MY CASE MOD-pictures

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Wed Jan 30, 2002 7:34 am

I finally got my hands on a digital camera, here is the first installment of "Jay' Case Mod"

The Monolith

LCD and LED's

CD Writer Stealthed

CDROM Stealthed

A:/ drive Stealthed

Carbon Fiber Trim

You can see I'm not too handy with an exacto-knife in that last one. I got a 2' x 2' sheet of the carbon fiber though so I'm going to re-do it to make it look a lot better.

Next phase is the side window which should be completed by the weekend, assuming that I get the parts in by then. Stay tuned.

-Jay

relix · Post by **relix** » Wed Jan 30, 2002 8:29 am

nice! nice! nice!

Post by **Henry** » Wed Jan 30, 2002 10:48 am

looks nice... gotta love aluminum...

and damn nice stealth mod...

[ This Message was edited by: Henry on 2002-01-30 10:48 ]

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Wed Jan 30, 2002 11:03 am

Danke very much.

I just got the Bright Blue Cold Cathode light in the mail a few minutes ago. Tomorrow I should have the window kit show <a href="http://www.dansdata.com/images/pc60b/wl ... g">here</a>. Then I'll be all set up. At which time I'll post more pics

Case modding is a passion really

-Jay

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Wed Jan 30, 2002 4:56 pm

Finished. Here's the rest.

That's all she wrote

-Jay

Post by **Henry** » Wed Jan 30, 2002 4:58 pm

ohhhhh..... ahhhhhh....

I've been meaning to get a neon in my case for some time...

Post by **Cheese** » Wed Jan 30, 2002 6:02 pm

Check these... http://www.icehardware.net/reviews/dbulbs/

not the best pics in the world but I've seen a case with two of these in it and i swear you'd need 10 cathodes to get to the same brightness

Cheers,

r.

[ This Message was edited by: TheCheeseMan on 2002-01-30 18:02 ]

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Wed Jan 30, 2002 6:11 pm

The light in my case is a Cold Cathode. It's twice as bright as any neon, that's why I got it

-Jay

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Thu Jan 31, 2002 7:35 am

On 2002-01-30 18:02, TheCheeseMan wrote:
Check these... http://www.icehardware.net/reviews/dbulbs/

not the best pics in the world but I've seen a case with two of these in it and i swear you'd need 10 cathodes to get to the same brightness

Cheers,

r.

[ This Message was edited by: TheCheeseMan on 2002-01-30 18:02 ]

Good God that would get hot. Aren't Halogen bulbs a fire hazard. I know that those stand up halogen lamps are. I would think that light would raise your case temp at least 10 degrees, ewww.

-Jay

Post by **Cheese** » Thu Jan 31, 2002 7:58 am

10 degrees? never, not even in a sealed case... as it says in the review a 20W bulb surpisingly gives off about 20W of heat - about the same as a very low powered processor (celeron-ish), I'm pretty sure if you're running an athlon of any bread the 20W will be little difference (2-3 degrees max) but you don't have to worry about it if you mount them right - all the heat radiates backwards from these bulbs.

Cheers,

r.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Thu Jan 31, 2002 8:28 am

Interesting.

I'd be interested to see that in real life. I market product in the pool/spa industry and we sell fiber optic systems for pools and landscaping. The fiberoptic light source is a Halogen bulb and they get damn hot.

2-3 degrees is negligable, I'd like to see one of these running.

-Jay

Post by **Cheese** » Thu Jan 31, 2002 8:46 am

On 2002-01-31 08:28, Jay wrote:
Interesting.

I'd be interested to see that in real life. I market product in the pool/spa industry and we sell fiber optic systems for pools and landscaping. The fiberoptic light source is a Halogen bulb and they get damn hot.

2-3 degrees is negligable, I'd like to see one of these running.

-Jay

To the touch it does get hot - 20W of heat from a small bulb is a lot, but in computer terms it's not too bad.

Pick one up from Maplin for

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Thu Jan 31, 2002 8:58 am

Thanks, I'll look into it

-Jay

twain4me · Post by **twain4me** » Thu Jan 31, 2002 12:37 pm

On 2002-01-31 08:58, Jay wrote:
Thanks, I'll look into it

-Jay

I got myself some ccfl (yep its the fake neon) the store I was in ,had the coloured halogeen I think its just to white

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Thu Jan 31, 2002 1:05 pm

Yeah, I'm happy with my semi-soft ambient lighting. Not neon but not halogen, somewhere right in the middle

-Jay