Worklog: Project Resurrection

[ronnie_gogs]

Well resurrecting a dead project of mine .....

Started it in 2007... Was not able to complete it as I lost track of everything in life .... Dont know what the hell I did for past 3 years but I need to get everything in my life back on track and this project represents something far more than just a cabinet mod...

Ok enough of the my sentimental dialogues lets talk about the project now.

Project : Resurrection​

History : Started as this Worklog : Project : XXXXXXXXXX and went dead after a few months of work

Took the frame out from the store room and cleaned the dust and dirt sticking to the frame ....

Condition from store room : Day 1





Planned purpose : HTPC cum media server rig for 24/7 operation

Hardware planned to be used with the project

1) Motherboard : Palit N73V ( Geforce

2) Processor : E4500 2.2 Ghz at Stock

3) Ram Corsair Value 667 Mhz Set 2 x 1Gb

4) Video Card Nvidia XFX Geforce 8600 GTS 512MB DDR3

5) Sound card : Asus Xonar DS 7.1

6) Storage : 500 x 3 in Raid 5 ( Hoping for Nvidia Media Storage to work) or 500 X 2 in Raid 1 and additional HDDs

7) TV Tuner : Hauppauge PVR 150

8) CPU Cooling : Coolermaster TX3

9) Cooling fans : Coolermaster 200mm, Arctic Cooling 80 X 2, Cooler master 80mm and Thermalright 80mm

10) PSU ?

11) HDD Bay – Cooler Master 4 in 3 Device Module

12) Optical Drive : Lite On BD Rom 4x

13) Networking : One USB Wifi adapter G D-Link

14) LCD Panel : A USB to LCD interface with a HD44780 40 x 4 Display or a Parallel to LCD interface …. Will make a step by step guide for the same

Hardware Planning

2 PCI Slots for the Xonar DS and the PVR 150

PCIe 16x For 8600 GTS

Left is 1 PCI ex 4x - Expansion Options (Free)

4 SATA Slots – 3 for HDD and 1 for Optical Drive

2 RAM Slots of 2 x 1 Gb RAM

1 Free PATA Slot ( Might Use a 80 GB Drive )

1 LPT1 for the LCD Display ( Might go for a USB-Serial-LCD link but a Parallel Communication might be better suited )



--- Updated Post - Automerged ---

Video Log Update

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Pictorial Update

Fan Install



Platform Install



Final On 29 Aug 2010

Index for various Log Updates

1) Attaching the wheels ( Video and Pictures )

2) Cutting window for Optical Drive and Optical drive mount ( Video and Pictures )

 

[pegasus]

Wow- nice effort.

Should we call this Ronnie's Skeleton?

 

[cyberwarfare]

nice goin

i posted a reply on my thread over at ocn

check it out

its for u

and ya once again

awesome work

 

[Edrill]

I remember this! Good to see you back!! Waiting to see more progress!

 

[sunny27]

Hey! got ur pm. If you are based in Ahmedabad do let me know, would love to come and check out this amazing piece of work!

 

[ronnie_gogs]

nice goin

i posted a reply on my thread over at ocn

check it out

its for u

and ya once again

awesome work

Replied

I remember this! Good to see you back!! Waiting to see more progress!

Yeah planning to complete by this month this time instead of taking 3 years :ashamed:

Hey! got ur pm. If you are based in Ahmedabad do let me know, would love to come and check out this amazing piece of work!

Yeah thts why I PMed u as you wanted to see this.... currently work is still goin on....

How abt a Ahmedabad meet when its completed.... Cause I might be leaving Ahmedabad after that

Wow- nice effort.

Should we call this Ronnie's Skeleton?

I will stick with Resurrection only.....

Will build a Skeleton one day and it wont be like a Antec Skeleton

 

[sunny27]

The Ahmedabad meet will never happen! I have been trying to make it happen for over a year since I came to Ahmedabad.

Btw you happen to know anyone who can do powder coating for a computer cabinet in Satellite/ SG Highway area? I am trying to mod a 5 year old Chieftec cabinet. There's no one who can do powder coating in my area and I have never been to Vatva/Naroda/Dariyapur and don't want to go all that far. I could alternative go to a garage near my house where I can get it painted with Automobile High Gloss Paint. I got some cans of Bosny High Gloss paint to do some custom paint jobs myself.

 

[ronnie_gogs]

^^ It happened once and 2 of us showed up....

cisco_tech and me

http://www.techenclave.com/events-and-meets/ahmedabad-gujarat-meet-and-greet-116434.html

 

[sunny27]

Yes I saw the pics.

 

[NAV33N]

Awesome Work there.

Paint Job looks Nice..

 

[motorheadinc]

You wont believe it. I actually visited your profile a couple of days ago and checked the thread started to see if you have done something recently.

BTW do you still have the bot you made in the college?

 

[ronnie_gogs]

Update 30 Augusts 2010

First a Work video from 29th 2010

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The Work Video for 30 August 2010

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Pictures

The first small hole for guidance....

First Drill Bit

All it could do was this

Went out and bought this monster drill bit

The job which was taking me hours was done in a few seconds.... The right tool is always the best

The nut with the washer

Result Final

 

[cyberwarfare]

ronnie

nice work

also look at the modding section of Overclock.net

i mean particularly cattle rustlers mods

its awesome and very inspiring and they have some nice ideas there

cheers

 

[ronnie_gogs]

Awesome Work there.

Paint Job looks Nice..

The paint job is just a coat... Plan to powder caot it black as paint job is hidden ones the acrylic sheet come in

You wont believe it. I actually visited your profile a couple of days ago and checked the thread started to see if you have done something recently.

BTW do you still have the bot you made in the college?

You knw what I actually opened my college ka pitara a few days back... Man I loved seeing my old robots good times man...

I had to throw them as they r all junk now.... Took out the motors and what I could salvage ...

But I took pictures for memories

PS : How r you doin... where r u now... doin MS?

ronnie

nice work

also look at the modding section of Overclock.net

i mean particularly cattle rustlers mods

its awesome and very inspiring and they have some nice ideas there

cheers

Thanks will check them out

 

[motorheadinc]

Yeah Man. Almost through In Uk its just one year (3 semesters) So its like a masters degree in overdrive hyeah:

Needed some distraction from all the project work I had been doing lately. The other "Reputation" wala thread provided just that.

Spammed to my hearts content there

You still wid the same company. Any plans for Master???

 

[sunny27]

@ ronnie did u sand the cabinet side panel? what grade sand paper did you use? ygpm !

 

[ronnie_gogs]

Fixing the Optical drive

[youtube]IWFbHExzgzw[/youtube]

Now Pictures

Self made Optical Drive Mount

Installed Optical Drive

Planned window for 200mm fan

Will start cutting the window tomorrow....

Cheers

Hope you like the design for the fan grill

--- Ronnie