Burn

You would be surprised how many "Free Overnight Shipment" or highly upgraded shipping changes I have recieved just by saying that

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gobygoby

After I did some research I saw the jumper cable mod. I wasnt sure which pins to connect, so I called Ultra directly. The tech guy couldnt help. He said you had to connect it to the mobo.....he kept on saying " I cant say yes or no to make a jumper" basically, is was trying to avoid having to replace a mobo, or something had I done what he said and it blew something up. legal junk. thats ok, i guess, he was just doing his job.

SO I decided to plug it up to my old computer. got everything ready, then go to plug it in....DOH......the ultra plug is 24 pin and my old mobo is 20 pin!!! ........I was about ready to give it up for the day, when I was putting the power cord back in the box. I bumped it on the edge and heard a snap. I was like "thats just great, I broke something" well I looked down and noticed that the last 4 pins of the cable detatch from the main pin set, thus converting it into a 20 pin cable. WHOOOO HOOOOOOOO game on!!! So plug in the PSU, turn my pc on and viola!!!!!!!!! we have power! (Will post pics tonight)

Finally things are starting to look up.

Wish I new that last night . better late then never.

Well, I am not going to complain too much, since they are returning my water blocks....even though in their return policy they dont take returns on water cooling stuff. I have to get store credit, which I guess is better then nothing. If they wouldnt take them back I was going to toss them in the for sale thread.

Anyway, making a little progress. got lots of pics, but they are at home. I think i figured out my water cooling setup. Just have to wait for everything else to get here. Dont want to give it all away yet, without pics anyway.

Stay tuned for a new episode tonight with a guest appearence by "Mr. Dude"!

Goby Out!

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Burn

Well, you can just order new stuff that's compatible then, right?

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JacKz5o

Wow great job goby Everythings looking great so far

aajvs99

hey i noticed in ur sig that u want tt thumb screws. you got a radioshack near by? cause RS sells lots of tt parts now

gobygoby

Yup! the tricky part is finding what fits. The north and southbridge pins are a little closer together then most standard chipsets. So I am having a hck of a time trying to find one that fits. I know its not necessary to water cool chipsets, but I am going for coolness factor on them!


Thanks!

Ya, I went to a RS the other day in the mall. I didnt see any TT stuff. probably cuz it wasnt a real RS. I might try and stop at another one tomorrow.

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So tonight I have LOTS to share. grab some popcorn, sit back relax, and enjoy the pics!!

Well, the LCD ebay guy officially got his Negative feedback from me today. I sent him 3 emails asking for a refund. he only replied to the first one....I gave him 2 weeks to make it right. Oh well, you win some you lose some.

Shipped back the Maze4 blocks to Frozen, and still waiting for my Armor fan door to arrive in the mail!

So.............in the mean time.
I decided to paint the I/O Plate for the mobo.




Next I pulled off one of the fan tunnels so I could get to the Northbridge chip. once I got that off the I removed the heat sink in preperation for a water block. I also removed the southbridge heat sink as well.




Northbridge chip


Southbridge


And as I mentioned above and an earlier post I hooked up my PSU to my old computer and got it crankin!!!!! what a relief to finally know its working. I also want to add the chrome finish is "Chrome-Tastic!" It is SUPER reflective.







Pic with the lights on



Next I painted the mounting bracket for the top mount ports(headphone, USB, etc....)





here I got the rear exhaust fan, PSU and top mount ports installed along with all the case hardware.



Since I wanted to mount the PSU on the opposite side then what the case was designed for, the screw mount holes and PSU bracket wouldnt fit.



So I have to create my own bracket. Here is a cardboard template to line up the screw holes.



So now I need to find some steel.....hhmmmmm......Yup, that will do the trick! I had an old set up washer and dryer out in the garage.I used it already for painting the chassis.



Template in place


kinda hard to see, my I outlined the template with an exact-o knife onto the steel lid of the washing machine.



Remember kids, safety first! You know what your mother used to say "Your gonna poke your eye out!"



I figured I would but out my good ol' dremel and take a hack at it. I didnt excpet to get too far, maybe at least make a border and a better out line. It only made it about 4 inches before breaking.



So what do we do now, you might ask?

Thats easy, grab you BIG HONKIN' GRINDER!



Action photo!


Gotta represent! overclock.net fo' life!


Washing machine = PWNED!

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JacKz5o

Lol yeah.. the last time i went to RS they had like a TT Mambo case with BigWater 745 and like a 10 TT fans and everything.. pretty nice. Only thing bad is their price , they were selling the TTBT for $64.99 lol

Nismo2nr

i cant wait to see it finished

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gobygoby

Here is the rough cut rectangle, cut out from the washer lid


Here is the cleaned up lid after being pwned by my bench grinder. getting closer! starting to shape up.



I got it pretty close to square, at least as close as I could get with "non" precision tools.



and for some more fun, I whipped out my cement block chisel and mini sledge hammer. Talk about a project to take out any anger! I used those tools to "cut" out the inside of the PSU mouting frame.




A few bangs later and I got the inside knocked out.



Then after another trip to the bench grinder, I removed the paint, and sanded down the edges. Here is a test fit on the back panel. Its abotu a 1/4 low, but its the only way to get a pic. It all lines up though.



Close up


My cat "Maverick" Decided to join the show.



And one more pic showing how it would actually fit on the back. I still have some more sanding to do, clean up the edges, make it truly square, drill and tap the screw holes the a coat of clear, so it wont rust.



Hope you enjoyed tonights show. things are starting to move along.

Goby Out!

Allen

Hmm I dont know but that looks kinda scrapy to me..what happen to the original one.I think it would look better.Unless you straighten that one up a bit.

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