Project N0NAME

...back from the dreaded school.. yes, it's 9 pm.. dang it, this year is so much more demanding.. can't miss as much as last year and it's taking sooo much time to do anything.. well, i tested my newish psu and it works smooth and quiet.. not a power pc cooling unit, but.. it works with 2 pcs, although it has that buggin-me wire.. one pc even works faster, as it's psu has a fried atx connector :dead: (btw, nice new smileys.. i love them:up:)

this is it..

aaaanyways, i'm going back home in the weekend, because the folks that are responsible for my existence don't seem it fit for me to have a pc :( j/k, but i am going back to speed up the process.. hopefully, i will also find a cash source as i seem to have strechted my budget over the limits with the psu.. not because it's price, but the bastards that run the university charged me (errm, us) with enough cash to buy a dang power pc cooling PSU! :mad:

well, ... till then...
PS: :bunny: i have to use this lil fellow =))

hello all, like i said, i've returned to my home for a day or so.. and was faced with the prospect of cleaning up my room and paking some bags.. didn't really feel like it, so i modded some stuff, reinstalled windows.. the usual..

seeing that i take small pics with my phone, i decided to get a bit more concentrated worklog.. so, if possible, i'll merge 4 pics into one.. of course, for more details, i'll try and either buy a better phone/stand-alone camera or borrow something.. till then, image clustering!

now, i always wonder what would make my modding exercises unique.. because if i can't advance cooling.. aesthetics are next :) sooo, what's the most :alien: thing u could do? ok.. had to use the alien head... hmm.. how does a leather silencer sound?! it doesnt.. hihi

typical workflow.. trusty scissors and chalk.. plus cyano-acrylate..

and finally, after half an hour or so.. :)

tada.. dead silent.. yess.. it may be subjective, but this is genuine leather.. so it's dead silent.. hihi.. sorry for the cow..


On another plane.. i downloaded some pics from my phone.. with the psu.. stock for now, still thinking what to do with it..

pictures of package and the dreaded sticker.. over-watt claims bugg me..

..still, nice looking.. maybe more leather??

..satisfactory wire diversity.. i don't have a pci-x board yet.. but it's nice to know i have a psu ready for it..

..jerks could have sleeved all the cables.. now i'll have to do it myself.. i gotta start from somewhere, don't i? i'm a bit afraid about the wires, but the trickiest has been done already.. now, if i could find some black sleeving.. hmm...

..test drive..

..voltages are much more..errr... well, the 12v is a whooping half a volt bigger than with my running psu, but the 3.3v is still to low.. hopefully, this is a mobo mis-report..

uuuuu...uu... i almost forgot.. i have a Q for some of you guys.. could get censored.. but this is something for history's sake, i had nothing to do with it.. just a lite birthday celebration with a few friends..

what effect do you think this has on a working PC?;) 'cause after this evaporated, funny stains were in the PC's case and it worked.. not :dead:
of course, it did get fixed.. in a way..

till monday afternoon, cheers and happy modding..

hey not to sound critical or anything, but wont that leather heat it up? or just make it slightly warmer?
its a cool idea tho! i wanna do that to my mouse!

@nzcubey: criticism is good. and it's nice you noticed the small issue.. but! i'm a cooling freak :) i won't make things worse... so, no, it doesn't actually contribute to the cooling or heating of things.. it's just leather on a plastic shell.. the shell has a sole purpose of guiding the air.. :) of course, if i do observe instability or heat build-up... bye bye leather jacket, hello new silencer(even bigger this time).. although, i think it's safe.. so, safe, that if anyone wanna try this.. go ahead! it's fun to wrap and glue the leather and the finished product looks sooo.... leathery! oh, of course, leather is not meant to be used on aluminum, copper or chips ;) (although it would look sick.. in a hellraiser-cenobite kind of way.. it would probably heat things up this way..)

i'm going to start redecorating my environment.. i brought a 1/4cubic meter of modding materials and tools and will be probably buying more.. also, i moved all my speakers (raw drivers) here too, as i'm planning to do some other kind of big boxes too.. aaaanyway, i'm sleepy as i've travelled all night, so, seee you in a couple of hours :) i'm out:dead:

night everyone,
more experiments have begun.. there is a big lan up ahead in my area and i was thinking to enter.. just for curiosity's sake.. i don't have many mods done for now.. but i did buy yesterday a new soldering gun, some chrome paint, some carpenters glue... err.. not related :rolleyes:

system-wise, once again, i am using only 512 megs of my noname ram.. i can't get a stable system with 2 sticks.. i just hate it..

i've done some masking, painting and thinking.. i'm gonna do some cutting in the morning(maybe.. i have classes from 8am, that's 5 hours from now.. i think i'll pass...), and then the first part of my project will be completed.. hopefully, this week end i'll do some "good looking" mods, no hardcore stuff.. just trying to sprucen up things.. chrome flames, chrome accents.. some pin stripping.. aaah, the usual.. but i'm doing it freehand, no models.. so, i have some pics and stuff...

i masked the panel with tape and drew some lines to prohibit me from cutting there, then i drew the flames in those areas, following a 45 degree slope, upwards, where possible..

..some more detailed flames..

..one tiny sig..

..the panel, marked for cutting and painting..

..some of the masking removed..

..layer one..

..layer two..

..don't like this thing, but it won't be visible.. i'll cover it with the latch, painted to match the silver :)

..tape removed, but not completely.. yes, i will cut, then!!! bang my head on hard objects if i scar the paint job..

..the sig.. this tells me i need to buy a sharpie/ quality cd marker and pin stripe everything.. more contrast :)

..still, i like the end result.. it's not mirror-like, because i kept the black matte finish.. it has lumps from the start, so no orange peel ;), and after it cures i'll coat it glossy... don't know yet.. i'll wait a week or two...

bloody hell

it looks very nice

must take e few more pics of it, try outside in sunlight, so we can see it in all its glory

:) 10ks :) i'll try with a friends cam.. 5mp :) gonna resize of course, but first! pin stripping!! gonna edit later.. oh, as i spent some time analyzing magnetic and electric fields today, i had some wacky ideas.. i think i'm gonna do more accents on the case.. in other places too.. edit coming..
edit1: i bought a nice and pricey sharpie with a very fine tip, to do some contours.. as i expected, it shows.. the flames are way more clean now.. i had some slip ups in the masking tapes.. well within tolerance's range, but i wanted it closer to perfection.. also, i started cutting the window.. did about 40%, but i had some unfinished business to attend to.. so i left my stuff as it was... Oh, not to forget, i had a level-up in soldering skills, after i found out my altec headset's in-line volume controller ...not inline... so i had to desolder the remaining 2 connections (out of 6 needed ones..) and redo them all.. took about an hour as i had to improvise a soldering station..

added some details too.. black on silver flames...

i hate my phone camera more and more.. the "finish" is not even close to a mirror shine, but in real life, it still "does" some reflections.. not with the cam i'm using, oh no...

i'm not sure.. i don't really like the idea of signing stuff.. but this makes the pc more personal..

a wider shot.. you can barely see the cut in the upper part.. i will probably get some time to cut the rest today.. after my room mates go to school (i'm free :) ).. so i'll try and stick to my flames as much as possible..

this is my new "soldering gun"... ok, it's big and not very precise, but that means only one thing: +skill and craftsmanship :)

and my soldering station... hmm... i have a lamp.. but it's not mine.. maybe next month.. i'll get something..
till next edit.. good night :)

hello all, i have some activity to report.. mostly for my memory, which is now flooded with countless electonics stuff..

been working on a project for a friend.. his nick name is "hamster", so we're making a box to fit a.. hamster...

a nice model designed in photoshop...

more work done...

more work.. almost done... well.. done, but just one side.. case coming up..

..owner..

speaking.. of sound... a while back... hmm.. i have to share this too..

..nice?

heavy...

really heavy.. 600W of 20-80Hz :D

sweet sub

you could put some phonaabsorbant foam in it

true... will do that.. need more cash tho.. you know ;)... the foam, with or without the nice lil pyramids... it's a bit expensive here ;).. and i aint got no cash now.. also, we have now more than ..err.. less than 3kW :)