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Project- First mod (need a window design)

can you change your finger pics into links now? i dont mind blood...its just a little unsettling every time i look at this thread ;)

also, i have no idea how to stealth them.
 
i figured it out, i didnt know that the metal tabs get hidden in the bezel

in other words i didnt know you have to stick the drive with the tooless crap on first then u put the bezel on
 
*update*

k i primed the case so it should be ready for painting (doing the inside) tomorow depending on if im busy or not

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all for now
 
*UPDATE*

painted it yoz

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gonna put on some clear coat tomorow i guess

man i suck at painting, i used 1 whole can on the case itself and another can on the the side panels and hdd racks, pci covers and all that
 
*UPDATE*

kk i finally finished my lcd mount, i had to sand it and rebondo it at least 5 times im just glad its over

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can someone help me with my lcd switch? i tried measuring one of the prongs on the adapter (that go into the wall) to the dc plug and it would sense no connection, tried the other prong same thing, wtf? im gonna add the switch like today or somethin but ya HELP!
 
*UPDATE*

K well this whole week ive been painting trying to get a mirror finish

Ive primed, sanded, primed, sanded, color coated, waited 2 days, sanded (took me 5 hours to sand and i just gave up on trying to completly flatten the crap so i went ahead and put on the 2nd color coat and it came out looking fine

SO i waited and hour and i put on clear coat (since im not suppose to sand out the 2nd color coat since im using chrome paint) and the first side panel turned out fine

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not good but nothing really went wrong

But i read before putting on the clear coat on the can, it says not to put clear coat on bright coat paint (rustoleum has different types of paint) and the chrome was "bright coat" paint so i was like shit, and said how am i suppose to get a mirror finish since i cant sand down the chrome and put clear coat? so i did it anyways, and ya the first panel turned out fine

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but then on the top panel and the other side panel WTF!

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BUBBLES or somethin, it was perfectly fine with the chrome and i put the clear on, then looked back and was like WTH! this is bull shit, im really mad at this because ive put in a good 10+ hours into this and this is what i get god dammit.

So ya FUCK and i mean FUCK the mirror finish SOOOOO not worth it. Im not gonna go and waste another 30 dollars on paint and more of my time on this crap.

so what other methods are there of painting? just sand a bit, primer, sand a bit, then chrome paint? or what

Also how do i fix those dam bubbles, just sand it out so its a dull gray? should i try and sand the gray into a mirror finish? could i still apply clear coat to it (after its sanded down, or would it make bubbles again?)

wtf im so mad right now, please help me!
 
ok well what you think, this is my bottom panel after sanding the clear coat with 2000

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what you think? paint or polish?
 
well cant really say coat, by polish i mean i sanded it starting from 80 grit to 2000 :p
 
*UPDATE*

K i poished my top panel (took from 3:00 to like 9:00) i had to take off the paint which was a bitch and took forever and i used paint stripper

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i also painted my plastc stuff and let me tell you NEVER USE CHROME PAINT! it sucks, all this crap gets on it and theres all this over spray and you cant sand it since itll take away the chromeness it sucks ass

i have like drips cuz i had to apply alot of paint in the over spray parts so its crappy
 
*UPDATE*

K heres pics of my painted bezel

Alot of the paint ran off to the sides since its a slanted bezel and so ya i put on alot of paint to cover overspray cuz i cant sand this crap
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oh damn that sucks it happened to me with black paint on a mirror finish attepmt but not that bad
 
ok i think im gonna go put a blow hole in my plexi, should i use a 92 mm fan or my 120?

cuz the 120 has leds, and my 92 no leds and i dont wanna put some on cuz i suck, but i do have a tight grill for the 92, the 120mm grill would be either a blue or a chrom/silver wire grill you know?

so i could do either of those but i can make a grill on the plexi, like instead of cutting a complete hole, i cut a design, but what? any ideas???

also would a 120mm fan right over my hsf screw something up? like screw with the air flow?

also when i get my a64, the cpu isnt in the same spot as my nf7-s, if i did the blow hole right over my cpu, on the a64 it would be like a lil above and to the left of the cpu, so should i just be safe and hit the hole around the bottom? by the vid card or somethin?
 
*UPDATE*

KK i uhh polished both my panels (ill get pics after sanding the clear coat)

and i cut my 120mm blow hole in my window

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all for now
 
*UPDATE*

heres all my bezel wiring
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Sucks i cant turn my case feet, cuz of the paint and i tried forcing it and i almost broke part of it, so i cant turn it
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Front bezel with flash
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without flash
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Its mirrory
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lcd rocker (psone lcd)
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USB ports and headphone
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Lights off
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my handles and blow hole
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my doors mesh
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my switches
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kk so tomorow, i gotta mount my plexi on my side panels, attach my psone lcd, and the power adapter, wire the adapter to the psu, stealth the drives, mount more fans, and move in WOOT!!
 
kk i finished pics tonight, i did alot on friday night, then i started working on this thing at around 1 o clock on saturday afternoon and didnt start transfering cases until around 4 (woke up late) so then i went and tried to do everything, stayed up till about 3 AM trying to switch and still didnt even get done, so i slept until 9, went to church, got back and started around 1 again, left at 5 for my church youth group lol, then got home at around 7:15 and got done at 10 PM!!!

so it took meabout 19-20 hours! wow thats sad. Turned out pretty nice though, it wouldnt boot up for some reason before. I thought it was a pci card, took out tv tuner, didnt work, took out other card, worked, then restarted and shut down, now i tried it today, worked, but i didnt plug in my 2 deltas on top, so turned off, plugged them in and switch my hard drive (has os) as master instead of slave, didnt work, then i just waited, and it worked, i guess maybe i cant turn the comp on, off, then turn it back on without waiting like 5 minutes GHETTO!!!

now i gotta partition my 160 gb hard drive

i also had to lose my floppy (i have pics of it ;) ) and i had to lose my cd burner, lucky for me my dvd burner can burn cds so o well. I had to lose the cd burner cuz my lcds pcb took up like 3 1/16 bays!

anyways pics later tonight hopefully if im not too busy

also this thing is fricking like 60-70 lbs, i was gonna put it on a table, but its too dam heavy and tall to lift it (im 5' 3-4") so ya i had to make room for it on the floor. I definitly decreased my temps going from 40 to about 33-34 (just on the net) with my fans at 7v or so

i had to switch my 120 mms to the fan controller and my other ones to the switches, turns out my psu cant handle all 3 deltas on one molex or somethin :)

anyways ya pics later tonight
 
OK well heres the pics (not all of them, ill do em tomorow too late now)

not very mirrory, clear coat so kills it
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My mobo, after re doing the heatsink and putting my new northbridge sink

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Ya the paint was all sticky on my floppy drive so i tried drying it with a heatgun :wallbash:

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TOo bad it would have been unsticky after a couple more hours

lights on (yes that ccfl is crooked, has to be since theres stuff in the way of mounting it straight)
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All closed up

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doorclosed4gi.jpg


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k thats all you get until tomorow night (took the pics, no time to upload, its pics of the lcd and the lights on with the case closed and stuff

Also tomorow i gotta take the bezel off so i can move the fan controller up a bit and im gonna re do my lcd, so ya. Im gonna re epoxy would it be better to uhh wait 24 hours before putting the bay covers back in? or can i just wait a lil bit and stick it bak in? (for the epoxy to dry)

all for tonight
 
KK more pics

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That was my temp, while on the net, with my cpu fan and my 3 deltas on the lowest, with the deltas and cpu fan at medium (a lil under medium) temps are 33-34, and thats without the 3 80mm fans on at all
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Note: i havent stealthed the drive yet, im gonna TRY to do it tomorow
And thats with my 80mm fans on high (blue light)
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(80s on low, white light)
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mirrory sorta
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Go go sunkist
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My controller!
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LCd with out macro lol
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My *good* friend LOL
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Again for got to use macro
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Blow holes
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symbol
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topfrontlights3os.jpg


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kk i stealthed my drive, im pretty sure im about done now

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ok should i put some silicone sealer around the lcd, so it looks more flush? my rooms gonna end up smelling like vinegar
 
hot damn, that is nice. You reminded me to finish my ps1 lcd mod that i started months ago :p
 
Bboy Jon,
That is amazing work I have been following this for months and I have to say it turned out great.
I can't get over how much Skillz you have.
This is better than a lot of mods out there and its only you 1st mod FFS :eek:

Keep Moding you have the skill to make some solid looking cases!
W)W
Majin :cool:
 
thanx guys, whenever i get a64, i KINDA wanna watercool, but i dunno if ill have to mod more for my heatercore, i could probly mount it at the top but is there enough room for a dual up there? i dunno (cuz the 2 120mm fans barely fit inbetween the 2 handles)

I could put a dual/triple in front but then i have no place for hard drives, and i wanna put my pump in a hard drive rack you know?

and id have to unrivet the holders for the hdd cages and stuff, id probly have to end up getting a single heater core or somethin
 
uhh for games, i use it to play gtasa, need for speed, juiced, prince of persia and all the other games that are weird with mouse and keyboard
 
Bboy_Jon said:
uhh for games, i use it to play gtasa, need for speed, juiced, prince of persia and all the other games that are weird with mouse and keyboard
but u didnt connect a playstation to your comp right?
 
no, i connected an xbox :)

ya its just a comp, no game system, i just didnt like having a psx controller adapter hanging out of my case all the time
 
i still love those full tower chieftec cases, i have seen so many nice mods done with them.



nice work! keep it up!
 
ya its my first mod (hence the thread title :D )

i hate it....

i wish i could have done things better (paint job, wiring of stuff)

also its just too big and heavy for me, i never lan anymore because of it

and im too lazy to finish my other case
 
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