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SimianEtza

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« Reply #15 on: December 27, 2007, 02:35:00 PM »
I did the same to my HDD, I just painted it white in the process. =]

(IMG:http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/SimianEtza/HDDWindow.jpg)

Yours is looking good!
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nos33

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« Reply #16 on: December 27, 2007, 03:03:00 PM »
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Robotboy1

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« Reply #17 on: December 27, 2007, 03:56:00 PM »
I woulda done something a little more original. But if you like it...
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DAE_JA_VOO

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« Reply #18 on: December 28, 2007, 07:33:00 PM »
Thanks guys (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Update.

I wasn't happy with the HDD window. So i decided to make a flush mount window. This way, instead of having the hole in the cover with a piece of plexi INSIDE, you have a piece of plexi SLIGHTLY larger than the hole, which is then FORCED into the hole and the result is a window that's FLUSH with the cover. It looks a million times better:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6212_800.jpg)

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6216_800.jpg)



Then it was time to get some LED goodness going. So, i took out the HDDs cables:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6203_800.jpg)



I needed these two:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6206_800.jpg)



Yellow is 5V, black is ground. Wires stripped:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6207_800.jpg)



Then after testing with a multimeter, i quickly soldered on an LED just to make sure:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6210_800.jpg)



Success. So, after removing that LED, i made these:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6220_800.jpg)


I also soldered on a resistor:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6223_800.jpg)



Glued the LEDs in place:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6226_800.jpg)



Once that was done, all i had to do was put it all together. All done:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6232_800.jpg)



Lights off:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6237_800.jpg)

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6235_800.jpg)



Not too bad if i must say so myself!

Now i need to change the LEDs on the ROL (Ring of light) ASAP. The green doesn't exactly go with the blue in the HDD.

Let me know what you guys think.

Regards
Ett
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bdubyah

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« Reply #19 on: December 28, 2007, 08:44:00 PM »
dude that is awesome! looks great. now if i could just figure out this resistor stuff.
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Stikken

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« Reply #20 on: December 28, 2007, 09:03:00 PM »
Very nice! I like the flush mount look much better. Nice led wiring also.

Oh... when is that sticker coming off the hard drive?  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) j/k Nice work!
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Bandit5317

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« Reply #21 on: December 30, 2007, 07:32:00 PM »
Very professional looking. I really like the flush-mount window. Nice job (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) .
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xboxhackern00b

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« Reply #22 on: December 31, 2007, 03:14:00 AM »
nice quality work
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pmellyn

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« Reply #23 on: December 31, 2007, 09:23:00 AM »
Looking good so far. I am going to do something similar to my hard drive. Is it pretty hard to get a flush window like that? Also how is it held in place, if someone poked it real hard would it pop out?
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eyric101

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« Reply #24 on: December 31, 2007, 09:54:00 AM »
It would have been more cool if you were a chick.  J/K, looks great!
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SinnfulDayz

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« Reply #25 on: December 31, 2007, 02:30:00 PM »
F'ing sweet!
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loki232323

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« Reply #26 on: January 01, 2008, 10:48:00 AM »
Even though it looks like a ton of work went into that pc, the rats nest inside of it hurts my brain every time I see it! Deliberate or not, it makes a wiring neat freak like myself cringe
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Raven 666

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« Reply #27 on: January 01, 2008, 11:20:00 AM »
Coming along very nicely. I like the minor HDD mod
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DAE_JA_VOO

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« Reply #28 on: March 03, 2008, 04:23:00 PM »
Thanks guys!

QUOTE(pmellyn @ Dec 31 2007, 06:23 PM) *

Looking good so far. I am going to do something similar to my hard drive. Is it pretty hard to get a flush window like that? Also how is it held in place, if someone poked it real hard would it pop out?

It's not THAT difficult. It took me no more than an hour to do that window. It's not held in place with any glue, just pressure. There's no way in hell you can just "pop" it out. I had to use a LOT of force to get it in place (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Update!!

Okay, this isn't much of an update, but i've got one or two things to share (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

A nice little package arrived from Honk Kong:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6447.jpg)



Included in this package were the following:

A set of Blue Talismoon rear fans:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6454.jpg)

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6455.jpg)

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6456.jpg)



Compared to the stock fans:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6458.jpg)



A new fan duct:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6460.jpg)



Compared to the stock fan duct:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6463.jpg)

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6465.jpg)


Some LEDs:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6467.jpg)

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6468.jpg)

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6469.jpg)



(yes, i know, i could have made those myself. But i'm lazy, and they were cheap (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) )

And lastly, the replacement cover for my DVD drive:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6470.jpg)



The bummer about the DVD drive cover is that it requires me to tear open my original cover for the little balancing goodie:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6476.jpg)

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6477.jpg)



Which is then held in place with this:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6482.jpg)



I dunno if i'm gonna keep that piece though. I might make my own one...

Anyway, stock fan:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6485.jpg)



New fan:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6490.jpg)

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6491.jpg)

Fan duct in place, and testing:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_6496.jpg)



I then also wired up the new LEDs. All power from the bottom of the motherboard:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_7643.jpg)



I ALSO changed the LEDs on the ROL, from green to blue:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_7655.jpg)

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_7656.jpg)



I then threw it all together just for a quick test to see how it looks:

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_7654.jpg)

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_7657.jpg)

(IMG:http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/DAE_JA_VOO/first360mod/IMG_7660.jpg)



Tomorrow i'm gonna go get some paint. Can't wait to finish this baby (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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shwaggy

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« Reply #29 on: March 06, 2008, 06:41:00 PM »
I love it so far.. only thing I would suggest is to not use that dvd drive cover and make something yourself like I did.. Just cut a piece of lexan glass to fit the top then screw the middle piece of original on there with tiny screws. Gives it a nice floating look and can see the majority of the drive. Just a thought. Here are some pictures I took of it.. Another thing I did was painted the top of the middle parts so when it spins it looks bad ass.

http://www.thirdeye-designs.com/images/xbox360/3.jpg

http://www.thirdeye-designs.com/images/xbox360/2.jpg

http://www.thirdeye-designs.com/images/xbox360/1.jpg


All in all I love how its coming out! Good Job bro

This post has been edited by shwaggy: Mar 7 2008, 02:44 AM
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