Skybuck's Dream PC, Third Build, Done 99.9% ;) (Pictures!)

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Skybuck Flying

Hello People,

Yes Ladies and Gentlemen... it is time for me to present to you the fruits
of my hard labor =D (at 26.5 degrees celcius !)

I thank those that had the patience and the courage to put up with me :)

Now I shall reward you with nice pictures of the third build.

I haven't turned it on yet... maybe I do that later or tomorrow. The side
panels also need to be attached but that's no problem.

Here are the (50% scaled down) pictures (still quite large ;)):

http://members.home.nl/hbthouppermans/DreamPCThirdBuild/

Enjoy and may the force be with you during the call of duty 4 games... cause
you sure gonna need it... once I am back in the saddle ! LOL.

Tomorrow I will probably post pictures of a cleaned up table with the side
panels on the lights on... the pc working etc... and then I will thank some
people in particular as well ;) :) and maybe write a little review about the
antec 1200 case and the zipang cooler and stuff like that ;)

Bye,
Skybuck ;) =D
 
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Skybuck Flying

Do you know if your Mitsumi floppy drive with the built-in card reader
supports SDHC cards?

I had one of those a year or so ago and it didn't -- which was reason
enough for me to sell it. (Non-SDHC cards only go up to 2GB or 4GB at
most.)
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For me it doesn't matter for two reasons:

1. The flash drive never really worked well... it only worked at the start
and then failed... maybe I should have returned it but I kept hoping that
some day it would work again.

2. The cable was to short to reach the connector on the motherboard which is
now further away... maybe an extension cable is possible...

But I don't need the flash reader really... I bought it mostly for my
digital camera... but it has a special usb cord so I can use that instead...
to transfer files.

Ofcourse having a nice flash drive would be nice...

I don't know much about your question but the front says:

CF, MD, SM, MS, SD MMC

And ofcourse a floppy which fortunately does work ! ;)

So that's 7-in-1 ;)

Hope that answers your question a little bit ? ;)

Bye,
Skybuck.
 
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Craig Sutton

Skybuck Flying said:
Hello People,

Yes Ladies and Gentlemen... it is time for me to present to you the fruits
of my hard labor =D (at 26.5 degrees celcius !)

I thank those that had the patience and the courage to put up with me :)

Now I shall reward you with nice pictures of the third build.

I haven't turned it on yet... maybe I do that later or tomorrow. The side
panels also need to be attached but that's no problem.
Click to expand...

Can't wait for your post reporting that it's not working
 
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Martijn van Buul

* Skybuck Flying:
But I don't need the flash reader really... I bought it mostly for my
digital camera... but it has a special usb cord so I can use that instead...
to transfer files.
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Unfortunately, yes.
 
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cside

Jeff Liebermann said:
I like this photo:
<http://members.home.nl/hbthouppermans/DreamPCThirdBuild/DSCN1130.JPG>
Lots of band-aids. Perhaps using a big sheet of sticky back kitchen
shelf paper would have been more useful? Other than increase the
capacitance to ground, what are all the band-aids suppose to do? The
wires aren't going to fall out. Nobody is going to see it with the
covers on. The glue will eventually make a sticky mess.

Nice table, but far too easy to scratch. I suggest bigger and more
cardboard to protect it.

Also, I note a #1 Philips screwdriver. That's good for some screws,
but most PC screws require a #2 Philips or 1/4" driver.

Hmmm....
<http://members.home.nl/hbthouppermans/DreamPCThirdBuild/DSCN1136.JPG>
Lots of air going nowhere. Looks like air goes in through the two
fans on the back. It goes to the CPU base and blown upward by the CPU
fan. If the power supply fan ran backwards, the hot air would go out
through the power supply. However, the power supply fan also seems to
be blowing inward, which isn't going to work. First, the hot air
wants to rise. Second, there's lots of intakes, but no exhaust. Note
that the exhaust port area has to be somewhat larger than the intake
due to the expansion of hot hair. Get and IR thermometer and see if
this mess is going to work. If not, leave the PS fan alone and
reverse the flow of the two rear fans so that the hot air goes OUT of
the box, not in.


--
Jeff Liebermann (e-mail address removed)
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
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Now THAT'S funny!

Chris
 
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mpm

Lots of band-aids. �Perhaps using a big sheet of sticky back kitchen
shelf paper would have been more useful? �Other than increase the
capacitance to ground, what are all the band-aids suppose to do?
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It's flypaper.
They're trying to get the bugs out. :)
 
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Venger

Chris said:
Jeff Liebermann said:
I like this photo:
<http://members.home.nl/hbthouppermans/DreamPCThirdBuild/DSCN1130.JPG>
Lots of band-aids. Perhaps using a big sheet of sticky back kitchen
shelf paper would have been more useful? Other than increase the
capacitance to ground, what are all the band-aids suppose to do? The
wires aren't going to fall out. Nobody is going to see it with the
covers on. The glue will eventually make a sticky mess.
Click to expand...
[...]

Ouch! What a ****ing MESS! Yikes!
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Actually, I think those are ouchless band-aids...

Venger
 
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Chris M. Thomasson

Jeff Liebermann said:
I like this photo:
<http://members.home.nl/hbthouppermans/DreamPCThirdBuild/DSCN1130.JPG>
Lots of band-aids. Perhaps using a big sheet of sticky back kitchen
shelf paper would have been more useful? Other than increase the
capacitance to ground, what are all the band-aids suppose to do? The
wires aren't going to fall out. Nobody is going to see it with the
covers on. The glue will eventually make a sticky mess.
Click to expand...
[...]

Ouch! What a ****ing MESS! Yikes!

;^/
 
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FatBytestard

Can't wait for your post reporting that it's not working
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I wish that you total ****ing retards would take the dumb shit somewhere
else.

The groups are for intelligent posts and intelligent posters.

SkyBuckTARD does NOT qualify.

You, liking the shit he posts, qualifies as having an IQ only five
points above his.
 
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Guest

Skybuck said:
http://members.home.nl/hbthouppermans/DreamPCThirdBuild/
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Be considerate of other people by linking only the relevant photos and
not dozens of duplicate or useless ones.

The photo of all the components laid out on the table shows you're
either ignorant or careless regarding the handling of components to
protect them from static electricity. Search for a FAQ about ESD
from a chip maker, and follow its most basic recommendatons.

I didn't see an indication of the power supply make, model, or power
rating, but a computer running dual video cards needs a very good
supply. I hope your initial run is with just one video card installed.
 
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Craig Sutton

Chris M. Thomasson said:
Jeff Liebermann said:
I like this photo:
<http://members.home.nl/hbthouppermans/DreamPCThirdBuild/DSCN1130.JPG>
Lots of band-aids. Perhaps using a big sheet of sticky back kitchen
shelf paper would have been more useful? Other than increase the
capacitance to ground, what are all the band-aids suppose to do? The
wires aren't going to fall out. Nobody is going to see it with the
covers on. The glue will eventually make a sticky mess.
Click to expand...
[...]

Ouch! What a ****ing MESS! Yikes!
Click to expand...

Oh man that mess has to go up on digg.com
 
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Bernd Paysan

The photo of all the components laid out on the table shows you're
either ignorant or careless regarding the handling of components to
protect them from static electricity. Search for a FAQ about ESD
from a chip maker, and follow its most basic recommendatons.
Click to expand...

Well, he certainly is ignorant, but the table is wooden. Wood is a
sufficiently good conductor (depends on how much remaining humidity it has;
usually more than enough), so it's quite unlikely that you can cause ESD
damages by placing sensitive items on wood.

Anyway, the likelyhood that you can actually case ESD damages is relatively
low today; CMOS devices used to be much more sensitive to ESD 20 years ago.
 
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FatBytestard

Assumption, the mother of all screwups.
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Except that it is not an assumption. So it appears to be the mother of
your **** up.
Look at the photograph:
<http://members.home.nl/hbthouppermans/DreamPCThirdBuild/DSCN1136.JPG>
Which way would you assume that the PS supply fan is going to rotate?
My astute guess, is that with the swept back blade configuration, the
direction of rotation is clockwise. If that's true, then the fan is
moving air INTO the case. I'll admit that it's possible that I'm
wrong, which is why I asked Mr Flying to verify the air flow and
rotation.

Y'er wrong about the ATX specs.
ATX Motherboard Spec 2.01:
<http://download.intel.com/design/motherbd/atx_201.pdf>
See section 4.1 which proclaims:
The intended location and fan direction in an ATX system
is for the power supply fan to draw in cool air from
outside the chassis and exhaust it directly onto the
processor.

Never mind that this "cool" outside air is pre-heated by the power
supply before it gets to the processor and fights convective air flow
(hot air like to rise).
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Absolutely negligible in a 2 foot tall case. In a rack... maybe a
percent or so.
 
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Andy

Assumption, the mother of all screwups.

Look at the photograph:
<http://members.home.nl/hbthouppermans/DreamPCThirdBuild/DSCN1136.JPG>
Which way would you assume that the PS supply fan is going to rotate?
My astute guess, is that with the swept back blade configuration, the
direction of rotation is clockwise. If that's true, then the fan is
moving air INTO the case. I'll admit that it's possible that I'm
wrong, which is why I asked Mr Flying to verify the air flow and
rotation.
Click to expand...

DC fans generally blow air toward the side that has the spokes holding
the fan motor in place.
 

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