Inverted ATX Mod

[TheGreatSatan]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

I put the panel on

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/9392/withleftnv9.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

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]

And lastly...

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/7864/rockdonefk7.jpg


Link To Original Worklog (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4076)