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P180B = P182 ???

Add one more to the list of people who got the newer 180b revision. I'll take some pictures when I get back to Bakersfield.
 
daphatgrant said:
Just saw the P182SE... <drool> I need to go change my pants.

*I have the P180 and love it but damn is the P182SE sexy :eek: :p.
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$229!! Someone's smoking something very special. For that price, a Lian-Li's in reach...and that's just a whole nother league.
 
Jodiuh said:
$229!! Someone's smoking something very special. For that price, a Lian-Li's in reach...and that's just a whole nother league.
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I have the same thoughts. BUT...you could call up Antec and say..."I'm such an idiot, I broke all the tabs on my side panels and door clean off the hinges" My silver P180 is now black for a very very good price ;)
 
Although I think the P182SE is a bit over priced it is about time that the inside of a case came painted/anodized. It is ridiculous to pay over $200 for a case and it not to be painted inside and out.
 
K3Fallout said:
Yeah. I just need to figure out how to make dual front intakes. Does anyone know how to take out that middle fan in the psu chamber? I don't really know because I can't really get to the screws, it's hard to explain. I'll probably put a picture up or something.
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Yes, I did this with mine a couple days ago.

The fan itself is screwed onto the black plastic fanholder, and that part is just 'stuck' to the case via some plastic tabs.... You will need to unscrew the fan from the fanholder, requiring you to first remove the fanholder from the case.

That metal frame that the fanholder is attached to (not sure how to describe it)? Look on the side facing the inside front of the P180 case, you'll see four tabs from the fanholder that are slid into place via some notches.

The not-so-obvious part is that there are also two... 'locking tabs' that need to be pressed before you can slide the afore-mentioned four tabs out. Took me a while before I realized this. Actually, instead of pressing them, you can just pull that mysterious 'wall' on the fanholder's side that blocks your view of the fan. Just pull it away from the metal frame to slide the four tabs out of their notches.

Once the fanholder is freed you can unscrew the fan from it. Then just free the fanholder in front of the upper HDD cage and attach the fan to that one.

A pic might better illustrate this. Hope it helps anyway :).
 
Jodiuh said:
Chumly: Would you mind throwing up a pic?
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In the below pic, that metal frame in the case with all the cables passing through it is where the fanholder would normally be, but here the fanholder is detached since it got in the way of the cabling (it now serves as a bookend ;)).
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Here it is held against the metal frame thing, with garish yellow arrows pointing out which hole in the metal the conventional tab (upper one) and 'locking' tab (lower one) slide into. (Keep in mind that there are four of the conventional tabs, and the holes for two of them are not visible in the above pic because they are further back on the metal frame.)
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The 'locking' tab is the tricky one, the other one you can figure out easily enough since it just slides in and out. If you look at the pic closely you see that lower one's left-most edge sticks out a little, that prevents it from sliding back out. This is where that mysterious wall thingy on the fanholder comes in. (There is a second 'locking' tab in the upper corner of the fanholder, too.)

Basically, you 'unlock' the lower tab by pulling on that wall. This lifts the tab out, allowing you to remove the fanholder from the metal. (In the pic my hand is pushing rather than pulling it.)
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Then you can unscrew the fan from the fanholder.

This is also how you remove the fanholder in front of the upper HDD cage. It has a slightly shorter wall. To place a fanholder back, just align the tabs with their respective holes/notches and slide them in -- you'll hear the locking tabs click into place.
 
Chunk: I completely read that wrong. I thought you did this, hehe.

Jodiuh said:
Swap the middle fan cage w/ the front HDD cage and you shouldn't compromise the integrity of the case.
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That's what I get for late night foruming. :D
 
thanks for the pictures! That metal thing that supports the fan bracket can be removed too right? Is there a way? From what I can recall, it's held by these weird looking screws that you can't really "unscrew", so how would you go about removing them? Bare with me here.
 
K3Fallout said:
thanks for the pictures! That metal thing that supports the fan bracket can be removed too right? Is there a way? From what I can recall, it's held by these weird looking screws that you can't really "unscrew", so how would you go about removing them? Bare with me here.
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u pinch them im guessing, its a piece of plastic or metal that sticks out so that it can latch into the hole so there is no need for a screw and holds the thing inplace
 
lillimon04 said:
u pinch them im guessing, its a piece of plastic or metal that sticks out so that it can latch into the hole so there is no need for a screw and holds the thing inplace
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No. He's talking about the actual part of the case that holds the fanholder/bracket, not the fanholder.

Anyhow, yeah, those 'screws' suck. They're not meant to be removable and don't have any plus- or minus-shaped things for screwdrivers. Fortunately, there are only four connecting the metal frame to the case, and it should be possible to remove them with certain tools. All it would require is removing the heads of those 'screws'/frame pins, and then they could simply be pulled out. Maybe a very thin flat-head screwdriver could fit just under their heads and one could chisel into the material to decapitate it :).

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VVVVVV Ahh, so it's a rivet.
 
Chumly said:
No. He's talking about the actual part of the case that holds the fanholder/bracket, not the fanholder.

Anyhow, yeah, those 'screws' suck. They're not meant to be removable and don't have any plus- or minus-shaped things for screwdrivers. Fortunately, there are only four connecting the metal frame to the case, and it should be possible to remove them with certain tools. All it would require is removing the heads of those 'screws'/frame pins, and then they could simply be pulled out. Maybe a very thin flat-head screwdriver could fit just under their heads and one could chisel into the material to decapitate it :).

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That looks like a rivet, not a screw.
 
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