I am so tempted to just BLURT out the name of the store where i bought my AGP riser card bracket from. they have not picked up their phone in the last two days and i have called IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY!! WHERE WOULD THEY BE?? :wallbash:. i would like to preserve the warranty of my product...

trust me when this thing is done that TFT will be more safe then it ever has in its HUGE plastic coffin. besides that back of it has this nice metal enclosure to protect the electronics. basically i have a smaller LCD protected by metal. i would prefer that over plastic any day. here is...

minor set back with the DVDROM drive read about it here: http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=63959 :wallbash:

yeah i have had it sitting there by the fan and the temperature has not risen at all it looks like it will be fine. the CPU is running at 107F which is colder than my large chieftec case with a THERMALTAKE cooler WTF? oh and i was having problems with the apple drive, well i just solved them...

ok i was a little board and felt like procrastinating here is a mockup that i did to see what it would look like with the monitor attached. now keep in mind that the monitor is supposed to be about 1"(2.5cm) down: also take note that i have not done the instruments and connections panel...

yess'm its running on DSL so i will have to sheck it out later. photojerk.com is working at the moment. anyhow ending the debate over hosting issues i would like to return to the project log. (sorry i would just like to keep things relatively related to the topic.) i am going to put the...

alright i have another idea.... i have this Dl-614+ sitting here and it needs a new home. there is plenty of room under the PS i think that i might just try this. the only problem is going to be able to fit everything on the front panel. in addition i am going to need A LOT of connectors. man...

yeah, i thought of that but i didn't because i need to maxamize airflow over that motherboard on both sides. it doesn't shortout and the videocard isn't going to be exactly like that. it will be mounted properly i am awaiting a package to correct a product mixup.

NOW FOR SOME CHAOS! im making a template to mount the motherboard to the components tray. here is the mobo installed. i find templates really handy :thumb: i mounted it with those spacers so there would be room for airflow. im making a home in the components tray so the...

The work begins: i was going t use a 1U CPU cooler: however it was really hot and i had a stock cooler that would fit so i used it. well i started work a couple of days ago so here are the pics of what i have done: components tray installed (it slides out for easy access) here is...

================== alrighie to start off Zapwizard has provided much inspiration for this project. this project is NOT an attempt to "out-do" Zapwizard in anyway. i am building this PC to take to LAN parties around the US. laptops are expensive to upgrade so this keeps the fast PC possible to...

Ok ok ok ok im going to take 1/2 an hour out of my life and copy/paste everything in to this forum... here it goes.. if there are any links that do not point to the right spot, dead pictures, or refreances that do not match then please let me know and i will fix them.

well i would do that except this project is not done i still have to finish some things and if i post any updates then i will have to post them in two forums and besides do you guys want to load full pages of pics? i could do it if you want but i just think it would be easier to you guys to...

alrightie i just posted another update at bit-tech be aware there are TONS of pictures. i made some covers for the volume knobs, finished the security circuit and had some problems with the PSU. read about it here: Updated 8-4-04!!

okie dokie i wanted to have a PC that was really upgradable, all-in-one design, and portable for national Lan parties....so i saw some ammo can PCs and i was hooked. however they wern't exactly what i wanted so i figured i could make it fit my needs rather easily. with this in mind i started...