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For the A900 Gang
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sǝsɐɔ ɯoʇsnɔ p1ınq/11ǝs ı
 
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For the A900 Gang
Thought I would throw this at you DIYers/
If you want to really change the A900 form and function one way is to attack the front panel head on   Cut out a slab of 1/2" acrylic. The sides are not straight but bowed so you will need to trace from the actual panel bezel.  I made simple templates and used a router with a pattern collar on the base to cut out for a tray type DVD and SunBean 4-fan rheobus.  I fitted the acrylic piece to the case with the bezel and traced the inside bays to align the two fan holes in front of the lower 6 bays.  You will need to bevel the top to follow the front panel. Sometimes I add a groove to match the bezel.  That is how it should fit in the bezel: flush to the face.   Acrylic is fresh from the router: no polish yet.   You will want to either fit longer knobs or mod the SunBeam to extend further forward through the 1/2" panel. I trim 5/32" off the front of the PCB and strip the hardware SunBeam uses as shims from the rheostats.  I also redrill the PCB to reattach it to the Sunbeam bracket.   The knobs are easily manipulated now.  Now it's just polish and snap it in. Obviously you could do a lot of different treatments with the acrylic front...but the basic idea is a 1/2" piece fits perfectly flush in the bezel (was someone at Antec thinking about this?) and you can either glue it or screw it adhesive tape (3M 4011) it into postition. I have fitted 38mm deep fans without isse: HDDs must be mounted creatively though  I use Scythe Anti Vibration Mounts.Merry Christmas!
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I wonder, on the CD drive...could you just have drilled a countersunk hole and made something to hit the button? I think it'd be more attractive that way.
Either way SWEET idea as always druid.
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sǝsɐɔ ɯoʇsnɔ p1ınq/11ǝs ı
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The possibilities are endless...
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looking good already =)
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Very nice lol
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Very smart work. Rep + for sum nice clean work.
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That mod is awesome. Do they make UV reactive acrylic like that? Where did you obtain a piece like that? All I see whenever I look is thin pieces.
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Yeah but I bet 2 sheets of 1/4" uv acrylic, with a kick ass design might look cool. I just wonder how stronger a ccfl would working going through 2 1/4" sheets.
Like a bevel between the 2 sheets and the fan holes, making a gap so that the fan is outline by one color, then the other.
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