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Old 08-03-09   #21 (permalink)
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wow... nice try.. i also thinking of making a HTPC casse my self with acrylic and some aluminum sheet...
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How'd the BIOS flashing go? I'm interested in doing this for a Dell....but I'm too scared
Haven't had the balls to try it yet--but I'll do it soon!

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I'm hoping to finish this build up this weekend. All I really need is a hard drive mount and a power button. (I found 2x 512MB of DDR-400 sticks on here for $15 shipped !!)

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Well, I finished up the project today.

I mounted the HDD to the roof of the case since that was the only place available. It actually fit well, and everything looked nice.

And as I was installing XP, I noticed the case got REALLY REALLY warm, and eventually, the whole PC shutdown due to overheating.

So, I'll consider the project done since it technically [I]did[I] work.... but since I'm going back to school and don't need anymore distractions and really don't want to work more on it (lol), I'm just going to sell off the parts I bought for it and keep the case for future work when I have more time to look at the cooling aspect of the build.

Thanks to everyone who looked/read/posted!

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ah man....

well, good luck with school!

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Well, I finished up the project today.

I mounted the HDD to the roof of the case since that was the only place available. It actually fit well, and everything looked nice.

And as I was installing XP, I noticed the case got REALLY REALLY warm, and eventually, the whole PC shutdown due to overheating.

So, I'll consider the project done since it technically [I]did[I] work.... but since I'm going back to school and don't need anymore distractions and really don't want to work more on it (lol), I'm just going to sell off the parts I bought for it and keep the case for future work when I have more time to look at the cooling aspect of the build.

Thanks to everyone who looked/read/posted!
Its sad to hear this. I followed this build log from the start. I see that you're selling it's guts on the forsale section?
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Its sad to hear this. I followed this build log from the start. I see that you're selling it's guts on the forsale section?
Yup.... just the guts.

After thinking about it for a bit, I came to the conclusion that I would keep the case and sell off the parts. I do really like the case, so I'm keeping that. Ideally, when I have some more free time (and am not so strapped for cash!) I have decided I will try a microITX build in it or get a DIY speaker amplifier kit in the case.... but that will be a bit down the road.

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