Project: Savage

[jreffy]

whoa jreffy i jus thought a sumtin!!! dont rma yet!!! make sure u have the right jumper settings on t he drives cuz if they were both in slave or master on the same channel it might not power on also make sure the jumpers on the mobo are set right like usb power and ps2 power because i had problems were i could not get my mobo to boot, i switched the jumpers and it worked so check that too

The etching, from what I understand from my backround in engineering, is that the design/drawing/image is punched into a computer and a laser is shot onto the piece of plexi. The heat applied turns the plexi opaqe. Since you can get a lazer to a very fine point, you can do much more detailed images and drawings.

As far as the jumpers...I've checked the jumpers on all my drives, both CD and Hard Disk. I haven't touched the jumpers on the mobo, because they should all be placed and ready to go. I'll double check before I disassemble it, but I'm 99% sure my jumpers are all correct, simply because I tried booting up with just one harddrive and one CD drive, both jumpers on master, and the right IDE plug interface in each.

Like I said, I'll double check. I'm not a PC expert by any means, this really is my first attempt at building a computer, but I do understand the factors involved and I think I got it right. I'll just dig into the Mobo manual again and make sure I have it all set right.

[isunktheship]

Awesome case mod! Did you use silicon glue with the custom reservoir? also, did you ever crack the acrylic when you were drilling?

I'm thinking about building a custom res... coming summer 2007... to go along with my case... also summer 2007...

Can't wait to see more pics/updates. I might PM you about the case I'm planning on building, as it will be using a lot of acrylic. (I'm new to metalwork, and I don't have the proper tools, so i'm just gonna try making the case with Acrylic.)

[jreffy]

Awesome case mod! Did you use silicon glue with the custom reservoir? also, did you ever crack the acrylic when you were drilling?

No. What you want to use is Weld-on #4. It's mentioned quite a few times when I talk about that water-window. You're going to need a syringe because it's very very viscous and watery. Just clamp your pieces together like I show, and inject it along the seam. You'll be able to see the solvent move between the pieces through capillary action.

And yes, I did crack the acrylic when I was drilling, but it was minor and non-important so I didn't feel the need to re-do it. However I might regret that later.

There's an easy way to avoid cracking when drilling though. When you figure out where you want to drill your hole, take a small drill bit and drill all the way through your piece. This will act as a guide-hole for you. Then take the bit of the size hole you want to drill. Drill halfway through the piece on one side, then flip it over and drill from the other side.

I'm thinking about building a custom res... coming summer 2007... to go along with my case... also summer 2007...

Can't wait to see more pics/updates. I might PM you about the case I'm planning on building, as it will be using a lot of acrylic. (I'm new to metalwork, and I don't have the proper tools, so i'm just gonna try making the case with Acrylic.)

Well, everything I did to this case was new to me. I've never done anything remotely like this before. But it's amazing what a few good books and forums like these will do for you! Good luck with your case, I'll be happy to answer any questions I can, but Tybrennis is the "acrylic expert" on this forum, he would probably be a much more knowledgable source.

[jreffy]

ok, SO, after months of this thing sitting around and trying to get things thing together and working, my motherboard is being returned from it's RMA (arrived at ASUS on Wed, they shipped a new one out Saturday) early next week. Due to the short turnaround time at ASUS I can only assume they looked at it and said "wow that's really f'd up" and hopefully sent me a new one and not a reconditioned one.

Here's hoping.

Assembly next week then, and then painting the outside panels of the case asap.

[jdbnsn]

Glad to hear you're back in business, looking forward to seeing this one come together!

[GT40_GearHead]

they usualy dont even look at them, they give a new one, and live to busted one for later

[sherren]

Nice Case mod u have there, may i know how does the fitting of the Lian li front panel , screwed on?, because i need to make one custom front panel for my case

[jreffy]

Nice Case mod u have there, may i know how does the fitting of the Lian li front panel , screwed on?, because i need to make one custom front panel for my case

I haven't had or tried to put the thing together since I first took it apart, so I can't say with any degree of certainty, BUT...I do believe it's a press/snap on kind of fit if I remember correctly. The only thing that it might possibly have is some rivets, but I'm pretty sure that is not the case. When I'm putting it back together in a week or two I'll be sure to pay attention and let you know.

[jreffy]

Ok, so I finally have had time to delve into my non-posting issue.

I decided to go out and buy a cheap 775 socket mobo with a PCIe slot. Lo and behold, SHE LIVES!!!! This PC is now up and running on some cheap mobo from Intel, haha, but boy does she work!!!

Just for fun I installed WoW last night. It ran at 55-60fps in a crowded capital city, and when I fired up FRAPS to record some PvP I saw ZERO difference in performance.

Now that the weather is warming up here in Chicago, I'm going to brush up on my spray-can skills and finish painting the panels that have been sitting around doing nothing all winter!

What I also need to do is talk to ASUS and figure out what I'm going to do about my motherboard. I still want to OC and push this machine a bit and I can't do that with this board. Not to mention I'm just running the stock fan on the CPU. I'll post some pictures soon, it'll be funny at least.

So I'm wondering if I should bother RMA-ing this thing again? Maybe the board isn't compatible (even though all my research says it should be!). Or maybe see if ASUS will send me downgrade to the next lowest board? Or do I just keep RMA-ing till I get a board that works?