Project HP-Resurrection II--- >Small Updates :)

DÈF¥âÑt's¸.·´¯`¤ Project HP-Resurrection II

Starting my second Resto on an early P2-350 HP-Pavilion tower aptley named
HP-Resurrection II

The first Version of this was very basic 2pack black and silver paint with a few minor mods side window and water cooling.

HP-Resurrection II will have a lot more,
-Chromed chassis.
-120m front suckhole 2 x top 80mm blow holes.
-Custom front sports dash style guages.
-Extensive front bondo work consealing floppy drive.
-Bigger better cooling.
-Window side mounted 15" LCD mod (a tru first.)
-Custom wire and new consealed loom.
-Custom PSU mod With 120mm fan
-Custom 2pack professional metalic paint job
-fully working stealthed CDrom with remote Eject
-Fully custom Rebuilt base unit with CDrom eject button usb jacks and mulitmeadia ports.


The victem! and a finished shot, read on for the full build up.


Original chassis re-assembled after chrome plating



Cutting hole and bondo-ing in the blow-hole tube and filling the old floppy slot.
there was a lot more work done here that is not shown , but band with is at a premium atm.

 

Next was to start work on the LCD Side panel Mod. This will prolly be the main feature of the whole pc.....so was looking to try and add something new to the old LCD in the side panel mod.
Took me a looooong time to find the exact LCD to use, but was worth the wait.




Next was to cut the hole in the sidepanel for the window/lcd mod....

The idea was to have a LCD and also have a Window!!




Ok HP-Res II now has the best of both worlds.




I wasnt very happy with the first El-Cheepo light mod so this time i made a JIG to get it more square.
And serves as a bit of a HOW-TO for others to follow



Net mods was back to the front of the pc,
I wasnt happy with the plain look of the front now that it was all filled and bondo'd, wanting guages that would work with the shape and theme of the case i opted for a countersunk guage look!
inspired by the sports dash in my old mazda 323!!





there is still as bit of clean up work to do on the front but will have some more pictures posted asap

Cheers.

 

Looking good, but. Is that chromed or just pollished? If thats chromed take some more pics of it. Looks as though they didnt do a good job.

 

Tru!! Due the the way the chassis can only be broken down into 3 sections polishing bfor the plating was near impossible.

So its a chrome job on an unpolished surface wich gives a better than nickle plate effect.

but still a hell of a lot better than the crappy old grey paint...............

 

nice work ,keep us updated

 

The chrome looks great! as does the bondo. HP should be paying attention to your mod, they might learn something about how to make a pc look good. Keep it up.

 

You got moves... I'll give you that!

 

Look awesome defiant (sorry, too tired to figure out the Alt codes). This is an HP id actually be proud to own The use of clear tubing is nice and origional too, where did you get it from? Ive not found a good plastics supplier in my area yet

Keep it up

Brew

 

OK, answers that. Still looking good though.

 

nice begining

 

Good work

 

Nice work, very good modding of an old case. Nice to see orginality out there. Keep it up, we want to see more.

 

AWSOME MOD so far

I Neve knew a HP case could look so good

 

Thanx guys

Brew Wrote:

Theres a platics shop on the h'way near my house. kinda lucky



finally finished the front panel, bondo'd the 2 peices back into one, sanded again and covered in highfiller.

 

That looks really sweet, the color on the case tho is that, going to be it or are you going to go with a diffrent color?

 

Looks awesome!Keep up your good work !

 

simple yet very pleasing to the eye, good job

 

thats just the undercoat (highfill) not too sure what the end colour will be

The original HPres1 was silver and black......

thinking HP2 will need something dark metalic with pearl thru it and all the one colour

 

Ah the case that god a lot of posts over on CMG's FOurms i thought it was you, hey the mesh you used for you side fans on HP1 where did you get that and how sturdy is that. I was actually thinking of using the stuff on the top of my pc.

P.S. Why you say Newbie guy here, from it seems your not a nØØb, jØØ r L337 with a work of art like that.

 

Wow your really good! Just wondering my chassis is black atm and im considering doing what your doing. Mind telling me what you did? And how did you attach the fan. I have the same one but i cant attach it to my radiator.