CorsePerVita
11-22-2011, 08:35 AM
So with my new computer finished with the upgrades I've turned towards upgrading my linux server. I use it for minecraft, hosting apps and a few other applications.
I finally had the opportunity to trade someone an old sound card and some sound goodies for a PCI-E video card. FINALLY I could upgrade my linux server since the only thing missing was a video card.
I got the case apart and tore everything out of it only to realize..... OH CRAP, this is a Micro ATX case... a standard ATX isn't going to fit.
CRAP.
I called a few other computer friends of mine to see if someone had one I could buy. None... bummer... I've already dismantled it and the new hardware is ready. I promised an hour of downtime. Hmmm what to do what to do.
I call one last friend of mine and he goes "Dude.. MAKE something. You mod, right? So make it work. Doesn't have to be pretty, just make it work."
Well... took a bit more than an hour but I welded a few tiny mount screws in place to support the motherboard where it needed and then cut the rest of the case up. I MADE IT FIT.
I showed my wife, proudly, my new linux server. Her response was "Good job, that's the ugliest computer you've made."
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd58/koihoshi/IMG_20111121_215230.jpg
But man it sure is a hell of a lot faster than the last setup I was running!
I finally had the opportunity to trade someone an old sound card and some sound goodies for a PCI-E video card. FINALLY I could upgrade my linux server since the only thing missing was a video card.
I got the case apart and tore everything out of it only to realize..... OH CRAP, this is a Micro ATX case... a standard ATX isn't going to fit.
CRAP.
I called a few other computer friends of mine to see if someone had one I could buy. None... bummer... I've already dismantled it and the new hardware is ready. I promised an hour of downtime. Hmmm what to do what to do.
I call one last friend of mine and he goes "Dude.. MAKE something. You mod, right? So make it work. Doesn't have to be pretty, just make it work."
Well... took a bit more than an hour but I welded a few tiny mount screws in place to support the motherboard where it needed and then cut the rest of the case up. I MADE IT FIT.
I showed my wife, proudly, my new linux server. Her response was "Good job, that's the ugliest computer you've made."
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd58/koihoshi/IMG_20111121_215230.jpg
But man it sure is a hell of a lot faster than the last setup I was running!