ZALMAN Fan Controller mod

[rendermandan]

So I purchased a ZALMAN ZM-MFC1 Fan Controller and decided it looked like a sore thumb in my case. For those of you who dont' know my case here it is:

Obviously I went for a Silver and blue theme. The Fan contoller has a cool looking Blue tinted plexi pane on the front, but it just stood out really bad so I decided to change it.

Here it is how it looks stock. I think you would agree, its bad! (In my case)

So I took it apart and taped it to the top of one of my stock aluminum bay covers. with a piece of Lexan cut to size inbetween.

I matched the hole sizes and drilled the holes to match the factory cover.

With the tape removed here are the final pieces.

and here it is assembled with a test for the led lights.

I think you would agree, it looks much better now!!!

My next step is to layout some sort of a custom logo that will be laser etched into the back side of the lexan so it will light up.

Here it is with the lights off. Sorry for the crappy picture. My camera doesn't do well in the dark.

[Welshy]

Wow. You did an amazing job. It looks really nice, and very clean cut.

I don't understand what you mean by a custom logo on the back, though.

[Silenced_Coyote]

You should stealth your optical drives while you are at it.

It looks great by the way. Can't wait to see that custom etch.

[Spawn-Inc]

You should stealth your optical drives while you are at it.

It looks great by the way. Can't wait to see that custom etch.

yes i second that. you did a great job by the way, matchs much better.

+ rep

[Zephik]

haha, I was about to say, you did what?? But then I saw it and was totally impressed. Nice work and great idea!

You really need to stealth your optical drives though.

[Crimson Sky]

Noice! much better than the stock faceplate that has NO LESS THAN 3 friggin' brands printed on it within a 7" space.

[SgtM]

Looks great! +rep

[rendermandan]

Hey, thanks everybody! I'm glad you guys like it.


Here are some of the designs I've been playing with for the etching. Not sure what direction I want to go though.

I do have one stealthed "drive". The one below the controller is actually a "pop-out" storage tray where I keep the cd/dvd's I use most often.


As for the dvd drives. I wasn't sure how I could stealth my hp drive because it has a door that flips down when the tray ejects. any ideas?

[progbuddy]

Hey, thanks everybody! I'm glad you guys like it.


Here are some of the designs I've been playing with for the etching. Not sure what direction I want to go though.

I do have one stealthed "drive". The one below the controller is actually a "pop-out" storage tray where I keep the cd/dvd's I use most often.


As for the dvd drives. I wasn't sure how I could stealth my hp drive because it has a door that flips down when the tray ejects. any ideas?

I like the last etching from that progression. It seems to fit the case. +rep

[d_stilgar]

When it comes to etching less always seems to be more. Do something really simple. If it were me I would just design a custom logo for yourself and etch that in. From what you have posted I would go with #4.