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Weirdest Case Mod You've Ever Seen
mattman writes: "Here's the stangest case modification you've ever seen. Someone assembled a pile of computer parts, hooked them up without a case and covered the lot with quick-dry spray foam. The result is a light-weight computer ready for LAN parties." This is wrong.
Unfortunately, the chips inside the foam may not be so heat resistant. Can anyone say "zero ventilation in a non-heat-conducting medium"? Can anyone say "toast"?
Donate background CPU time to fight cancer.
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Evan "Sheesh"
"$30 for the One True Ring. $10 each additional ring!" -- JRR "Bob" Tolkien
So was he. Only he used cardboard to set up the duct system instead of plastic. Why are there so many "bet it overheats, he-yuck!" comments here when he very clearly states that he considered that and took steps to prevent it.
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Evan
"$30 for the One True Ring. $10 each additional ring!" -- JRR "Bob" Tolkien
Duhhhhh You could also die in the pool using the computer...electricity plus water = one happy computer user
Can anyone say mod this guy up since the idiot parent post surely will be by fast skimming fools.
One of them Horta creatures from Star Trek Original Series.
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What do you expect? What kind of sicko would take a late-model Athlon, a GF4, and assorted other brand new shit, and bring them anywhere near a can of foam, let alone spray the shit all over them? (Probably, a rich sicko with nothing better to do.)
python -c "x='python -c %sx=%s; print x%%(chr(34),repr(x),chr(34))%s'; print x%(chr(34),repr(x),chr(34))"
Well, I'm applying Occam's razor (simplest answer is usually right) and assuming they're idiots. That and the fact they probably didn't read the article.
I can see it now; in years to come, we'll no longer have the phrase "shoot first and ask questions later" it'll be "post first read the article later".
Except for the fact this blob isn't yellow, I think this must be how Douglas Adams envisioned the Vogon Constructor Fleet.
Why don't this guy spraypaint it shiny brown like a giant freshly laid turd?
I'm at a loss for understanding what made him do this. What a wreck. Not only would it be nearly impossible to fix or upgrade anything, the case seems as much impractical as it is an eyesore. Happily it seems to have been mostly put together as a joke, and the $40 pricetag is agreeable.
Re. casemods, was it ever a good idea to strip these machines down and removing the shielding in order to install big plexiglass windows? I'm sure there was a good reason why we wanted the cases to shield against RF interference. Cutting big holes in the cases or omitting them entirely seems like a questionable practice to me.
For the handyman of the future, quick dry foam (aptly called 'Good Stuff' in the cans I get) is the answer to all your maintanence problems.
Throw out your duct tape -- the future is now!
We're getting so many of these case mod stories, how about giving it its own category?