Cooling and Mod Time :)

[303dreams]

Ok just bit the bullet today and ordered a whole wack of stuff and fnas to start the first part of my mods for my xps...

heres what i got

Thermaltake ufo fan for cooling the cpu hs
2 blue led 92mm 50cfm fans for rear exaust
1 multicolor led (changes colors) 65.2 cfm fan 92mm for front intake
1 18" uv rounded floppy cable
1 18" dual blue uv ide cable
1 24" duel blue uv ide cable
1 blue ev 35 cfm fantek pci dual fan cooler (NOT a slot cooler that exausts, but dual fan pci card to increase circulation, which is a bonus, i just want it becuase its a dam bright uv light! lol
lots of uv blue cable wrap (plastic cut tube type)


plans:
get new fans in, repace ide cables, tube up all the wires in case, install pci dual fan

then later when more cash permits, i plan to install a LARGE window (about 80% size of side), gonna get the battlefield 1942 logo etched on it ,
also considering removing the front dell metal plate, and having a custom one cut out of frosted semi-tranparent plastic and installed, so it "glows" from the multi-color fan behind the grill...

also for a final stage, am going to buy a bunch of this verry cool "light tape" i saw.. its a special tape that lights up to 200% brigter then any led, and it gen's no heat, is as thick as a postcard, and can stick it anywhere.. im planning to outline the motherboard with the tape, as well as all the internal corners of the case..

if it works the way i want, this is going to be one hell of a mod looks wise when it's all done..

im getitng the fans, round cables and cable sleeves in a few days, will post some pics of the end result... and also let you know how the new fan's do for my cooling situation

im getting excited... oh and i almost had a HEART ATTACK... thanks once again to dells lame quallity components...

when i was lookin around inside the system to plan out some stuff... i went to disconnect the ribbon cable that goes from the mb to the front pannel, well when i very gentry went to disconnect the cable from the motherboard, the dam thing BROKE, so the connected stayed in the socket, and the little clamp on top of the connecter popped off, and the ribbin cable itself broke out of the connecter... seeing as i now had no way to turn on the computer (since that was also controlled from this ribbon cable... i was just slighty in panic mode... lucly with a little time, a few beers and some patience, i was able to finally get the rest of the cable's connector out of it's socket on the motherboard, and with real steady hands (amazing how beer helps).. was able to carefully re-attach the connecter to the ribbon cable, with the tinly little pins all going back in their holes on the ribbon cable... problem solved... (about a 12 pack later)

anyways just a heads up, to be extra carefull if you have to remove that cable for whatever reasons, mine may have just been faulty, but be carefull non the less.. your up sht's creek if anything happens to it!

anyways thats it for now.. alot of typing... must..gett..beer....now.....

Mmm Beer

[TRow]

One stop shoppin' thats what Im talkin' about. I wish I could go back to the old days, I loved every step of the install with discovery at the forefront. Goodluck, post pics, if you need a host www.imageshack.us/

Questions: Did you get the Vantec Cable sleeving Kit? I can't recommend this stuff enough, you may need to engineer a molex connector remover,DONT buy one....trust me.

If you like beer, you should try MORE beer....

T.RoW
"Drinking Makes other's More Interesting"

[303dreams]

TRow said:

One stop shoppin' thats what Im talkin' about. I wish I could go back to the old days, I loved every step of the install with discovery at the forefront. Goodluck, post pics, if you need a host www.imageshack.us/

Questions: Did you get the Vantec Cable sleeving Kit? I can't recommend this stuff enough, you may need to engineer a molex connector remover,DONT buy one....trust me.

If you like beer, you should try MORE beer....

T.RoW
"Drinking Makes other's More Interesting"

i just order about 15 feet worth of oem uv blue plastic slit tubing, with the slit in the side... ive used it before in an old system, dosent look quite as sharp as the vantek stuff, but its easy as hell to put on, and dont even need to remove cable headers ect...

[devnull]

I was planning on getting that slit sleeving as well, mostly because I dont want to take apart my power supply . It still looks pretty sharp, from what I hear.

Where did you buy it at?

[303dreams]

devnull said:

I was planning on getting that slit sleeving as well, mostly because I dont want to take apart my power supply . It still looks pretty sharp, from what I hear.

Where did you buy it at?

one of my friends told me about a wicked place here in toronto, it's actually just about a 20 min ride from where i live (but i went for the free shipping with an order over 100 bucks).. They are called Bigfoot computers, i have a few friends who have been raving about how good they are...

i did alot of price comparisons of the leading canadain mod shops online (adp Mods, Vibe, Tiger direct ect) and hands down boogfoot has the best prices (i got my 24" rounded ide cables for 6$ canadian each for example)..

only thing that was around standard price was the ufo fan at 24 bucks canadian, but all the other stuff is their own in house oem brand, and i read on on their message boards the reviews, and eveyone says their oem stuff is awesome for the price..

i saw a few case mods using their oem plastic cable tubes, looks sweet, and if i wanted to really ginish it off, i could easily buy some heatshrink to close up the ends of the tubes...

anyways there site is www.bigfootcomputers.com i would higly reccommend them for anyone in canada, even their shipping rates are really good... plus they do COD for canadian orders heh.. (i payed with visa tho)