I didnt think to take any WIP shots, but I'm going to tear it apart later to paint the buttons, so i will take some pics, and write up a short worklog.
The paint on my mx500 was starting to wear out, and i didnt want to paint it. :p
It is slightly padded, and the texture gives it great grip, I am probably going to paint the side buttons black also.
I tried my first one yesterday, I found it at a small local store close to my friends house. I actually got a noticeable caffine buzz from it, but that was also right after drinking a 20 oz. tripple shot mocha. I thought it tasted pretty good too though.
Fans, red = 12v, black = ground, yellow = rpm monitoring.
External PSU connections (4 pin molex), red = 5v, yellow = 12v, black = ground.
Inside the PSU snip red/black wires to the existing fan, just hook red to red, black to black, snip and insulate the yellow wire, and let it hang.
If...
Actually I made that drive out of two dead identical drives, so I only had to have the working drive open for ~10 - 20 seconds or so, and had all the time I needed to work on the other cover. I did the cover swap in the bathroom, without turning on the shower or anything, I just made it quick. I...
Here is my 40 gig fujitsu, it has been working like this 24/7 for at least 6 months now.
This mod was actually pretty ghetto, I used a CD jewel case for the window, and adhered, and sealed it with silver silicone.
Just incase anybody is interested, I would be willing to sell mine for ~ $100. It works, and is in good condition, but anybody here who would buy it would probably just rip its guts out anyways. :p
I also have a couple of Pioneer recievers of the same vintage, that might be cool as case mod...
That is Truform, an ATI feature, that doesn't work quite right in cs. to turn it off go to console, and type ati_npatch 0, and ati_subdiv 0, then restart cs. Or you could do it through the ATI drivers( right click desktop, properties, settings, advanced, 3D, click on opoen gl, click use custom...