Project AquaLight - updated [23-2-2007] FINISHED!!!

Awesome! Looking forward to watching future projects.

 

seems a while, so the big question, any updates ??

 

yeah sorry, the project is kinda on hold, i ran into some problems with reassembly but basically the only things left to do is wiring the cathodes and reassembling the case. the only problem is that it all must be done in 1 time and my estimation is that it will take around 4-6 hours including the installation of the hardware. right now i dont have any time for that, but as soon as i will, i will of course complete the case
trust me i want to see it finished not less than you do and i got another project pending

 

very nice i really like the work you did on the frt panle

 

Wow... over 2 months without touching that project. I must admit I almost gave up on it. the countless reassembly problems kept frustrating me over and over again, holding me off from finishing this piece. But taking a break from this mod was also a good thing as I am now back fresh and ready to move on.

I took the case from my work back home to finish it here. Today i played with the CCFLs I'm planning to install in the case. the lighting setup is now almost complete. in the upcoming days I will install and stealth the optic drives, finish the wire routing and finally install the hardware

Meanwhile here are some pics with the lights up and running.

I connected the cathodes to one of the on/off switches on my Zalman controller and they have 5V and 12V modes except for the "off" mode. So basically that gave me an option to choose a barely visible lights when the switch is on 5V or the full power 12V.

The following pics were taken with the 12V on.













And some pics in the darkness





I never thought the blue plexi i used for this project will turn out like that. apparently in the darkness it becomes almost completely clear allowing to easily see the insides of the case while in the daylight with the CCFLs off you can barely see whats going on inside.

 

Looks great, actually reminded me of a lighted pool in the big window..Aqualight

Petter

 

Oh, so beautiful and clean! I love it!

Sorry, I have totally forgot to follow your log. You have done nice progress! Cool and keep it up!

 

just out of curiosity, why the gap at the bottom of the front panel?

 

thanks guys.
Soulmage: its not assembled yet. when bolted in place it will be aligned perfectly with the case lines

 

Yay, you're back. I was wondering what happened with this project but I'm glad you're going to finish, the lighting looks superb along with everything else.

 

Thanks Nick . i still follow your project closely i just stopped commenting cause then it would be just repeating those "omg this F!@#N owns" comments, so i'd rather just lean back check out the updates and put my "OH" face on

Ughhh... i've reached the part i hate the most so far... THE WIRING :x

Been working on it for the past 2 days and i still got some stuff left to do. But here's there progress so far

Soldering the wires for the external optical drives buttons.


CCFL controller wired and good to go


tracing the wires


both optical drives and soldered


the external buttons and soldered


moving on... dont mind the ugly PSU its only for testing


messy... will be taken care of later




the side panel intake fan is finally in place

 

nice work, the blue chasis looks the nuts.

 

Hot dang! Superb work!

 

Well... ITS FINISHED!!!
i spent a few hours today working on the final assembly and the system is finally running in the new case. here are some pics of the case in action, not the best quality possible, ill try to get better pics and some eye candy closeups in the following days.

 

OMG!!!!! THAT is f!@*%N pawun!!! wooo

lol you did a good job man must be great to have it up and running, on your desk!

 

awsome work man, really well done

When the mobo is in it reminds me of a tanning booth

 

Very cool, very very nice

 

I'm not normally a fan of windows and blue lighting but I'd be quite pleased with that case. Nicely executed, consistent theme, Beautiful bondo & paint, ... & I really like the blue paint colour you used.

 

That's awesome..wow!

 

awesome job