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 Posted: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:29:44 Post Subject: BluHz reDux Worklog |
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 Here comes part 2 of the BHrDxv2.0 triligy.....sadly this is more proof that SpeedZone will have comptition for long windedness!
It looks like BluHaz was not to be “formally” finished as I had fallen victim to the eBay curse again.
The primary changes to BluHaz to make it reDux are the new components (Bold/Italics) shown below:
CASE: akasa Blue Acrylic mATX
PSU: Enermax Liberty ELT400AWT 400W
MOBO: Biostar Tforce 6100-939
CPU: AMD A64 3700+ San Diego CCBWE 0549 WPMW
HSF: AMD Stock Opteron Cooler w/ Tt 80mm Smart Fan
GPU: On Board 6100 until……..
MEMORY: Patriot PDC1G3200+ XBLK 2 x 512Mg
HDD: 80 Maxtor 80 GB DiamondMax Plus 9 w/ Cooler
Optical Drive: LG GCC 4521B DVD / CD-RW
Here be the new stuff!
Also “opted” for the Opteron cooler (older one with the heat pipes 2 on a side) as I had heard good thing about them and I have one from Celtic Spirit’s 175 (now slated for H2O!). Ordered a Tt SmartFan2 to go on top.
Temp mounted the mobo to the sidewall / motherboard plate of the case. Then I "dummy" mounted (no cpu) the stock cooler off of the 175. After placing the top of the case back on it looks like the 80 x 25 fan will be able to stay, as you can see here
 
The “clip” release on this particular hsf actually fits underneath.
Things to Be Cut
When I originally put BluHaz together I notched one of the drive side mounting plates to allow room for the “larger” mATX board. Unfortunately it turns out to be about 1/16” to 1/8” too “short. So with the rework I took the opportunity to “fix” this.
Planned on using a dremel jig saw to cut the side plate, but after a couple of “attempts” I went back to “old faithful” the coping saw. Even then it was a butcher job!
Tied down ready for the jig saw (not!)
And it was down hill from there!
  
It “polished” (filed & sanded) up okay and as you can see here did give a little “wiggle” room for the mobo.
With everything apart I also took the opportunity to do the temp gage cutout in the front. After experimenting on a “spare” 5.25 cover plate it was again decided to go with the coping saw. Thanks be to the man that developed the file!
I “dimpled” the corners using an awl and then scribed the cut lines on the front plate. Next came the starter hole for the saw blade, then the saw.
Here are some shots of the rough (and I do mean rough) cutout before filing.
 
After filing for over a half hour, the gage kinda sorta fits and this is the opening.
03/11/07
I’ve gotten around to mounting the swiftech 159A, 3700+, & the HS from my Opty 175. Now I’m just waiting for the Tt Smart Fan to arrive!
Here is two views of the board awaiting the fan. I used Shin Etsu G751 for the thermal paste for the first time as I’ve read a lot of good things about it. HOWEVER, it does not spread like any other I’ve used! IF interested refer to this “how to” on spreading it: http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=230649
 
04/13/07 & Into the wee hours of 04/14/07
While getting DreamCatcher together, a few parts for BluHaz reDux came in and I just threw them on with no attempt to document for the work log. However I’ve now jumped back in with intent to finish! Had to totally disassembly the thing (the biggest pain about the case design) to clean, do the new cutting, and look at possible hardware rearrangements. After all was said and done, I started putting things back together.
The Maxtor 80gig IDE has been pulled (going into the Tech Station) and replaced with the 74Gig Raptor originally for Celtic Spirit. Here are a couple of views as it is going together……
 
You can see the Optical device is out and apart. After looking and looking at it, I just couldn’t stand seeing all of the bare metal (ref earlier test fitting shot
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So sometime around o’dark-thirty (02:00?) took things apart again, remove the drive cover, and went outside and painted the thing! I have a single halogen work light that I setup in the garage and dried it with that. Ahhhh… much better!
Mounted the mobo and started figuring out how to hook up the cabling as the biostar is really laid out different from the 7NIL1 I had in there.
After running into a problem of hooking up the front audio “ports”, several other hummmms, meds kicking in (coming off of an inner ear infections & vertigo over Easter), and the coffee no longer “useful” decided to crash until latter. Also the fact it was 04:15 might have helped too. It seems I had allowed myself to get distracted by working on the Tech Station several times too! |
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