For awhile, I had darkside's bits (motherboard, cpu, power supply, ram, nic) in a drawer, hooked up so if I ever needed to test something I could easily plug in a harddrive and away I go. Last week my aunt's harddrive was dying, so I hooked up her harddrive and a CDRom with Knoppix so I could get her files off when the OS wouldn't boot.
Sadly, I changed bedrooms (more on that later), and now I have no internet connection near my desk (just wireless for my laptops).
So I figured I needed a computer that I could store in my bedroom, but easily truck around if I have to test stuff. After minutes of deliberation, I pulled out a shoe-box which I thought was a new and unique idea. Sadly, according to Blaze, it's a common thing to do. But whatever, I still like it.
I actually mounted the motherboard on the lid using pointy screws. I am going to put glue over them to help hold, plus keep myself from getting poked. I mounted the power-supply with 3 normal case-screws.
Anyways, without further ado, here's some pictures of darkside, now built within a Wal-Mart shoe box:
http://www.javaop.com/~ron/ospap/show_category.php?category_id=35
And what the hell, it's my site.... here's the images:
(http://www.javaop.com/~ron/ospap/picture.php?picture_id=243)
(http://www.javaop.com/~ron/ospap/picture.php?picture_id=244)
(http://www.javaop.com/~ron/ospap/picture.php?picture_id=245)
(http://www.javaop.com/~ron/ospap/picture.php?picture_id=246)
Neat. :)
I believe Arta started it (http://www.valhallalegends.com/arta/#Ultimate%20Case%20Modding).
Didn't Darkside actually have a case? What happened to it?
EDIT -
I realize this doesn't work well for portability, but for a while I had a box named Slackoff, consisting of several computer pieces sprawled across my desk in my other room, with no case. Of course, calling it a box is a misnomer, but eh. :)
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I believe Arta started it (http://www.valhallalegends.com/arta/#Ultimate%20Case%20Modding).
Didn't Darkside actually have a case? What happened to it?
EDIT -
I realize this doesn't work well for portability, but for a while I had a box named Slackoff, consisting of several computer pieces sprawled across my desk in my other room, with no case. Of course, calling it a box is a misnomer, but eh. :)
He by far did not "start" it. He did do it before iago, though. :)
I told him I'd been seeing a lot of things like this lately (in the past couple years).
Yeah, Arta did it before me, but I didn't know that so it doesn't count.
Also, he seems to have done it for a different purpose. Mine is 100% for portability.
That's badass.
Quote from: iago on October 01, 2006, 01:54:12 AM
Yeah, Arta did it before me, but I didn't know that so it doesn't count.
Also, he seems to have done it for a different purpose. Mine is 100% for portability.
And you mounted your mobo to the top :O!
I made one too... but my dad made me put it in a case because he said it was looking unprofessional or something :/
Quote from: Ergot on October 01, 2006, 01:53:54 PM
And you mounted your mobo to the top :O!
I made one too... but my dad made me put it in a case because he said it was looking unprofessional or something :/
Haha, case are too heavy for what I need. The only worry I would have is that it's a bit of a fire-hazard. But only a bit.
And yeah, I mounted it to the top with some pointy screws that I don't know where they came from. Tiny flange-screws (ie, normal case screws) and nuts would have been ideal, but I don't have any tiny nuts.
(go ahead, make a joke about me not having small nuts)
Quote from: iago on October 01, 2006, 02:10:12 PM
(go ahead, make a joke about me not having small nuts)
Haha, you ... wait... what?