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christopherius
07-19-2009, 07:01 PM
I completed this mod a few days ago and decided to share it with you all. I had a Seagate 150 gig usb hard drive that I wanted to do something with, and a non working Game Boy. I thought it would make a great hard drive enclosure for use on my Wii. I had to gut all the electronics and do some dremel work on the inside of the Game Boy to get the Seagate to fit inside. I also wired up a blue led to light up the screen when its plugged into the usb ports.

Inside shots:
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo356/christopherius/Gameboy%20HDD/th_GameboyHDD_Internals1.jpg (http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo356/christopherius/Gameboy%20HDD/?action=view&current=GameboyHDD_Internals1.jpg)

http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo356/christopherius/Gameboy%20HDD/th_GameboyHDD_Internals2.jpg (http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo356/christopherius/Gameboy%20HDD/?action=view&current=GameboyHDD_Internals2.jpg)

Finished product:
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo356/christopherius/Gameboy%20HDD/th_GameboyHDD_FrontFin.jpg (http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo356/christopherius/Gameboy%20HDD/?action=view&current=GameboyHDD_FrontFin.jpg)

Lit up:
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo356/christopherius/Gameboy%20HDD/th_GameboyHDD_Lit.jpg (http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo356/christopherius/Gameboy%20HDD/?action=view&current=GameboyHDD_Lit.jpg)

The screen graphic was just a quick job, I may make another one on the computer with the actual Wii logo. What do you all think? I welcome all comments

blueonblack
07-19-2009, 09:10 PM
Excellent. Well thought out and well done, I love it. +rep

aintnothang
07-20-2009, 03:01 AM
I need to mad my OG GB.

AndyLivingston
07-30-2009, 06:38 PM
That made me giggle... in a completely masculine way. It's cute.