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jawshwaa
07-30-2010, 01:17 AM
well after the last power supply didn't fit in my case i figured it was time to go with something a lil more roomier , so i picked this up from a neighbor who had no use for it , it was referred to as a compaq , but im really not sure.
any clue?
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee112/jawshwaa/new%20compaq/vlcsnap-2010-07-24-18h07m43s20.png
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee112/jawshwaa/new%20compaq/vlcsnap-2010-07-24-18h09m03s54.png
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee112/jawshwaa/new%20compaq/vlcsnap-2010-07-24-18h09m57s77.png
first order of business start poppin rivets and cuttin metal ,
before
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee112/jawshwaa/new%20compaq/vlcsnap-2010-07-24-18h11m53s219.png
after
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee112/jawshwaa/new%20compaq/vlcsnap-2010-07-24-18h13m03s143.png
still no theme for this one yet , but hopefully it will come to me. thanks for lookin!

slaveofconvention
07-30-2010, 03:55 PM
I don't think that was ever a compaq. Looks an awful lot like some generic cases I was using back when an Athlon 1200 was high-end....

I could be wrong, I often am..... He may have had a compaq which was rebuilt in this case - that could explain the description.

jiggiwiddit
08-05-2010, 09:50 AM
I don't think that was ever a compaq. Looks an awful lot like some generic cases I was using back when an Athlon 1200 was high-end.....

Yep..... right before the Nokia lookalikes

jawshwaa
08-06-2010, 12:02 AM
well i think we can all agree, whatever it was , im making it mine now. i managed to get some work done , in between other projects i have going on. but i managed to secure the pci slot bays and i/o "bay" and raise the motherboard tray so that everything fits where it should in its new place. im not to concerned with how clean the edges are right now , im more concerned that things fit right. wish i had a better camera , but this is better then nothing.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee112/jawshwaa/new%20compaq/vlcsnap-2010-07-31-20h31m01s152.png

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee112/jawshwaa/new%20compaq/vlcsnap-2010-07-31-20h27m16s203.png

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee112/jawshwaa/new%20compaq/vlcsnap-2010-07-31-20h38m04s33.png
i removed all the drive bays , as they're being relocated to the bottom of the case
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee112/jawshwaa/new%20compaq/vlcsnap-2010-07-31-20h37m16s66.png
hopefully i can get some more work done on it over the weekend.