Ghetto Mods

Thrackan · Jul 20, 2009

That cost you a couple of years of your life I guess, especially in a running system!

Velvet Wafer · Jul 20, 2009

it happened me 3 times in a row, twice with rig running, once with rig shut down, but powered... im a lot more careful with watercooling now...

Thrackan · Jul 20, 2009

Velvet Wafer said:
it happened me 3 times in a row, twice with rig running, once with rig shut down, but powered... im a lot more careful with watercooling now...

Yet you make ghetto reservoirs :roll:

Velvet Wafer · Jul 20, 2009

i used a commercial one, i hope the selfbuilt is better....

*cough* puik nederwiet

i like your country, definetly

IINexusII · Jul 20, 2009

Cold Storm said:
So, I nudged my computer with my leg and heard a fan hitting something. Went to look and it was my Xig. fan hitting my sound card... Due to the weight of the cooler, it was bowing and the fan was hitting the card.. So, took the Soundcard out, placed it up top, and did this for the help sake of the card.

http://img.techpowerup.org/090111/DSCN0830.jpg

It's two styrofoam that cover the molex connectors of a extension cable...

that card looks like its gonna snap

Easy Rhino · Sep 27, 2009

dont buy a crappy logitech headset for 35 bucks. the wiring went shitty after 4 months. so i ghetto modded my old senheisser headphones and plantronics standmic. i ripped the mic stick out of the stand and used good old fashioned ducttape. it sounds great!!!!

d3fct · Sep 27, 2009

nice gotta love the duct tape, heres a ghetto mod of my own
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=103261

Thrackan · Sep 28, 2009

d3fct said:
nice gotta love the duct tape, heres a ghetto mod of my own
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=103261

You soldered it? What happened to just tying wires together...:shadedshu

sneekypeet · Nov 11, 2009

Due to demand to see pics or it didnt happen, here they are.

Short story was a friend of my GF has a 2 year old son...blah blah blah, he knocked it off a table. It tweaked the HDD and broke a hinge. I then got this for free for helping her find a new lappy and clean it up for her.

SO I ordered a drive for $60 and did this to solve the broken hinge on the cheap...

DonInKansas · Nov 11, 2009

well played, amigo. Super-hingin' action!

Solaris17 · Nov 11, 2009

wtf are those machine screws?

sneekypeet · Nov 11, 2009

Solaris17 said:
wtf are those machine screws?

iirc some old mobo screws from some case along the way, found em in my "cup-o-screws".

Jstn7477 · Nov 11, 2009

sneekypeet said:
Due to demand to see pics or it didnt happen, here they are.

Short story was a friend of my GF has a 2 year old son...blah blah blah, he knocked it off a table. It tweaked the HDD and broke a hinge. I then got this for free for helping her find a new lappy and clean it up for her.

SO I ordered a drive for $60 and did this to solve the broken hinge on the cheap...
http://img.techpowerup.org/091111/DSC00774.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/091111/DSC00775.jpg

Nice utilization of the DB15 VGA port there. :rockout:

sneekypeet · Nov 11, 2009

Good eyes

The part that broke was some sore of shit metal, so I sat and pondered till i came up with that

t77snapshot · Nov 11, 2009

Jstn7477 said:
Nice utilization of the DB15 VGA port there.

Wow your right!

Very clever mod you have there peet.

Cold Storm · Nov 11, 2009

Great Mod man. :pimp:

But your forgetting one thing... Gotta now throw in your cooling mod for your P55 set up!!!!

AsRock · Nov 14, 2009

4890 3rd party cooler mod. I was going to add a larger VRM heatsink + ram cooler but seems like the stock plate does a good enough job of it anyways. Thats why there is some fins missing as it was on a HIS H487FN1GP before and the heatsink used to fit in that gap.

sneekypeet · Nov 14, 2009

*cough* nice work *cough cough*

I assume its out for cleaning too?

AsRock · Nov 14, 2009

sneekypeet said:
*cough* nice work *cough cough*

I assume its out for cleaning too?

It's not that bad taken 4 months to get that bad. It's just the camera it picks up on completely every thing lol.

Although would not mind taking the whole system apart to redo every thing again as all sata cables have been moved and other things added since i put the system together. But been thinking about respraying it too and not had th time and now he colder weather is coming and to do a good job respraying a case takes 2 weeks+.

Dam sata cables ( 6 in total ) seemed like they were to long and was coursing raid issues so had to replace most of them with shorter ones but don't fit like the others did

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zithe · Nov 14, 2009

I had to get mine in order to get free shipping on my monitor. When the phone rings, I tend to throw my headphones across the room. These are the first to actually be damaged by them. (Speaker came loose) The other ones aren't dead. I didn't like the way they sounded lol.

Cold Storm · Nov 14, 2009

Easy Rhino said:
dont buy a crappy logitech headset for 35 bucks. the wiring went shitty after 4 months. so i ghetto modded my old senheisser headphones and plantronics standmic. i ripped the mic stick out of the stand and used good old fashioned ducttape. it sounds great!!!!

http://img.techpowerup.org/090927/SDC10667.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/090927/SDC10670.jpg

Their Grado's, not Sennheiers... :banghead:

Nice mod, non the less

Easy Rhino · Nov 14, 2009

Cold Storm said:
Their Grado's, not Sennheiers...

Nice mod, non the less

oh yea.

(FIH) The Don · Nov 28, 2009

lolz, made a mod today cause i needed another cooler than the stock cooler on my pII 965:-D

så i had an old lga775 cooler, some rubber feets, a 120mm fan, and took the mounting clip from the stock cooler.

shitty pics

enjoy:-D

d3fct · Dec 19, 2009

well i got a new waterblock for one of my 280 gtx's, and i almost had enough parts to put it on a loop to test it out just missing a resevoir.

So quick thinking i went outside to my truck and got a drill and a 1/2 inch drill bit, came back in the house and on my way thru the kitchen made a stop and got me a nice little tuperware type dish with lid.

I drilled 2 holes in the top and just pushed the tubes in untill they were about 1/4 inch from the bottom of the dish. works really well, great fit and best of all no leaks on the new waterblock, knock on wood.

Velvet Wafer · Dec 19, 2009

(FIH) The Don said:
lolz, made a mod today cause i needed another cooler than the stock cooler on my pII 965:-D

så i had an old lga775 cooler, some rubber feets, a 120mm fan, and took the mounting clip from the stock cooler.

shitty pics
http://img.techpowerup.org/091128/IMG_2761.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/091128/IMG_2764.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/091128/IMG_2762.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/091128/IMG_2763.jpg

enjoy:-D

selfbuilt benchcases seem to be trendy now

i got an evga sticker, an AC sticker and a Intel core quad sticker on mine :laugh:

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Ghetto Mods

Thrackan

Velvet Wafer

Thrackan

Velvet Wafer

IINexusII

Easy Rhino

Linux Advocate

d3fct

Thrackan

sneekypeet

not-so supermod

DonInKansas

Solaris17

Super Dainty Moderator

sneekypeet

not-so supermod

Jstn7477

sneekypeet

not-so supermod

t77snapshot

Cold Storm

Battosai

AsRock

TPU addict

Attachments

sneekypeet

not-so supermod

AsRock

TPU addict

zithe

Cold Storm

Battosai

Easy Rhino

Linux Advocate

(FIH) The Don

d3fct

Velvet Wafer

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