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Yes, based upon Noo's wonderful expertise, mine was changed quite quickly. Thanks to NooNoo and Scott.
Thanks for the tip.
Looks like it's gonna be cool. Is it going to have any color but black and is the window going to be a great deal larger? f it is all black It would probably look awesome with a blacklight and with several UV reactive things of a single color inside.
Oh, and what the hell is a optoisolator?
An optoisolator is sort of a bridge between two different wiring systems. In this particular instance, it is bridging the 5v DC power supply and the motherboard header for the HDD activiity LED. It makes sure I don't blow up the motherboard with two much power. The inside chassis is going to be black and I believe all of the outside will be as well. However, I'm thinking I might do a dark mirage painting scheme on the outside. Shiny paint and changes color in certain lighting conditions. However, I haven't really decided as of yet.
I was gonna ask who on earth ephmynus was ... but I see its A tech ... I mean how many Kazakhstani's are there in the world ? :D (where the hell is that ?)
Nice name though ... bit of culture for us - from the greek -euphönos, sweet-voiced ....
now say it out loud phonetically Confus-ed..... ;)
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh *&$! ... stupid boy ! ... eph - my -nus ! ... F minus :rolleyes: .... :D :D :D
You got me good ! ;)
Hahahahahahahahaha.....
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Hahahahahaha
I'm sorry.... I just couldn't quit laughing when I saw this
Huuummmmmmm That was good for a laugh. Thank you.:D
Never thought about painting the inside before. Sounds pretty cool.Quote:
Originally posted by ephmynus
An optoisolator is sort of a bridge between two different wiring systems. In this particular instance, it is bridging the 5v DC power supply and the motherboard header for the HDD activiity LED. It makes sure I don't blow up the motherboard with two much power. The inside chassis is going to be black and I believe all of the outside will be as well. However, I'm thinking I might do a dark mirage painting scheme on the outside. Shiny paint and changes color in certain lighting conditions. However, I haven't really decided as of yet.
I have a user who did the inside of his with mirror paint ! This was to reflect extra light from lights around the case, what he didn't think about was the infinite reflection effect you get with mirrors placed opposite ... however after moving the lights about a bit - he loves it ! ;) ... even me- old boring git - is mildly impressed :DQuote:
Originally posted by ilovetheusers
Never thought about painting the inside before. Sounds pretty cool.
Well, been working at it but don't really have anything concretely finished. But an update nonetheless.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ephmyn...sunshine10.jpg
My watercooling stuff did get here so there's one good thing. I've had trouble finding screws long enough that will allow me to mount this and also have room for a shroud. Still looking in my local area but I may have the fan bumped right up against the rad for the time being. Once the project is completed, I'll need to get a waterblock and I'll be ready to go.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ephmyn...sunshine11.jpg
Here is my rheobus finished except for the lighting. Having a little trouble getting the LEDs to show up right so that will still need a little work.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ephmyn...sunshine12.jpg
Also, the internal chassis got a 120mm front intake cut in it and its coat of primer. Gotta go back to the store for paint before I can start on it.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ephmyn...sunshine13.jpg
Here is the first pic of the lighting for my fiber "mural." On the right is an LED cluster from a big road sign. I wanted to cover the front of it so light didn't escape so I went to Lowes and found a nice little 1" PVC cap. After scraping about 1mm off the inside wall, it fit around the cluster like a glove. On the left is an extra drive cover that I'll fit this into as a brace. You can see a bunch of 1mm holes cut in the center of the cap that I will lead the fiber to for its lighting. This is the best idea I could come up with to prevent light from escaping.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ephmyn...sunshine14.jpg
Here it is all fitted up attached to the front faceplate with vinyl screws that are JB Welded to it. It doesn't look wonderful but the only thing I'm interested in seeing is the front so it does its job. I'll start working on running the fiber tonight but I may have to pick up some more as I don't think what I have will be enough.
Here's a small update since I finished my HDD activity meter. I was pretty upset to find that the yellow and red leds just don't have enough umph to light up and they almost look nonexistant next to the blue green ones. With that, I am ordering 6 more blue greens and everything will be one color. The way I did this was to cut a front panel out of a drive cover and put frosted plexi glass behind it. Then, I used 9 boxes of the perfect size.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ephmyn...sunshine15.jpg
And now I have a whole sh*tload of tic tacs to eat:D These were painted black and glued to the back of the faceplate and plexi. Then I mounted the leds in holes I had drilled and here is how it looks.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ephmyn...sunshine16.jpg
Since it was light in my house when I took this, you really can't see the yellow at all. However, that should be fixed shortly so I'll be much happier then.
Here's a short (4 sec) wmv clip of it falling from full hard drive activity.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ephmyn...cksunshine.wmv
Okay, finally started piecing together some components and it's starting to look pretty sexy IMO.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ephmyn...sunshine17.jpg
Here is the case without the front bezel on it and you can see the 120mm fan mounted for the radiator up front.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ephmyn...sunshine18.jpg
Here it is with the front panel on it. I'm worried that I'll have to put a fan port on the front of the case because of the lack of ventiliation. But, the bottom of the front bezel underneath is open so, pending temperature readings and noise levels, I may just leave it as.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ephmyn...sunshine19.jpg
Here's a rear angle. You can't really see the radiator since EVERYTHING is black but you can just barely see the side of it. The black is looking really nice so far and I'm quite pleased up to this point.
Here's the completed LED "mural." Considering the name of the project, I tried to get this the closest to a sunshine as I could. The edges I ended up having to bend at almost 90 degrees to get them toned down but everything seemed to work pretty well.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ephmyn...sunshine20.jpg