I made a dual compunurse (lcd thermo) 5 1/4 bay. check it out

[mark]

I wanted to have an on/off switch so i did. Also wanted to try to make a C/F switch too (any ideas) ??
Well here are the pics, if you want to know how to do this e-mail me marks4281@aol.com .
http://www.mjstebbins.com/mod.htm

[Bender]

Oooh looks like a you did a very nice job there. Where did you get the readouts for the thermocouples? I think I may try a similar design if I go with water cooled pletiers.

[Slake]

Nice,clean looking job Mark. I don't undrstand why you would ever wnat to turn it off though. I would use the switch for a fan that is only needed occasionaly. How much did it cost you?

[compaq_ML530]

I like it. It looks nice. Good Job.

[mark]

Well I think the dual compunurses were like 20, and i have a dremel.
I wanted an on/off switch b/c I don't like to run my cpu 24/7 (as it is a p3 700e slot1 oced to 1120mhz with an 86w pelt) I got those readings from my home temp. I live in AZ. Thanks guys.
mark

[Mr B]

Looks good, man....

I have a dual myself, but one of the readouts doesn't work all that well (the numbers are very, very dim (I've replaced the battery).

So, having one good one, and a desire for a joyport on the front of my rig, I did something very similar to yours, but instead of the 2nd LCD, I cut a hole for the socket end of a joystick extension cable.

Works good, looks good, but the Superglue I used to hold the cable to the cd-bay cover plate didn't hold....need to re-glue it.

That's a great idea on the on-off switch. I don't run 24/7 either, and I'd like to do that myself to save on the battery. Eventually.......

Great job on that! Bet it looks even better installed.

Mr B

[Slake]

mark (May 18, 2001 12:25 a.m.):
Well I think the dual compunurses were like 20, and i have a dremel.
I wanted an on/off switch b/c I don't like to run my cpu 24/7 (as it is a p3 700e slot1 oced to 1120mhz with an 86w pelt) I got those readings from my home temp. I live in AZ. Thanks guys.
mark

DOH! I see. I thought it ran off of the power supply. Nice overclock!

[Timmæy]

where did you buy the dual lcds from
been trying to find some but ....you know.....CANT

[asmodean]

That looks great! I have something like that in mind too, for my watercooling project.

I'd also like to know where I can get such LCDs, with black bg & red numbers and the ability to run them off the PSU.
I live in Finland, so no-one propably knows where to get 'em here.

[GERRY136]

i did the same thing except i couldnt wait for a dremel and i was way off cause i did it with a drill bit and a hack saw blade lol. (i have a cool fix for it though...)
i will be putting another nurse on either side for ambient and graphic card temp.

[mark]

BLAH Gateway. nice mod for yours too.
There are a few places you can get the dual compunurses.
http://216.157.14.244/sensor.htm (plycon.com)
http://www.coolerguys.com/CPUCOOL/thermal.htm (coolerguys)
and
http://www.kdcomputers.com (kd computers)

Now I have ordered from all 3 companies and they were great.
As you can see it is cheaper to buy the dual (with bay cover/hd cooler) than a single one. (I bought a dual, and used my own bay cover)

[mark]

these models do not run off power supply, they have small watch size batteries in them. the really cool ones do run offa 12V line. I forgot where to get them also. i know they run off serial and/or printer ports. and you can have temp, rpm, winamp plugins, mbm5 plugins i think.
really cool, kinda expensive.
the dual compunurse from kd computer is only $20.00

[GERRY136]

mark (May 18, 2001 07:03 p.m.):
these models do not run off power supply, they have small watch size batteries in them. the really cool ones do run offa 12V line. I forgot where to get them also. i know they run off serial and/or printer ports. and you can have temp, rpm, winamp plugins, mbm5 plugins i think.
really cool, kinda expensive.
the dual compunurse from kd computer is only $20.00

[GERRY136]

this is really my first computer and gateway has been super and rma"d everything ive asked so ill always be attached to this one but believe me, when im done , youll never know it was a gateway!!!
and i cant wait to build one of my own from scratch like u folks but i think ill practice on this one first!!! lol
ill bet they would love to hear what ive done to it considering it isnt paid off yet!!!

[mark]

i would say learn on what you can, gateways are good computers, they do have good service, but the computers aren't very upgradeable or modable. I have a problem with any computer that is not home-built. atleast it wasn't a compaq or e-machine or hp.