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Weirdest Case Mod You've Ever Seen

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday March 28, 2002 @08:20PM from the abby-normal dept.

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.

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Insulation by CmdrTaco+(editor) · 2002-03-28 20:25 · Score: 1, Redundant

I'd hope it would be obvious to most people, but I wouldn't want to use this for any mission critical computers. I imagine the reliablility issues are just horrible. There are so many reasons aluminum cases have been the norm. Flaky manufacuturer hardware and softwar eare enough without having to worry about EM shielding, air circulation, and dirt.
In case it gets /.'ed, I've made a mirrot at this site.
Re:Shaped cases! by kruczkowski · 2002-03-28 23:15 · Score: 1, Redundant

Spraypaint this one brown and we have the "animal droppings"

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Looks Great!! by DecimalThree · 2002-03-29 01:58 · Score: 1, Redundant

Looks Great! But what is that nasty OS it's running?