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Ok so i have just placed all the necissary orders to complete this mod.
but heres some pics to hold you guys over for a week.
i decided to go witht he original look and use the old ports
then i finally got a switch in there right without glueing the switch itself closed
and of course the glamour shots
oh shiny
thats all for now
Will
looking good
hope to see this wrapped up soon
You should make some kinda GC controller to USB adapter and keep the stock ports. That would be pretty neat.
*Edit: Ever see the Panasonic Q?
-CollinstheClown
Ok so the motherboard came today and I got a surprise, the IDE is smaller than a regular and NOT a floppy, so either need to find a converter or find a way to run both the dvd drive and hdd of the one sata. any ways gues i should post some pics of the board.
First off, OMG look how small this thing is
then check out the power supply and what it uses to connect to the board
as you can see I have Plenty of room
then i have many differnet ways of fitting it all in heres three
heres some work I did, I made the hole for the power with my "dremel"
and finally, the difference of size i ide ( grey is the one it came with, black is the one i need to use)
Will
Does your 2.5" HDD retrieve data and power through the same cable? May explain why the cable doesn't fit.
Love the board though, I want to get one really bad lol.
The hdd is sata, the dvd drive is IDE, the board has one sata port
so turns out i can just get a slimline to 44 pin adator but it'll cost me quite a bit
Ah, I misread.
ok so i placed the hdd, like it is in the plenty of room picture
EDIT: I also just fitted the board like it is in the plenty of room picture, i now have the shell on and it looks great, pics in the morning
Will
yeah i just looked at it. the ide port is for a laptop ide hdd. the old ata-6 i beleive. that is why it wont fit right. try and look for a ata6 to ide or ide to ata6 adaptor. other than that it is looking awesome man.
cool
i love those mini boards..
how much it cost you.. i might get one.. :)
Mini-Box.com:
http://www.mini-box.com/site/index.html
Your one stop shop for everything to do with micro tech lol.
I wanted to get one of those PICO ITX boards and make a little download box mod, since I got my laptop there is no need. A real shame you can't get the boards in Australia.
Yea, I got mine from http://www.logicsupply.com
UPDATE
of coarse a view from the front
and from the top
now actual progress, i put two usb ports on each side
from the back you have your power, ps2 ports, ethernet port, and your monitor port
inside is very cramped, and this is without the dvd player, wich will be going in when the adapter gets here in 1 day
thats all for now
Will
nice work mate looks good
thanks for the links
Hey, im new here and im impressed at some of the stuff you guys can do! It looks great mate :) Keep up the good work.
Heyy guys, sorry I havent updated, I got the 44 pin adapter two days ago and hit another snag wich brought my spirits down and I just lost the motivation to work on it till now. (Link to adapter) http://www.logicsupply.com/products/slimcdide44
see, where on that do I plug in power?
Will
EDIT *sigh nevermind, the power comes throught the ide cord
Small update, just installed xp with no problems and am now setting it up to my standards
Where's the airflow man! haha
ok, so i cut the slit for the dvd's to go through in the front and assembled it. Like its together for good since I couldnt figure out a way to hold it together its glued together.
Pics up soon.
Will
OK so i got pics, and they are FINAL.
I'll let the pics speak for itself
And thats it for this mod, it's been a long road but it's finally over and it works like a charm. My goal for this project was to get a computer I can take anywhere and I can happily say that I have done so.
Will
Excellent work mate, except, I hate the disk slot, if you file it smooth and touch up the edges with some black permanent marker it would be perfect.
looks mad but i gota agree with jase
