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Welcome to my Case and Room Project.

I thought that I would like to put together I thread with all my work in it over the last few months, since building my first PC last november. Some of you may have seen my previous thread but things have changed and I would like to present to you the new thread.
I present the three main areas:


The AlienWhere Case

The Keyboard Mod

My Room
 
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The AlienWhere Case

System Specs

  • Asus A7N8X Deluxe Rev 2 (Bios 1007)
  • AMD "Barton" 2800 XP+ @ 3200
  • Thermalright SLK-800a + Tt Smart FanII
  • Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200LLPT TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2
  • Hercules Radeon 9800XT 256Mb
  • Twin Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 120Gbs Raid 0
  • CDRW
  • DVD Drive
  • Creative P580 5.1 Speakers
  • 5 LED Blue Fans
  • 4 Blue/Green Cathodes
  • Antec PlusView 1000AMG
  • Enermax 460W PSU
  • Logitech Keyboard
  • MX500

Build Log

Originally Purchased 1Gb Kingston HyperX 3200 2x 512Mb BH5 from online store
Received 2x256Mb for 2x512Mb Price
Replaced for 2x512Mb
2x512Mb 3200 Did not run 200mhz :(
RMA'd Found Faulty -Out of Stock- Cannot replace :(

Settled for Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200LLPT TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2 from OCUK
 
Mod Log

Cut Antec Side Grill from
Mod%20Grill.jpg

to fit Alien Grill
Alien%20Grill.jpg


Finished Result
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and then lit
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New Pics

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sorry for the blur on that one

Picture Below of My Mirror Flooring
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Picture Below of My Mirror Finish PSU
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Keyboard Mod

To do the El Wire Keyboard Mod you need the following

**In case it looks confusing This comprises of pics from 2 separate mods, one using 1 kit where the power goes out the left and mine using 2 kits where the power leads come out the right.

Please note I will not take any responsibilty for anything you do to your keyboard following this mod**

  • A Keyboard (Here a logitech)
  • 1 or 2 kits of EL Wire
    ELWire.jpg
  • A Screwdriver
  • A Cutting Tool
  • A Sanding tool
  • Glue Gun or Super Glue

To start with I removed the front cover from the logitech and removed all the keys. Use a flat ruler, your finger or a screwdriver to pop them off.
It is then easier if you collect them in groups, say Numberpad on the right, Number Row in this container etc. Makes it much easier to put them back on instead of hunting for each key.

Keys.jpg


Remeber if you dont have another Keyboard to refer to:
Now is the time to take a photo ;) You dont want to have to guess where each one goes :p

Then get your EL wire and plan out an unstuck route giveing slack on the corners so you know you will have enough room to get round when its stuck on.

Perhaps use a key to hold each corner down.
Keyboard%20Mod1.jpg


Then if you dont like the route you can change it or add another kit.
Try to spread it out to cover as much of the keyboard as possible.
 
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Glue gun may come off easier
Then when you are happy procede to glue it down with whaver you have chosen,

KeyboardMod2.jpg

i used super glue tho :p

Heres one i prepared earlier:
KeyboardMod3.jpg


But we are not there yet, on the logitech I then needed to cut the front panel to allow the EL Wire to go along from one section of the keyboard to another. I did this with a file.

[PIC to come]

I then needed to cut the exit for the Power lead
Keyboard%20Mod%20Wiring.jpg

I did this with a craft knife and then a file.

The Next step may not apply to all but it did to me.
Before Putting all the keys on: see if they will depress fully enough to register. If not, as in my Case:

Pick up your sanding tool and cut all those keys down until they do :--( tiring work.

Get one of these
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My Room

In November (now my current room) the spare bedroom looked like this

Old%20Room.jpg


Lol Im afraid thats the only pic I have of the room, as one doesnt tend to take pics for no reason. And there was a reason and a half for taking a pic of that mess ;) Dont build your computer in your room, use somebody elses :p

Anyway until 4 weeks ago it looked like a neater version of that with computer clutter removed.

Green Carpet as seen in
http://www.firedragon.plus.com/alienwhere/ocukarchive/case black mounts.jpg

That fugly wallpaper ^ and a huge bed that filled the room.
 
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Now 4 weeks later I would like to show you a lot of hardwork (lots of My Dads tbqh) in the making of:

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Originally posted by soyoDragon
hi AlienWhere are those SATA HDS if so where are the power cables ? . do u find that any move ment the SATA cables pop out
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no they are fine, never had a problem with them

Sorry I meant the keyboard lights.
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Im looking for some Blue LEDS same size/ voltage
How would i find what voltage the current ones are though?
 
hehe, the desk is "home made" in a broad term it got a cable trap built on at the end that takes a lot of the wires, theres a vertical cable trap going on later.
I will braid / split loom the rest.
I only moved it all in the room today :)

The mirror is a real mirror, cut to size (i actually snapped the corner but nobody can see that, nothing a dab of glue cant fix)

:p :p
 
Originally posted by paintguy
Lookin' good :)
(or it will do once you've tidied those cables :p :D )

Not keen on the PSU though.
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Cables - still waiting for the cable trap.

Im a bit annoyed with the PSU photo, the reflection is normally much better as the foil is held tighter. Still looks a bit :o
Cant really think of a better place to put the Tt Fan switch though. Want to be able to get to it every night without rumaging too far in the case.

Tape used as its temporary.

Ideas?
 
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