im a new member to PR but ive been readin the forums for many months but this is the first time that i felt a need to post. recently, i bought a sweet comp (1.8 ghz p4, 512 mb RDRAM, 40 gig hd and some POS premod case) for like 150 bucks. it was a great deal from a friend who needed money.

anyway, i found an old Navy computer at a swap meet for like 20 bucks. the comp was a piece of crap, but it was vintage and i thought it would be worth the money. however, the front panel had a sweet layout. it had a pad (similar to that of a calculator) on the front and a smallish LCD display and a number of metalic switches with white covers on the front complete with activation LIGHT BULBS (not even leds) and even a rheostat. in addition to that, there was a locking acrylic cover and holes for important switches.
i will post pics later when i can find a digital camera to borow

my question was would making this into a control panel for my computer be a good mod? i have already diagrammed all of the circuits for the back and it is easily possible. the rheostat can control multiple devices hence multiple fans, and the number of switches would be great for turning on the computer, fans and accent lighting.


pics will come soon!

Hey , sounds awsome, Go for it, sounds really kewl, recyling computers!!! yeah, let me know when you get some pics up.

sound kewl go for it

Can you post a picture of it?

Sounds like a good mod, would be interesting to see.

I am not too impressed with your wimpy introduction where you beg not to get flamed. If a n00b deserves it, they will get flamed whether they beg or not.

Havn't I seen this before?

sounds a nice idea go for it!

First Welcome to PR, and yes you have a great idea and would love to see a pic and your diagram. Update when you can.

You posted and your idea and had the brains to think before you posted and you did a good job. This statement was uncalled for and can get you in more hot water then if you posted without it.

Quote: Originally posted by Gamma_Goblin btw, if u do not like my idea, please do not lash out jus cuz im new to PR. i want to lear to mod well, but if u flame n00bs, they will most definitely become discouraged and slow down their modding or stop altogther.

If a NoOb posts some lame ass thing and they deserve to get "Flamed" then so be it! If you've been around a while, then you'd know that yes it's intimidating to post, however if you think before you post, you have nothing to worry about.

Sounds like a great idea Goblin! Would love to see some pictures posted of it.

And dont worry about the flames, anyone who has half a brain and thinks before they posts somthing, wont have to worry about it.

ill have pics in the next couple of days... still tryin to find digital camera.

brandon

btw hojo if u've seen it b4 link it to me. id be interested in learning from their mistakes. : )

brandon

yo sry i posted the thread twice. the first time, i had a power outage ( i blew the breaker) and i wasnt sure if it was in the threads cuz the page was loading when the power turned off. When i checked, my thread wasnt there so i went ahead and posted the thread again. Sry bout the mistake!

brandon

Dude relax. If you put forth an effort and try you won't get flamed but if you slap something together overnight, well you get the point. From the sounds of it your off to a great start your planning, checking your layout, and checking for some ideas from (in my opinion)The Best Resource For moding your pc, from all of us at Pimprig, just check the gallary you'll see what I mean. While your at it please join are Folding@home Team just check the link at the top of the page and see if your interested, we could allways use another pimp pimp'n his rig for humanity for team pimprig. or just read the forum for alot of q&a and tips.
Thanx and welcome

here is a pic of the back.

sry bout the low quality. i have the cheapest first generation sony mavica.

brandon

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here is a pic of the front

brandon

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thats freakin cool.....all i gots to say

pretty sweet

Mod that stuff...

Welcome BTW, Thats going to rock! Very cool.

It's missing the CTRL ALT & DELETE keys! How could you possibly consider installing a Microsoft O$ on there if you can't End Task?! LOL