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So some of you may have seen the deal on the 2 1.6Ghz low voltage Xeons in the Hot Deals section here: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=795636
Well I grabbed a set and was thinking I needed another case for the rack here at home. Well thanks to a PM from another [H] member, I got a coupld of the exact same cases over on 2cpu.
Anyway. Here's the deal. I wanted to water cool these. Nothing crazy, but still. I happen to have this Koolance PC2-601BW that got hammered by UPS in shipping left over after they paid for a new one. The case is shot, but the cooling is fine.
So I decided that I may as well mod the koolance parts into a rack chassis. Here's the first part:
First things first.
Pull the control board and remove the LEDs and display and replace with Blue and White.
Now I wanted to have the LEDs stand up a little less and I wanted to bring the display up a bit higher to come close to the same height as the LEDs. So I cut those little plastic standoffs the include in half.
You can see here the White LED is a bit shorter then the green
Adding the display
Make sure it all lights up
Here I get to the front bezel. Pulled the lock and the optic for the stock green power LED. That sucker is toast. The darker trim on the bezel pops off.
Some rough holes to start with and a dry fit
Houston, we have a problem. That pesky thing is in the way there in the middle. Not sure what it is. It looks like a Mylar cap, but I've never seen one that had 3 legs. Anyway, I decided to remount this on the back of the board and while I was at it I did the same to the two little electrolitics by the cable.
Time to cut the main bezel now and install
Let there be light!!!
More later in a couple of days, maybe
Well I grabbed a set and was thinking I needed another case for the rack here at home. Well thanks to a PM from another [H] member, I got a coupld of the exact same cases over on 2cpu.
Anyway. Here's the deal. I wanted to water cool these. Nothing crazy, but still. I happen to have this Koolance PC2-601BW that got hammered by UPS in shipping left over after they paid for a new one. The case is shot, but the cooling is fine.
So I decided that I may as well mod the koolance parts into a rack chassis. Here's the first part:
First things first.
Pull the control board and remove the LEDs and display and replace with Blue and White.
Now I wanted to have the LEDs stand up a little less and I wanted to bring the display up a bit higher to come close to the same height as the LEDs. So I cut those little plastic standoffs the include in half.
You can see here the White LED is a bit shorter then the green
Adding the display
Make sure it all lights up
Here I get to the front bezel. Pulled the lock and the optic for the stock green power LED. That sucker is toast. The darker trim on the bezel pops off.
Some rough holes to start with and a dry fit
Houston, we have a problem. That pesky thing is in the way there in the middle. Not sure what it is. It looks like a Mylar cap, but I've never seen one that had 3 legs. Anyway, I decided to remount this on the back of the board and while I was at it I did the same to the two little electrolitics by the cable.
Time to cut the main bezel now and install
Let there be light!!!
More later in a couple of days, maybe