Ghetto Mods

KainXS · Dec 26, 2013

bought a sero 7 pro to replace my dead nexus 7 that I dropped

(its a good clone of it) but the sero 7 has no heatsink in it like the nexus 7 and runs way too hot and throttles constantly I cut out a piece of aluminum and put it in.(I removed the 7's copper shield)

no more throttling but I'm hoping to get some thick copper foil to replace this quick job.

Frick · Jan 4, 2014

The hole on the lower left (which is the lower right side on the motherboard tray) is supposed to be a screw hole. It isn't, so I added the nut and the ... what do you call those? Is that a spacer as well, or does it have a more mechanical, manly name? Anyway it works fine.

DF is BUSY · Jan 4, 2014

Frick said:
The hole on the lower left (which is the lower right side on the motherboard tray) is supposed to be a screw hole. It isn't, so I added the nut and the ... what do you call those? Is that a spacer as well, or does it have a more mechanical, manly name? Anyway it works fine.

a washer?

Frick · Jan 4, 2014

Yes, that.

de.das.dude · Jan 4, 2014

not a very manly name but its a washer all right lol

Jetster · Jan 4, 2014

de.das.dude said:
not a very manly name but its a washer all right lol

I thought you were kidding

JunkBear · Jan 5, 2014

It can be manly if you tell a girl...Baby i'll screw you until your washer blow!

Suhidu · Jan 7, 2014

The power wouldn't stay on for this drive I was powering via a cheap molex->sata power adaptor for the time being, so I started jamming toothpicks in it. It's working now, after breaking a couple toothpicks into my hand, and I still have some left for my teeth.

JunkBear · Jan 7, 2014

Ghetto enough but power adapter is 99 cents only.

ste2425 · Jan 10, 2014

Doing oil change on car. Had no chocks but did have spare DVD drives.

Octopuss · Jan 10, 2014

Now THAT is proper ghetto.

JunkBear · Jan 10, 2014

Getting ghetto chicks in a New Beetle.

minx · Jan 10, 2014

This is the "rig" i've burned the 5450 with (http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/going-crazy-with-the-5450.189625/). The two LEDs are held high with toothpicks and flash for no reason at all. Several HDDs are held together by my patented screws-trough-cardboard solution ;-)

xvi · Jan 10, 2014

This isn't ghetto so much as it's just laziness. I've "modded" a Dell OptiPlex in to a dual PSU stand, one holding a secondary PSU to power one of the 5870s, the other to replace the potentially failed PSU installed in the case. Had to take the drive out due to clearance issues. Premium bubble wrap separates the two drives to avoid any electrical issues.

Random Murderer · Jan 10, 2014

ste2425 said:
Doing oil change on car. Had no chocks but did have spare DVD drives.

Great idea. Think I'll use it in the future

minx said:
This is the "rig" i've burned the 5450 with (http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/going-crazy-with-the-5450.189625/). The two LEDs are held high with toothpicks and flash for no reason at all. Several HDDs are held together by my patented screws-trough-cardboard solution ;-)

That's a great test bench. non-electrically conductive, large enough to fit all your components, easily modified, and cheaply replaced. Love it!

xvi said:
This isn't ghetto so much as it's just laziness. I've "modded" a Dell OptiPlex in to a dual PSU stand, one holding a secondary PSU to power one of the 5870s, the other to replace the potentially failed PSU installed in the case. Had to take the drive out due to clearance issues. Premium bubble wrap separates the two drives to avoid any electrical issues.

Is that a Chenming or a Chieftec? My AMD rig is in my old Chenming that's seen me through four or five PCs now, great towers!

xvi · Jan 10, 2014

Random Murderer said:
Is that a Chenming or a Chieftec? My AMD rig is in my old Chenming, great towers!

The case? Thermaltake Xaser II. I think the frame was used by a LOT of other manufacturers though, so yes. It's probably those too.

Solid, too. That thing is a tank!

Random Murderer · Jan 10, 2014

xvi said:
The case? Thermaltake Xaser II. I think the frame was used by a LOT of other manufacturers though, so yes. It's probably those too.

TT Xaser was the other case I couldn't remember

minx · Jan 10, 2014

Today I've updated my Ghetto Cluster. Got this hint; you obviously can't be careful enough when over-cpuing your clock!

xvi · Jan 10, 2014

minx said:
Today I've updated my Ghetto Cluster. Got this hint; you obviously can't be careful enough when over-cpuing your clock!

Sounds like that engineer's speech center is sensitive to Over BRAIN clock which may cause it to can't work properly.

micropage7 · Jan 11, 2014

ghetto psu cover, i cut it when i use lian li case, so the cable could reach top left connector.
since now i use haf xb, theres no need to use that cut out, so i cover it by using plastic from shampoo
oh i forgot i re use old zipties to hold those cables

JunkBear · Jan 11, 2014

This type of polyethylene plastic melt easily. You should find something else for safety. Also when they warm up even with warmth of shower they let go in ambient air some chemicals. So basically you are warming the plastic with the psu and putting it up in your breathing air by the exhaust fan. Just saying.

micropage7 · Jan 11, 2014

JunkBear said:
This type of polyethylene plastic melt easily. You should find something else for safety. Also when they warm up even with warmth of shower they let go in ambient air some chemicals. So basically you are warming the plastic with the psu and putting it up in your breathing air by the exhaust fan. Just saying.

yeah could be, but before i cut out the psu cover it has clear plastic cover, to protect the electric from shorting and it works well until now so i guess its pretty safe to use plastic from shampoo bottle since its thicker and maybe it will add some menthol too :roll:

JunkBear · Jan 11, 2014

No it's not the same type of plastic. Anyway do what u want i was just warning for health safety.

minx · Jan 11, 2014

Speaking of PSUs. Today someone came by my lab to give me his old PSU. He told my it would be a "gold" PSU. I thought he meant something like a Corsair 80+ Gold, but I was wrong.

The PSU is literally gold. All gold, the front, the back, the Fan sticker and even the screws! Someone even began to sleeve the wires. Who in the world would buy something like this:

Now, any Ideas on how i should use it? Maybe grabbing one of my older lab PCs and make the whole thing shiny gold like the PSU, crafting the fanciest PC ever

?

INSTG8R · Jan 11, 2014

Toothpick Holder to hold up my sagging 7970...

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Motherboard	ASRock B550 Extreme4 \| ? \| Asrock 990FX Extreme 4
Cooling	240mm Rad \| Not needed \| hyper 212 EVO
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VR HMD	;_;
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Ghetto Mods

KainXS

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

DF is BUSY

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

de.das.dude

Pro Indian Modder

Jetster

JunkBear

Suhidu

JunkBear

ste2425

Octopuss

JunkBear

minx

xvi

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

xvi

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

minx

Attachments

xvi

micropage7

Attachments

JunkBear

micropage7

JunkBear

minx

INSTG8R

Vanguard Beta Tester

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Processor	NEC VR4300 (MIPS R4300i)
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System Name	Ghetto Cluster
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