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- Aug 29, 2007
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- #21
RL hit hard the last few weeks...the good? -- I moved into a new place on the opposite side of town, which has been a ton of work, but its twice as big, and we're really happy to be out of the 750sq/ft apartment we've lived in the last two years, the new place is more than twice the size.
the bad -- a good friend of mine passed away last week. We drove down to Tokyo to visit her in the hospital the day prior, and I was able to see & encourage her husband while she breathed her last.
Anyhow, all the parts have arrived, and I got work under way tonight. Here are a few pictures of the progress:
Here is the old desk I'll be modifying....it's not much to look at, but it'll work:
I'm using the Mountain Mods XL-ATX (10-slot) motherboard tray in black wrinkle:
The plan is to attach the motherboard tray to the inside of the left wall of the PC opening on the left. One of the parts I was not sure about was how I would attach the sliders to the motherboard tray.
After mucking around a bit, I decided to use a couple pieces of wood, and attach them to the tray with some M3 bolts through these freshly drilled holes:
While getting the first slider attached, I had to attach the wood to the tray further back from the slider mounting hole, due to the CPU backplate opening. This was not an issue, until I tried to slide out the slider, and realized I'd have to come up with a plan to recess this nut, as it was impeding the slider's movement.
After a bit more fussing, I got everything lined up, and the sliders working happily.
Next, I disassembled the desk, and removed the wall where the motherboard will be mounted, to get the sliders attached.
Getting them lined up and screwed in was not too difficult, but I measured about 4 times to ensure the first holes I drilled would be correct.
I'm planning to run the rig a bit on air, just to make sure all the components are happy together before I install the water cooling, so I finished off the night with some basic assembly.
When shopping for sliders, I wanted to ensure I got some heavy duty units...IIRC these are rated to hold a 300lb drawer...
That's it for tonight...I'll be hitting this hard again tomorrow, so I should have another big update soon
the bad -- a good friend of mine passed away last week. We drove down to Tokyo to visit her in the hospital the day prior, and I was able to see & encourage her husband while she breathed her last.
Anyhow, all the parts have arrived, and I got work under way tonight. Here are a few pictures of the progress:
Here is the old desk I'll be modifying....it's not much to look at, but it'll work:
I'm using the Mountain Mods XL-ATX (10-slot) motherboard tray in black wrinkle:
The plan is to attach the motherboard tray to the inside of the left wall of the PC opening on the left. One of the parts I was not sure about was how I would attach the sliders to the motherboard tray.
After mucking around a bit, I decided to use a couple pieces of wood, and attach them to the tray with some M3 bolts through these freshly drilled holes:
While getting the first slider attached, I had to attach the wood to the tray further back from the slider mounting hole, due to the CPU backplate opening. This was not an issue, until I tried to slide out the slider, and realized I'd have to come up with a plan to recess this nut, as it was impeding the slider's movement.
After a bit more fussing, I got everything lined up, and the sliders working happily.
Next, I disassembled the desk, and removed the wall where the motherboard will be mounted, to get the sliders attached.
Getting them lined up and screwed in was not too difficult, but I measured about 4 times to ensure the first holes I drilled would be correct.
I'm planning to run the rig a bit on air, just to make sure all the components are happy together before I install the water cooling, so I finished off the night with some basic assembly.
When shopping for sliders, I wanted to ensure I got some heavy duty units...IIRC these are rated to hold a 300lb drawer...
That's it for tonight...I'll be hitting this hard again tomorrow, so I should have another big update soon