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well.. i have to say goodbye to all of you.. for a few days :( i'm moving back home and i'm not sure when i'll be back online.. a week at max, i hope.. i can't stay too long without the web, so hope everythings goes as fast as possible :)
already sent my rig home, so this post is from a collegue.. bye everyone..
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I'm back... took a month for the cable guys to finally install my new connection :) happened just a few minutes ago :) after they left, guess what page i connected to? :D
I've done mostly thinking, seeing i was away from my pc for a few weeks.. but i think i got a theme and some modding ideas for my rig.. i've been home for just one day now and bills are pileing.. so i hope i get some money to make some of my ideas real :)
i've got some arrends to run, but i'll be back :)
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A few minutes after they left!? lol wow.. that deserves an award of loyal dedication or something! lol sadly I would be like... I.. need... myspace.com... I know I know.. thats horrible! But I think this site is slowing replacing myspace for me! Anywho, glad to see that you are back!
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thanks...
after 2 days of working on some PCs (assembly and install), i got home and was thinking of starting modding again... i have an easy mod coming.. it involves paint and plastics.. so i'm testing chemical reactions :) dont' wanna ruin anything (like with the nice black finish on the psu:( )
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im sorry the heatpipe company didnt respond. corel pisses me off. i know autocad like the back of my eyelid and nobody is really looking for it if you dont have a degree. i guess i will ave to continue with my obcession and design another car top down. or maybe another case.
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hmm nice work and idea! :D
but one thing reminds me. "Lots of fan, lots of wires" :(
why dont you spend some money to buy a digicam?
looking forward on your project bro. :) good luck!
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i have to say great renders... im such a newb to 3ds max i dont even know how to rotate the veiw! that is mighty troublesome.
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10ks guys :) your support is really appreciated :)
maz, you're absolutelly right.. it's really hard if you don't have a degree.. i'm working on that, but unfortunatelly, there is no way i can get one in CAD :(, any CAD.. :( no such thing at my university.. so all i have to say for anyone in this predicament is keep on doing it.. for yourslef :) oh, i'm a noob at autocad, but it seems i have to learn it... in order to manage a small cluster of pcs running autocad and max at a local factory.. don't have the time and i feel like 2D is sooo not 3D :rolleyes:
about the pipes.. it's a shame.. i told them i'm interested in buying.. i don't need free samples.. i would even have ordered a lot of them.. but that's that. i'll skip custom made heatpipe air coolers and go back to my waterblocks :) they are not cheap to make (local CNC place charges about 15 euros/hour, including machine programming and everything, except materials.. depending on the complexity of a block, i may end up spending 10x the money i would pay for a commercial block plus shipping :( will have to solve this to go the my-water-way), but i think they would be worth it :)
xpc, i basically know what your saying and it pisses me off too.. so i'll buy a camera when i can afford it :)
and the wires, when i get all things almost done, will get a nice surgery :) i'm working my schematics, but i'm still not 100% ready to show them.. i clearly don't need 3 wires per fan.. i'll probably end up using just one rpm signal (for the cpu header on the mobo) and 4 identical fans running on 2 wires only (+/-), with a special circuitry to allow some predetermined degree of control on specific fans.. this is probably the most complicated part of my circuitry, as i want a simple control-mechanism but some special features. as for other parts of the pc, they will revolve around a compartment-based cooling scheme, with similarly controlled fans. i plan on using as many 120mm fans as possible, all commonly connected and controlled, so as to achieve near-silent operation or a nice lil' storm :D
i have some pics of what i've thougth of, but the dang pc wont connect to the phone :( man, i wish i had a nice camera now... my experiments with painting have payed of, i think.. i repainted the red mouse with flames... now it's a tad deffierent :) and i wanna change some stuff inside it too :) that's all the modding i'll be doing, because i have to learn..bleah.. linear algebra.. for starters.. and 3 more "chapters" too... 3x bleah.. i hate it 'cause it's not helping me do real stuff (yet)..
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good to hear that.. i will wait on your next update. :)
as of now im still in the process of planning on my casing for my 2nd rig. :)
also i dont have a cam too.. lol.. we have the same problem bro. :D
maybe next month...:D
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well... this is what happens when i get bored.. i look around, try to find something small and not used and "practice" on it :) so this time, i'm learning on a mouse :)
this is after a first coat of clear
i was amazed how reflective the mouse turned.. i'm wearing a white shirt and i can see myself :)
i wanted to see if/how blue matches with the flames :)
not the best pic, but i think it shows how nice the clear coat is
after a few more wetsandings and more coats..
my phone's camera acts weirdly in this high light conditions :(
these are donors.. i wanted to see what i could use in a mouse..
couldn't use anything.. except the salvaged LEDs.. and i was a tad tired with the plain red of this pic..
i then looked at the bottom part of the mouse and wandered what i could do to it.. but without permanent damage..
so i made a cover for the inside :) first version..
second version..
revision.. more detail needed..
i don't like white.. black it is.. a nice marker should help..
..too slow.. so i took a brush and some die, poured some on the model and spread it :)
..time for changing colours.. ancient soldering "gun" comes out (my soldering iron died 2 months ago.. so i have to use this.. thing)
but it works :) i used the usb's +5V and gnd for.. well, 5V. the blue led is rated at 4,5V/20mA so i took the chance and tested the LED.. it works well and no funny smells ;)
then i changed the optical sensor's LED too.. this is like gambling.. i read around and some optical engines don't work after the change :( but this one does. like many mouses, the engine turns the LED down when not used, so i was afraid that maybe the voltage was too low for it to light at all.. but no issue..
.. i then soldered the second blue-led (this is the 5V one, that works all the time at full power)