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Renegade5399 · 02-24-07

How do you open the DVD drives??

ztec · 02-24-07

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Originally Posted by Renegade5399

How do you open the DVD drives??

he mentioned he found some software that allows you to create a short cut to open his dvd drives (if i remember correctly i think thats what he said

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and it can be done the old fashioned way of my computer "eject" ofcourse

,one word for whole thing so far....Amazing..... nuff'said

gobygoby · 02-24-07

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Originally Posted by beelzebub_75

Idea for running sata cables: Take one of the tubes from the long light (can't remember what you called them) you broke awhile back and try running the cables through that. I'm guessing you might get two or three through that little tube though. Maybe try to find some other kind of plastic tube and just run the rest through there...

Off the wall question for ya, Goby... How do you think the case would look if you took the "doors" off of the front? When I buy this case I plan on doing that because, to me, they look totally useless, but I don't want the case looking like crap if they ruin the "image" of it.

The tubes from the CCFL are to narrow to run the cables through. so that wont work.

I think the case would look "ok"....but that doors (even thought they dont really do anything) are what makes an Armor an Armor, IMO. they give it a certain look.

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Originally Posted by b3ar

Goby, I'm so thankful you didn't get to enter the case mod competition. There'd be no chance for the rest of us!

Those stealthed drives are great. Well done. And the lighting! Do you have to wear shades when you crank it up, or does the power grid in your block dim a bit? D00d!

===> A possible solution for your sata cables is extruded acrylic tubing. When I was doing my case mod (which I just finished, btw - wait'll you see it next week!) I found it at my local plastics wholesaler. They had hollow rods with different diameters, and in different colours. It should be just the thing.

HA! I was going to but I started my mod like 2 weeks before the contest started, so they wouldnt let me enter...

No may case isnt that bright! BUt it does look good though.

The water lines really glow well. I am using 4 uv ccfl tubes and a uv ccfl fan ring. I like the clear tube idea....I will just have to find the right diameter tube! Thanks (and thanks to beelzebub_75

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Originally Posted by s1rrah

great mods!

one question, though since i've seen this done on painted armors and it really improved the overall cleanliness of the look: have you thought about ditching all the little clear plastic drive clips running up the side of your front drive spaces?

they sort of detract from the really nice black vs. chrome diamond plate look you've got going which would probably be more impressive without having to compete with clear plastic also dominating the view (the plastic clips almost "try" to look like chrome as well but simply don't work).

i removed mine immediately and went with standard bolts; just a thought.

again, fantastic work ...

Thanks! I actually kinda like the clear retaining clips. My opticals are held in by screws anyway, I am not actually using the plastic clips. Someone on here painted the clips with a clear blue reactive paint that looked really nice...I thought about doing it, but none of the uv light would hit them in my case.....and you just gave me an idea

.....How about painting the clips chrome/silver! that would be cool!

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Originally Posted by BrinNutz

w00t...Gj Kyle!! Awesome!

Thanks dude.....hows the cop thing going?

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Originally Posted by Renegade5399

How do you open the DVD drives??

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Originally Posted by ztec

he mentioned he found some software that allows you to create a short cut to open his dvd drives (if i remember correctly i think thats what he said

)

and it can be done the old fashioned way of my computer "eject" ofcourse

,one word for whole thing so far....Amazing..... nuff'said

hehe....Yes ztec is correct. I found some software (cd eJect tool) That creates a button that you can open and close your drives. I have been testing it and it works really well. It will be sweet to place it on the touchscreen!

and it worst comes to worse...yes....I can right click on the drive and "eject"

and if I have tooooo....I can remove the plate just below the last dvd rom and I can manually access the button on the drive. The only thing I may have trouble getting to is the manual eject , that you stick something in the little hole to pop open the drive. But I made the stealth plate to be removeable in case I want to re-attach the original front plate.

Thanks for looking!!

Next mod is the PSOne mod! woot! I am ditching the Matrox card and probabyl going to look for something like an ATi 1600, now that I have that touchscreen. I need to have another PCI-e card to do 4 monitors.

danm · 02-25-07

For the stealthed drives...if you put something on the button so you can push the bottom right hand corner of the cover and the drive will open. I have been looking at doing this for a while...and now you have shown it can be done I think I will do it

great job here btw

dllfiles · 02-26-07

Since I read this thread I was really inspired to mod my case a little! What you did is great! I cannot believe it, you are highly talented and now I want to do the same exact thing you did LoL

Anyways I hope you dont mind me posting a few pics of my lil mod job on my TT Armor.

Im planning on Buying another Panel to put on the right side as well. I guess I will see how that works out. You have influenced me tremendously, now I try to mod my case more and more everyday

d3daiM · 02-26-07

very, very nice!

dllfiles · 02-26-07

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Originally Posted by D3DAiM

very, very nice!

Thanks

gobygoby · 02-26-07

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Originally Posted by danm

For the stealthed drives...if you put something on the button so you can push the bottom right hand corner of the cover and the drive will open. I have been looking at doing this for a while...and now you have shown it can be done I think I will do it

great job here btw

Thats a great idea....I will look into doing that!, Thanks!

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Originally Posted by dllfiles

Since I read this thread I was really inspired to mod my case a little! What you did is great! I cannot believe it, you are highly talented and now I want to do the same exact thing you did LoL

Anyways I hope you dont mind me posting a few pics of my lil mod job on my

Im planning on Buying another Panel to put on the right side as well. I guess I will see how that works out. You have influenced me tremendously, now I try to mod my case more and more everyday

Nice case mods! I like the contrast of the black and red....plus its looks like a nice red (ferrari red!) I like how you painted the front mesh grills, looks nice. I am gald I could be so inspiring.!

I will post a pic of the back with the window door on, so you can get an idea of what it will look like.

Its hard for me to consider this project finished, since I have tons of ideas, but running out of funds, and space in the case....not to mention time. I am looking for more places on my rig to add more diamond plate.

anyway....looks nice!

BrinNutz · 02-26-07

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Originally Posted by gobygoby

Thats a great idea....I will look into doing that!, Thanks!

Kyle, don't you remember me telling you about that? I think I even gave you a little tutorial on how I stealthed mine!!

Here's the pics ..Hope these help!!

Remove the Bezels, but put the CD Door back on...you'll need it..

These next two you can see where I glued the Bay Cover onto the Door Cover, and how I glued on the screw so that I could make contact with the eject button..

And here's the final result...

EDIt, btw, this was my tutorial for someone on [H]. So, sorry for the first few steps..LOL

dllfiles · 02-26-07

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Originally Posted by gobygoby

Nice case mods! I like the contrast of the black and red....plus its looks like a nice red (ferrari red!) I like how you painted the front mesh grills, looks nice. I am gald I could be so inspiring.!

I will post a pic of the back with the window door on, so you can get an idea of what it will look like.

Its hard for me to consider this project finished, since I have tons of ideas, but running out of funds, and space in the case....not to mention time. I am looking for more places on my rig to add more diamond plate.

anyway....looks nice!

Thanks man, yeh I would like to see some pictures of your Right Panel. I bet it looks sweet with that LCD Screen in it. Anyways I want to the same thing just without the screen. I also want to make a false wall so I can hide some of the wires that I have. Now I just need to find some diamond plate

No I will prolly just use some other kind of metal.

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