Talking about bandwidth... I've used a gig on photobucket in the last 24 hours... I'm seriously glad I upgraded to the premium account there (unlim transfer). But yeah, I figured a bigger heatsink would be better as it is going to be on 24/7, so good cooling was needed (though I could have done a better job on the bottom of it) Well I figure that both contacts are connected, so there really shouldn't be anything wrong with it (other than maybe a slight difference in quality), but since it only has to go about 20' at most, reception power wasn't really necessary. I needed to know that.
Genesis 11:4 - Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a server, with a wireless ability that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a voice server as the gods do, and so as our voices not be scattered over the face of the whole earth." 11:5 - And low, god did say to his disciples, "Let the fifth update begin, let there be plenty of solder, and let it be known that this project is still coming to fruition, although the signs will be few and scarce." :And god said, "Let there be PS/2 ports!": So anyway, I ran into a problem. Not enough room to plug anything into the mobo... Humm, these give me an idea... I wonder... Yeah, that looks OK... What do you know, it might just work... Looks like it'll keep itself together well enough... The ground doesn't even need to be connected, as this will mount nicely onto the side of the case, which will ground to the mobo and PSU anyway! Looks good! Kinda creepy though... As I said (loosely) at the beginning of this post, things have been going slow lately, there has just been so much stuff happening (including this almost getting destroyed by water). Basically: my bed is now wrecked because of a hole in my roof that started pouring water onto it; the floor in my living room is still soaked after my base-board heater burst (this project was on the floor in-front of the heater that burst the night before it burst, but I moved it for whatever reason). And the fun bit? I'm now evicted because of all this... Because obviously it's my fault that the building I'm living in is so old and it is starting to develop problems. I'll try my best to find time to do updates, but right now I'm too stressed out/depressed to do much of anything (including www.Tech4Dykes.com).
Was there any documentation or labels on it anywhere stating its manufacturing date? It would be interesting to know.
No, nothing that I noticed (which I was trying to indirectly state in my above comment ). I'm thinking like 80s-90s ish
I figured that, but I thought that maybe you were just being lazy and only my incessive nagging would perhaps make you search for the answer. Guess I was wrong. Just like a plate of mini-weenies, life doesn't always come out the way you want or expect it to.
Woo! 6th update! Or something like that... Anyway, lets welcome our special guest: The Pictures! :Hackin' Up The Video Card: \ So, I need to take this bit off... So that I can route it elsewhere... Kinda like that, yeah... Watch for that in one of my coming mods (it'll be a fun test to see if optional ports are enabled on an old video card I've got kicking around). Anyway, that is where the wires reach to. Getting an idea yet? Oh come on, you've got to have figured it out by now! If you're wondering why there are two leads, yet I'm only utilizing the one for video... It'll give the false appearance that there is audio as well as video (simply because I can). I guess we'll see if this works :Whittlin' The Power Plug Unfortunately I forgot to take any pictures before I started hacking it up (just sort of took out my big utility knife from work, and went to it). But here you can see how much smaller it is compared to a normal one. Here you can see how much wasted space there is! Pfft, who needs safety! Silly idea! Closer shot of its three holes (sekksy) Another shot of how I whittled it down (I did all this so that it would go into the hole on the PSU further). If you're wondering, I wanted to keep the PSU interchangeable, as I'm almost certain it'll blow at some point in time Those are the shavings off the plug. The plug... SOLDEREDED!!!!! INSTALLZORED!!!! So, yeah, a back shot. More in next post (stupid picture limit!)
Continued from last post! :Keyboard Plug Mount: Outside (if you're wondering, I plugged in the keyboard, made sure it was centered, then let the glue fly!) I found there were issues with the plug just popping right off when I inserted the keyboard, so I added that little bracer. It's made out of an old blanker that I bent around my giant linesman pliers. And glued. Another angle. :And Cards Mounted: So, yeah, that’s it. I'm honestly too tired to do much more (3:30 AM here, and I've been up since 7AM yesterday). So I'm going to bed, and I hope there'll be replies in the communism thread Located here (as if you didn't already have it bookmarked!).
That was very clever, turning the wireless cards antenna like you did. Gave me great inspiration for my NES computer. Likewise with extending off the PS2 ports off of the motherboard. You sir, have good soldering skills . Can't wait to see it completed.
Woo! Stuff! And such!!! (update 7 by the way) :The Power Switch: So, I got to thinking: what would be the most unique, cool, and hidden method of turning this thing on? Well... A fuse will typically be directly involved with the turning on or off of a device... Typically a fuse will shut power off if there is too much voltage, but I think we can modify it just this once to turn power on Above you can see pictured the fuse inserted into the screw-fitting, and above that you can see the fuse housing. This is where the power switch will be held. How will that happen? Well, simple really: one SPST momentary-off switch. I'll let you work out how First things first: remove the end. I found a hacksaw didn't do too well (very tough, yet brittle plastic) So I gave up on the hacksaw, and just ripped out the metal contact with a pair of pliers, as you can see above. Here you can see the rest of the end removed (I used a small pair of needle nose pliers to shape and cut the end open to fit the switch). Also pictured is the fitting of the switch. Figured it out yet? I needed to modify the fuse first though. It went from as pictured above to.... This. Basically, I removed the spring, and the fuse just sunk right into the housing, which happened to be exactly the right length! I like it when things work out One issue I ran into though was that the original hole designed for this was used by the keyboard plug But, that didn't stop me... Yay for using power tools at 1AM in the bathroom of an apartment And lookie: it fits I'm happy (but it's an empty happiness that can only be filled with more modding and more pictures, so lets continue). From here, I just glued/taped the switch into place, soldered the wires on (complete with mobo header), and added more tape. That is how far out the fuse casing has to be out for the circuit to "close". Any further in, and the circuit is "open". To turn on the server I just have to unscrew the holder a bit, then quickly screw it back in and I'm set. And in place. Actually seems to sit rather nicely there. More in next post.
Continued... :Mouse Receiver Hax: So basically: originally (in it's initial use) I had removed the switch (signal regain switch) and LED, to put them on extended wires. Unfortunately, they were not long enough. So I've lengthened the wires, and as you can see above, I've also made another micro switch fitted with the tuners original POT tuning end. Some of the quick disconnects (this is for the switch). More disconnects (hacked up to the actual mouse receiver PCB). And that’s the LED. These will come into place hopefully in the next update, when I begin working on the face of the receiver. Oh, and watch out for this in future updates (a cookie to the person who guesses how I will sodomize it).
I wanted to get much more done today, but unfortunately people intruded. Stupid people... Remind me again why I bother to socialize? Silly idea that... :Hackin’ Up Some USB: So you remember this, right? And you know what this is, correct? Well lets hack it apart and see what happens after we throw in massive amounts of hot-glue. And the back. See, this right here is why dry hands are a good idea. Basically, while using my solder-sucker to get the USB ports off, it slipped and hit my thumb very hard. Though I'm sure you've got better things to do than look at close-ups of my thumb (though I can't think of much better than a good bit of thumb-viewin') Anyway, this is basically what came out. I used the audio cable - with a bit of a re-wire - to hook up the port to the mobo. Rather simple I thought: just wire up the four wires in the audio cable directly to the mobo, but noooo, this mobo requires five pins See below: Grr So anyway... I utilized two single-pin connectors for the fifth pin. It worked, so I'm happy. Note: I'll only be using one of the ports, as I was unable/too bloody lazy to find another spot for the second one. \ Supa-ghetto! If you're wondering: the plastic "L" is actually off the antenna mount. It's got abhorrent amounts of glue stick around it. I like it :Front Panel Goodness: Figured it was about time to start working on this bit. So here goes... Woo, medusa! More glue! Button time! On the left is the one for the LED flashing pattern; the right is for the mouse. The LED's have also been glued into place, but I didn't figure them interesting enough to include. I'll have video of the test when I actually test it (obviously). :Random Bits: IDE cable awesomeness The hole in the side of the PSU is so that warm air from the CPU heatsink can flow into the PSU's casing, then get pushed down and out via the PSU fan. Should work, right? Amazingly enough the "S" support pieces from the tuner have a screw pattern EXACTLY the right size as the one on the bottom of the HDD. Dumb luck I guess The bottom of the plate has been secured via hot-glue (this will also help with vibrations). So, yeah, not much, but a bit anyway. Comments please, I'm getting lonely (seriously)
This project is AWESOME!!! I just love putting new electronics in old electronics cases, and having them look really old. I have a really old something that I found in a trash room in my university, I should post pics and see if anyone knows what it is.
Thank you Same here, hence the "Retromodder" tag under my name All of my projects are dealing mainly with old computer kit/electronics. I honestly can't get enough of the stuff! Definatley post it, I know I got plenty of feedback when I posted the original tuner in GD I agree. Will try to add some in! Honest!
Woo! Just finished getting the OS mostly setup, and confirming that this thing actually works. And so far: Woo! Everything works without issue! The only problem I found was initially when I was unable to get any picture out of it at all... Then I tried hooking up the video correctly (the two prongs were reversed). Anyway, pictures! I just simply jacked the system into the input on my 9800pro AIW so that I could set everything up easier. Note that I'm not actually using the wireless mouse right now, as my big 19" monitor seems to kill wireless mice reception Good close-up to show quality. It's actually improved slightly since I installed the latest drivers and fiddled with the controls. Still crap, but you can almost read what it says at 800x600. And there is a basic CPU-z screen shot of it; though the program didn't find my RAM at all. Cool to know though that I only have 64KB of L2 So, yeah, everything works, and there isn't much left to do. Yay!
Forget about 1200 Grit sandpaper! I love the lapping jobb you did with your leatherman! Now you just need to make an acrylic top for it and turn it into a Waterblock...you cut the water channels during the lapping! LOL Nice work..Like Roto said...Ghetto modding at its finest! Keep up the good work
