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Rootin' Tootin' Case Mod Roundup
BeoR writes "Modding is extremely popular nowadays... with the exception of some, a lot of mods end up in disappointment. Some mods just don't look right... This article is aimed at making "Case Modding" easy... as well as letting you try out any kinds of mods on your case without even scratching it... Check it out"
smallstepforman sent in a link to the aquatank, featuring very real, and probably unhappy, fish! That said, you'd think a computer case would be a happy place for a lizard or snake that would like a little bit on warmth.
We also ran a sectional story which I thought would be interesting for the round-up: PC Cases with Side or Top Mounted Drive Bays?
And, finally, JoeD writes "For my sins, I was emailed the following link: The Pink Hello Kitty Laptop. I struggled to find the adjectives to adequately describe this case mod, but decided that words are inadequate for some things." I think this might be the first custom modded laptop that we've featured on slashdot. Hope the next one won't be as disturbing.
The aqua tank seems to be just out of reach. Those last two components are not widely available in this area for a reasonable price. :-(
I have been pwned because my
First laptop mod? Not by a long shot, and it's a Mac to boot.
Ya'all get a hankerin for some Denny's eatins after readin that? heh
"Derp de derp."
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while looking at AguaTank, here is some complimentary porn to keep your attention!
It's not the OS it's the user that sucks. If it's user friendly, you get stupider people. - clinko
Does that Hello Kitty laptop seem familiar? No, it's not because it's the same one your useing to view Slashdot right now (you sick twisted...), it's because It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Quickies! That's right it's a repost! Keep your eyes peeled, you may never see this again (*sure*)
Comment forecast: Bits of genius surrounded by a sea of mediocrity.
Let's see, the site you linked to seems to be dated this year (2002), while the PHKL is referenced in a posted e-mail dated.. what class?... that's right, 1998. It's good to know you know your math so well.
Comment forecast: Bits of genius surrounded by a sea of mediocrity.
He DOES realize that US Postal Service mailboxes (yes, that includes aluminum house mailboxes you buy at the Home Depot) are actually property of the US Postal Service. Yep, even though you physically own it. That's why it's a bad idea to go around putting Dran-O bombs in unsuspecting neighbors' mailboxes. Oh did I say that? =)
That would be hard :).
Ant(Dude) @ Quality Foraged Links (AQFL.net) & The Ant Farm (antfarm.ma.cx / antfarm.home.dhs.org).
Did anyone notice that the Pink Hello Kitty Laptop is a NON-WORKING mod... Not only is it a DOA laptop before the ambitious girls got started, but the "mouse" is a yo-yo attached with a plastic-bead necklace to the computer...
:(
I don't see how this counts as a "case-mod"... Maybe "doorstop-mod", but that's about it...
P.S. Yes, I realize that my comment on such things is proof that I was bored enough to actually read through the better part of the PHKL page...
Loren Osborn
"Since I forgot to take more pictures of the construction process, here is a pair of hotties in thongs to even things out."
ROFL!
Tom's Hardware is currently running a feature entitled How To Select The Right Case For Your Computer which takes modding potential into consideration, even suggesting the Directron/Super Flower - 201S as a sort of "pre-modded" option for those of us too busy playing games or just too plain lazy to put in the necessary work ourselves.
I don't thinks it's nice of Slashdot to link to pages with PORNOGRAPHY without warning us!
What, are people too hung up on the soft-pr0n ch1xs in th0ngs to read the rest of the auqatank page?
BTW, the "neon tetra" he talks about is the breed of fish, not some kind of four-way processor mod.
You cannot apply a technological solution to a sociological problem. (Edwards' Law)
Not necessary -- my PC case is already at the karma cap. (What can I say? It posts a lot when I'm not home.) But hey, thanks for keeping it in mind.
I'm not sure about that. Unless you're using the water as a coolant system and just happen to have fish which tolerate a wide range of temperatures, it doesn't seem that different from having a fish tank next to the computer. Although i admit it's an accomplishment to get them to match, i'd rather see some integration or something. Like a computer case/hamster cage. You could set it up with onscreen readouts of hamster wheel speed and tell people it actually effected your processor speed. And it'd be a great excuse: sorry, i didn't get your message last night. Furball was sleeping and i didn't want to wake her up just to check my email...
ok, maybe not.
Well, I heard this suggestion a while ago on slashdot but (for fairly obvious reasons) I have yet to see/hear of it again:
Why not make a case mod in which all of the components sat in deionized water? The theory behind this is that deionized H2O doesn't conduct; therefore, it wouldn't conduct and thus submersing all of the components in your case would work. Has anyone done any investigating into whether this is practical? Has anyone already done it?
If it works, this is is definitely the holy grail of case-modding.
... Some of us really like to read about nifty hardware presentation hacks like case mods, lego cases, acrylic and cast iron cases, liquid-helium cooled processors, teddybears with routers embedded, etc... and so forth. Why not create a new topic area for material like this *separate* from the regular hardware area so those of us who are interested can see the stories more often and those of us who aren't can filter that area.... like most of us do with Jon Katz...
The next Slashdot story will be ready soon, but subscribers can beat the rush and slashdot the links early!
Girls in thongs don't qualify as porn in my estimation.
Find something to do with your time, aside from whining about non-problems.
...Book PC.
It's a Bonsai Kitten
-- SIGFPE
Hypercooled
...that these are the same people who can make a bong out of anything?
"OK, get me a broomstick, some PVC pipe and a cantaloupe."
The only tool you've got against psychosis is experience.
On that mailbox mod, the position of the Panaflo (looks like 80mm) fan is absolutely horrible. He has the fan stuck up against the side of the box, with a screen to the outside only covering maybe a 1/4 to a 1/3 of the fan area. Number 1, you are getting absolutely horrible air flow from that (especially with the heat coming off of the cathode in there) and number 2, you are stressing the fan by forcing it to blow air on (or suck air from) a directly connected flat surface. With the amount of work he was putting into getting the metal and making brackets already, he should have just cut up a duct for the fan, and placed it at least a couple inches away from the screen. The duct would increase air flow dramatically, would be fairly easy to build, and would look much better under the cathode than a bunch of empty space.
Having done quite a few Mods myself I find myself craving to do more. But is it realy worth it? Most of the time you either draw power away from the components that you need or compromise the soundness of the case itself. Ever taken your mod one step too far only to realize that you just fried your hard-drive... or even worse under powered your processor with all of those cool lights and fans? Just wondering if people truly think it is worth the trouble to do those outrageous mods.
case mods. Otherwise i'd have it glowing blue.
Pi
You've moved your bathroom to your computer, or vice versa.
You've overclocked everything with a transistor; you're watercooling them.
Now, you have a use for all that warm water; it makes a comfortable wash that keeps you hygienic, and prevents you from getting a rash from sitting in front of your computer, on your toilet, for 72 hours at a stretch.
The Art of Design is all about taking harmonious advantage of the resources already available to you. It is all about turning your tower into a bidet.
The good and new comes from no quarter where it is looked for, and is always something different from what is expected.
Sheet metal does rock, but aluminum flashing won't rust and is easier to work. A big roll of the stuff that will last for years. It's easier to work than steel and much lighter. The drawback is that flashing is thin and not as strong as available heavy steel sheet. You can overcome this by bending a few edges and mounting stiffening pieces. I love my aluminum sheet roll almost as much as I love duct tape.
Mixing steel and aluminum is a bad idea. Their electronegativities are far appart so your steel will rust quickly. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it can be done and there are places for it.
DMCA, Hollings, Palladium. What might have sounded like paranoia is now common sense.
A waste of an already dead laptop? Hardly. Not my taste, but hysterical nonetheless.
7 November 2006: The day Americans realized corruption and incompetence weren't addressing 11 September 2001
Hi, I'm a case modder myself, and I've compiled a huge list of over 300 case mod articles that has been properly categorised. Check it out HERE. Hope you guys find it useful :) ... My own case mod is over here.
I'm pretty surprised chrisd didn't post this:? t=137&postdays=0&postorder=&start=0
1 . PG 2 . PG 3 . PG
http://www.pheatonforums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php
And the final pictures here:
http://www.planetcasemod.com/NeXT/Final/angleshot
http://www.planetcasemod.com/NeXT/Final/angleshot
http://www.planetcasemod.com/NeXT/Final/angleshot
This is quite possibly the most impressive case mod I have ever seen.
You can buy one of those displays at B.G. Micro, in case you're wondering.
Just what range of UV is that LED cranking out?
There are apparently a host of different types of UV LEDs. From the LED Museum, here's a quote about one particularly nasty one:
"This is one LED that you should NEVER, EVER look at directly with your eyes. This is because the invisible ultraviolet radiation is harmful to them, and can cause corneal fogging that mimics cataracts; and can cause even more severe damage to your eye's lens with only slightly prolonged exposure.
Thankfully here, the LED's UV emission is all long-wave, and not the even nastier medium and shortwave kind. If you need to view this LED directly for any reason (studying it, curious, etc.), obtain a UV filter and place it between your eyes and the LED's window before you try feeding this LED any power."
I don't exactly understand why slashdot of all places--with a database of stories with URLs that one would think could be easily scanned for repitition before posting--continuously repeats itself. but having said that..
/.'s repetition as well. So could we all, as posters, just stop doing this? And could we all, as moderators, stop encouraging it? Because the people who know it's a repeat ALREADY KNOW. And the people who don't know, DON'T CARE. So it really doesn't benefit anyone. Taking shots at the slashdot editors is so passe. It's pretty obvious they don't care about the occasional repeat, so why should I?
I've seen just about enough posts about
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I can understand painting, LED's, custom fronts, etc. but cutting "windows" in one's case is just plain stupid. Why would you purposely expose yourself to so much unnecessary radiation? (not to mention any electronic equipment nearby., which could interfere in either direction.) We're not talking about miniscule radiation of debatable health effects (like cell phones, etc.) The microwave-range radiation from a modern PC without metal case shielding is rather substantial. That's why the FCC requires shielded design. For example, what happens when CPU's reach the 2.4GHz. region? All of a sudden, your "cool" case is going to interfere with your wireless LAN and cordless phone. What's the point?
Thong/bikini models aren't my taste (by a long shot), but I would hardly find them outright offensive. Indeed, most common decency laws state that pornography and indecency are based completely on the morals and judgement of the community. Given the goatse.cx that has typically proliferated here, I think one would be hard pressed to argue that an "average" /. reader would be offended by images of women in small bathing suits.
Even if I don't have to agree with the site author's taste in pictures -- swimsuit or otherwise -- which he chooses to put on his site, I most certainly do have to agree with his right to put those pictures there.
People get worked up (no pun intended) over the strangest things...
-B
Ash and Hickory, straight-grained and true, make excellent bludgeons, dandy for the cudgeling of vegetarians.
Shouldn't it be "Hot-Rodding for nerds of bosth sexes"?
Last time I checked no one was forcing you to click the thumbnails. ;)
Kinda late but I haven't seen any security mods until I saw this mod!
Take-off every
When I put together a new computer for myself, I have a tendency to replace the 12-volt case fan(s) with 120-volt fans. Such are widely available, and are the same size (except thicker), so they fit the mounting holes. The perceived advantage is the reduced load on the 12V regulator in the power supply, so that maybe it will run a bit cooler and last a bit longer. The mod has to be done carefully, of course. I might recommend Radio Shack Cat. No. 274-222 (2-conductor male/female Molded Nylon Connector Pair) as a means of bringing 120V from inside the PSU to inside the main computer case, so that the power is available for the 120V fan(s). Yes, this means the fans will run all the time, unless you have either provided an additional switch to the PSU, or tapped the switched 120V line inside the PSU.
If my daughter sees the hello kitty laptop I won't hear the end of it untill I make one for her too.
I've always wanted to make a LAN party rig out of a tool box. Not the oft done computer in a tool box; I mean a LAN party in a tool box. Take one of the large drawered tool boxes and populate with flex ATX's and HD, CD-Roms, etc. Put a hub in one of the drawers and you have a LAN party in one box. Now if I could just get some friends...
Heroscape, it's like legos combined with anachronistic wargames.
especially since the hello kitty thing has already been seen here.
-- john
I did painted my computer in a dbz theme featuring Vegeta. I know the debate is out about as to the mod requirement of a working computer, but I don't know if painting qualifies as a mod job?
And the first time, you PHKL gawkers created 30 MB of traffic in 20 days, and my provider thre me off. Now I am on a metered provider, and you people are probably going to cost me a fortune.
chrisd could have just fucking asked first, and given me a chance to say no. It's not like my email isn't at the bottom of the page
You know, looking at what you guys all write about the laptop and about me, I have to say you people are kind of mean. No, really. The recipient was very happy with it, and it was fun to do.
I would like it noted that I never submitted this a case mod, and have never claimed anything about it. And if my Halloween costume makes your lunch come back up, get help for your gastrointestinal disorder.
Meanwhile, my latest mod did indeed work when I delivered it to the offices that requested it. It may be in the pages of the next issue of Popular Science.
Thanks for that post man, got some very nice stuff inside.
Om, nomnomnom...
You going to die of something, wether it be old age, cancer, or your own stupidity, something will get you in the end. Anyway, you shouldn't sit infront of your monitor either, the radiation that the sucker puts off will surpise you, also don't stand infront of running microwaves, ahh don't sleep with electric blankets on, don't live close to a transformer sub station...blah blah blah, but if you didn't know they do make plexi-glass with radio-sheilding in it, similar to the "purple glaze" windsheilds on cars that block out alot of the sun.
Om, nomnomnom...
So lets pray to the gods that they dont make a Powerpuff Girls branded laptop...
I mean, Hello Kitty is huge in Japan, but has a small (yet loyal) fan base everywhere else... But it would send shivers down my spine to see a Barbie laptop, or a Teletubbies IMac...
(shudder...)
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