hello!! Thought id introduce myself!

[Torn]

hello, iv been hiding away in the darkness for a long time, watching over all the work logs and getting all the tips from the posts.

today is the day i break away from the darkness. and into the light......oh. carryed away again! sorry:neutral:

LOL

as i was saying, my names tom "Torn" Kirby. I work as a bench technician for IBase

http://www.ibase.com.tw/

working with cool little ITX boards all day. and working on (for all the people from the UK) these

http://www.elogaming.com/images/whyelo/itbox_large.jpg

well, the computers that run them, that are mearly just these:

http://www.ibase-europe.com/images/gaming%20system.jpg

iv always been intrested in it. and over the last 2-3 years iv become more intrested in the inside of computers.

and iv always been amazed at pauls work.

now i want to do somthing myself...

im on my lunch break at work ATM. so i can't go into it allot. but i will tell more latter on when i finnish work

untill then! feel free to comment, or if your intrested(dunno why you would be) in what i do as my job. then questions ahooy!

speak soon!

Tom!!!

[Torn]

by the way. im from the UK. the company is based in taiwan. but i work at the europe branch.

[Crazy Buddhist]

... working with cool little ITX boards all day....

Welcome to TBCS Tom looks like your work alone has loads of inspiration for modding. Look forward to seeing what plans you have afoot.

Good to see another Brit .. there's a few of us around :)

Matthew aka CrazyB

p.s. .. about those cool ITX boards .. :D

[Bucko]

Welcome to the forums!

I wouldn't mind doing an ITX mod sometime and make a really small PC.

[Bopher]

Good to see another Brit .. there's a few of us around :)

I like to think I've been transplanted against my will after spending 8 years over there:p

And welcome Torn. We had a unit like that at my McDs in Massachusetts. It was a little different style but same idea i think. Internet Kiosk right? I wondered if those took Mini-ITX or Micro-ATX. i guess now I know.

[Crazy Buddhist]

Welcome to the forums!

I wouldn't mind doing an ITX mod sometime and make a really small PC.

I've spec-ed a home entertainment PC including DVD + HDD drive's mobo dual-core CPU, 1G ram, digital TV tuner and touch-screen control - all housed in a 15cm x 15cm x 15cm aluminium or steel cube. External power pack was needed. Also needed is about £500 I don't have right now and for soundraph to agree to deal with me which they don't want to do :dead: uuurgh

hehe

:)

[Torn]

yeh, there mini ITX in the "ITboxes"... but the ones in there are pretty much the size of micro ATX though!

I'v got a board sitting on my spares table that is this:

http://www.ibase-europe.com/images/mb877_600.jpg

and we can get them smaller aswell.

the smallest i think we make is somthing like this:

http://www.ibase-europe.com/images/ib798_600.jpg


no. i lie!! iv just looked and this is our 3.5 inch model.(145mm x 102mm)

http://www.ibase-europe.com/images/ib520_500.jpg

and thats got 100BaseT lan and VGA onboard!

anyone feel like modding a CD rom Drive? lol

if i can find my cable for my phone i will put some pictures up of my work area at work. expect photos to follow shortly if i can find my cable! lol

Torn

[Crazy Buddhist]

no. i lie!! iv just looked and this is our 3.5 inch model.(145mm x 102mm)

http://www.ibase-europe.com/images/ib520_500.jpg

and thats got 100BaseT lan and VGA onboard!

anyone feel like modding a CD rom Drive? lol

Torn

I've been daydreaming about one of these babies which are 10cm x 7.2cm and include onboard VGA 100MB Lan 6 channel sound and 4 USB ports & etc oh and DVI or VGA out:

http://www.mini-itx.com/reviews/pico-itx/images/pico-itx-0025m.jpg (http://www.mini-itx.com/reviews/pico-itx/default.asp?page=1)

Click on the pic for a review.

:)

[Torn]

bloody hell. i didn't know they were made that small! what ram does it take SODIMM's?

oh im in love!!

oh, i like! i will have to think of a project for that!!

Torn.

[Crazy Buddhist]

bloody hell. i didn't know they were made that small! what ram does it take SODIMM's?

oh im in love!!

oh, i like! i will have to think of a project for that!!

Torn.

My thinking exactly hehe .. yep 1 x (up to) 1G SODIMM DDR2 533Mhz

:)

specs:

ProcessorSupports VIA C7 1.0GHz NanoBGA2 ProcessorChipsetVIA VX700 Advanced All-in-One System ProcessorMemory1 x DDR2 533 SODIMM slot underneath board (up to 1 GB)GraphicsIntegrated UniChrome™ Pro II 3D/2D AGP with MPEG-2/4 and WMV9 Video Decoding AccelerationAudioVIA VT1708A High Definition Audio CodecLANVIA VT6106S 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Controller with Power Management Functions

Oh ... and they come smaller though its a "thin client" and not a full PC this one fits in an ethernet socket on the wall.

The housing: DVI or VGA sound, USB sockets:

http://www.windowsfordevices.com/files/misc/jackpc.jpg

The thin client PC inside (AMD Proc 64M Disk On Chip system memory 128M Ram):

http://www.windowsfordevices.com/files/misc/jackpc-sbc.jpg
(http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS3139003780.html)

[Torn]

hmm. nah. thin clients are cool. and a wonderfull solution to some problems(office space, application licencing laws, etc..) but not for me..

although, i wonder if that would take a copy of windows XP embedded?

gonna start on my guitar amp mod (i know, its been done before, but its a Xmas present for a guitar mad family member!) soon, getting the amp tomorrow from my manager, so i might take a few photos while i strip it down at work in my lunch break! hehe

[Fuganater]

Amp mod. Hmm never seen that before. Deff post pics.

[Liquid_Scope_99]

Hello, Welcome im new too nice ideas ,and cool job i think that you do