View Full Version : Inverted ATX Mod
TheGreatSatan
09-03-2006, 12:52 AM
I've been meaning to try something out. I have this old case that I want to convert from ATX to Inverted ATX. All I'll have to do is flip the back plate of the case so that the motherboard will sit on the left.
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6663/atx01is9.jpg
I pulled the rivets out
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8734/atx02ae0.jpg
Then detached the back
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6338/atx03lt6.jpg
I also removed the removable motherboard support beam
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7897/atx04zw2.jpg
I flipped the back over and re-attached it with new rivets.
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/9545/atx05sc8.jpg
And here you go.
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6706/atx06yt3.jpg
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/1774/atx07ei4.jpg
Then I put the motherboard tray with a dead mobo still attached (For the look)
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7519/atx08wc2.jpg
And reinstalled the support beam.
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4849/atx09um5.jpg
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/2401/atx10pn5.jpg
I put the future Power Supply in so you can tell where I'm going with this.
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6968/atx11aj0.jpg
For this project I will be using some old mesh I've had laying around.
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/8828/atx12sv0.jpg
I'm still working on the case theme, but I do a have a pretty good idea.
TheGreatSatan
09-03-2006, 10:03 PM
Today I worked on the heat shield. This will ensure that air sucked in through the blowhole will make it to the PSU and back out the case.
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/6412/shield1wv8.jpg
It took about a half hour to get it ready
http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/3227/shield2oe1.jpg
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2536/shield3ow2.jpg
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/2522/shield4rn8.jpg
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4105/shield5gv8.jpg
TheGreatSatan
09-04-2006, 12:09 AM
I marked some hole for rivets. They will hold the heat shield in place.
http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/4313/shieldrivet1dh0.jpg
And set them.
http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/4757/shieldrivet2jr0.jpg
As of right now I'm thinking of a blue case. Maybe some white or silver later on.
http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/6799/1stblue1ag4.jpg
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/7875/1stblue2ah8.jpg
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9707/1stblue3ow4.jpg
TheGreatSatan
09-05-2006, 05:00 PM
I changed it again, but I swear this is final.
http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/8308/rocked1dq5.jpg
http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/7885/rocked2qv2.jpg
http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/2345/rocked3bl1.jpg
TheGreatSatan
09-07-2006, 12:16 PM
OK, the customer wants a wolverine based theme from the 2nd X-Men movie. He wants the case to look like it could have been from that abandoned military base in Canada called Alkali Lake. It needs to have a lot of dirty snow and blood. I added some "blood" to the case, but I have no idea as to where to go from here and how to incorporate wolverine into the theme. The PSU will go. It will be decorated with RED Lighting
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/5246/massacre1yb2.jpg
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/3503/massacre2nb9.jpg
Maybe Wolverine claw windows? What about the front bezel? What do you think?
TheGreatSatan
09-10-2006, 10:18 PM
I used some filler for the holes and cracks.
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/2854/bondo1kv6.jpg
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/8018/bondo2ew5.jpg
Then Bondo'd, but I still need to sand it flat.
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/4479/bondo3dr3.jpg
TheGreatSatan
09-11-2006, 07:52 PM
I actually got them at Directron. Anyway, the buyer likes where the case is going, but is shying away from the X-Men and Wolverine. He asked me make a small piece of aluminum black with the rock paint and liked it, so that's where I'm going.
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/9696/obsidianxw7.jpg
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/2900/obsidian1qu7.jpg
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/6477/obsidian2cq6.jpg
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/2086/obsidian3dr1.jpg
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/2417/obsidian4hh3.jpg
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/4302/obsidian5gw2.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/931/obsidian6ah8.jpg
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/3703/obsidian7bn9.jpg
And I like it!
TheGreatSatan
09-12-2006, 09:57 AM
No. Well, yeah, but to: "Inverted ATX Mod" instead. No matter where I go from here and how the mod changes it'll still be inverted ATX
Here's the left panel.
http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/6030/leftstonewf4.jpg
TheGreatSatan
09-12-2006, 04:26 PM
I put the panel on
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/9392/withleftnv9.jpg
TheGreatSatan
09-16-2006, 01:45 AM
I worked on the Power button.
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8885/redpwr1wx6.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6439/redpwr2gv7.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5103/redpwr3rs1.jpg
And I completed the right side window.
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8088/rightrockbm1.jpg
TheGreatSatan
09-18-2006, 01:06 AM
And lastly...
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/7864/rockdonefk7.jpg
Link To Original Worklog (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4076)
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