Project DragonHolm

[jhanlon303]

This is my first project on TBCS so bear with me. I'm trying to bring a new one from Bit-Tech.
Let's see.

This will be a quick mod. I need a home(Holm) for my P4EE 3.0Ghz Windows XP system. It's been sitting in the Rocketfish/Lian-Li full tower case since I got my G6600 Vista daily driver.

I still need it occasionally because it has some treasures on it's HDD I want. Yeah I know make a DVD/CD and throw away the P4.
Sentimental value. I made a profound amount of $$$$ with this system in the last few years and - I LIKE IT!

The P4EE mATX board in the Rocketfish:

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/rocketfish/100_4810.jpg

One motherboard, one Optical, one HDD, one PSU, done. Minimalism.


http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/dragon.jpg

Thank you Soyo!

Some pics - most have been in modding section over on Bit-Tech.net until I decided it was a project:

Front:

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/100_4834.jpg
Top Handle with power, reset and LEDs;
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/100_4835.jpg
Back - blow off the three power plugs for lan parties, they go bye bye:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/100_4836.jpg
Better look at handle:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/100_4837.jpg
Inside:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/100_4839.jpg
Dust bunnies marking the top where the 120mm LED fan will go:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/100_4842.jpg
With the fan lay out:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/100_4847.jpg
The inside of the handle with the vents that made the dust trails:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/100_4846.jpg

Enough for now. I am looking at the front for another fan or two.

This is a Soyo Dragon case from 1995. Not as viciously steel as a Dell case but really close. I horde stuff!

John

PS: The Rocketfish/Lian-li is the next project. This is a quicky.

[jhanlon303]

Part 2.
Here's the front. Strangest front opening I've ever seen.
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/100_4848.jpg

It has mounting holes for 1 single 120mm fan or 2 80mm fans! The 3.5" bays will all go to support the fans.

1 120mm fan:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/100_4850.jpg
Looks good but wait!
80mm fans X 2
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/100_4851.jpg
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/100_4852.jpg

I'm thinking here now!

john

[nevermind1534]

Don't throw away your computer stuff; sell it, or, at the very least, give it away.

[Luke122]

I'm a big fan of "previous generation" hardware! I say if you can use it, why not? :)

+rep for reusing. :D

[jhanlon303]

I started whacking the front steel panel for the 120mm fan. General concensus it 120mm is the way to go, Plus I have some to spare.
Removed the top panel and the 3.5" bays:

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/100_4872-1.jpg

/Begin Transformer voice
"Taking the top off was a bad mistake"
/End Transformer voice.

I had to re-rivet the top panel back on for a while while I do the fan-dango.

Fan goes here:

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/100_4873.jpg

Taped and ready to cut out. Holes whacked to allow the nibbling tool access:

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/100_4874.jpg

Hole cut out but not filed yet. I was surprised that the Soyo case actually cuts way easier than a Dell. Can I say that on a family forum?

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/100_4875.jpg


I go to file for a couple hours.

john

[FuzzyPlushroom]

That's pretty damn cool for '95. I wouldn't trust the handle, though.

The plugs on the back might be useful in a future mod.

Considered eBaying that EE and getting a CPU a couple notches down from it, say a 2.8? Might make a good bit of cash that way.

[jhanlon303]

Just a couple quick pics while my camera batteries recharge.
I cut, used the grinder and here is where the single front 120mm is going.

Front with the mesh

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/100_4887.jpg
ZOOM IN

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/100_4886.jpg

and I measured and cut out for a single 120mm top fan that will be under the handle. No it's not round - it follows the contoure of the inner handle.

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh137/jhanlon303/dragonholm/100_4885.jpg

The next picture shoot will show how the top fan is set into the carry handle space.
It's supposed to be above freezing again tomorrow and no 80mph winds so I should be able to un-rivet everything and prime it up.

Tired. I've been wrestling alligators all day with the Win7 Beta download for my H2O-C7 project on Bit-Tech.

john

[Jabyaeye]

Nice work so far! That little motherboard inside that big ol' case looks like a BB in a shoebox.

Glad you mentioned the "non-roundness" of the top fan hole, I was gonna say...I thought my eyes were crossed or sumthin'. :D

[DonT-FeaR]

nice start this looks like a good mod