Ghetto Mods

xvi · Mar 13, 2014

Cooling performance might go down a bit. Also, SWEET BABY JESUS what voltage are you running that let you hit 3.4 GHz on that thing?

Random Murderer · Mar 14, 2014

xvi said:
Cooling performance might go down a bit. Also, SWEET BABY JESUS what voltage are you running that let you hit 3.4 GHz on that thing?

If it's a trusty Northwood, it'll take it and ask for more. If he has the same one I had, it has a multi of 18 and was 133true/533QDR FSB. It didn't take much to clock the hell out of them and they ran pretty damned cool; mine ran 3.2GHz and still idled around 38, load topped out around 65 on stock cooler with a swapped fan. The only Netburst-architecture chip I miss

minx · Mar 14, 2014

Volts are around 1.7V (original 1.55V). AGP and DIMM had to be locked in order to ensure stable VGA output. I tested the cooler today (12h test run) and the P4 didn't exceed 45°C.

// Please note that i've tested dozens of Celeron and Pentium CPU before finding this one that appears to have the best OC performance.

/// Maybe he'll get some kind of exotic cooling - oil will be considered

iKhan · Mar 16, 2014

Didn't have any electrical tape and it was too late to get some. Had to pull some MacGyver shit and use toilet paper with zip ties for front panel connectors. House did not burn down, and got some electrical tape the next day. :toast:

micropage7 · Mar 16, 2014

iKhan said:
Didn't have any electrical tape and it was too late to get some. Had to pull some MacGyver shit and use toilet paper with zip ties for front panel connectors. House did not burn down, and got some electrical tape the next day.

i remember the theme, BIOSTAR!!
nice but i usually wrap it by using piece of plactic before tighten it

xvi · Mar 20, 2014

miomol said:
Hello everyone, this is my PRO-modded reference HD4850

Zip-ties are pro. FTFY

Random Murderer · Mar 20, 2014

miomol said:
Hello everyone, this is my ghetto-modded reference HD4850

xvi said:
Zip-ties are pro. FTFY

Yeah, I bet that gets better temps than the crappy stock blower.

xvi · Mar 20, 2014

Crappy? How could anyone talk smack about THIS bad boy?! At full tilt, it probably does at least 10 CFM! (and at a whisper quiet 60 db too) </sarcasm>

xvi · Mar 20, 2014

Sticking shrouds on your tower cooler is yet another pro-mod. Using packaging tape to do it though makes it a ghetto pro-mod.

That reminds me. I should look for some gaskets for my radiator.

Random Murderer · Mar 21, 2014

miomol said:
Yeah, quieter and more effective. Stock fan is not bad but I break it with leg (It hurt...).
Maybe CPU cooler will be ghetto-enough?

xvi said:
Sticking shrouds on your tower cooler is yet another pro-mod. Using packaging tape to do it though makes it a ghetto pro-mod.

That reminds me. I should look for some gaskets for my radiator.

Definitely ghetto looking, but still a good idea.

xvi · Mar 21, 2014

Random Murderer said:
Definitely ghetto looking, but still a good idea.

I've seen it lower temps by a few degrees in some cases. YMMV, of course.

Compgeke · Mar 22, 2014

As someone with a reference HD4850 with the only change being the Dell vendor ID, I can confirm that it will work to save the world should we go into another ice age.

Meanwhile I did find a cheap way to get some Micro USB 3 cables. Going to pick up some shrink wrap tubing tomorrow to do a far better end fix.
http://imgur.com/a/sQvSU

Story behind this experiment is people at my school keep stealing the USB3 cables from the Wacom tablets we have. Unfortunately there is no budget to replace those so these hack cables should work well enough at a little over $1/ea.

crazyeyesreaper · Apr 2, 2014

Got bored so I took apart a dead power supply and pulled the fan, did a quick wire mod to make it serviceable

micropage7 · May 1, 2014

it looks not too ghetto, using paper to prevent any shortcircuit

Sir B. Fannybottom · May 1, 2014

crazyeyesreaper said:
Got bored so I took apart a dead power supply and pulled the fan, did a quick wire mod to make it serviceable

forgot where I was and was amazed that I wire things better than you do now

micropage7 · May 3, 2014

miomol said:
Why your GPU is naked? I had Palit GTX460 Sonic and IHS on it.

just repaste it since its been a while and its pretty hot. its just gt210 passive
but im kinda worry if it has no cover so i put paper as isolator to prevent any chance of short circuit

crazyeyesreaper · May 4, 2014

Sir B. Fannybottom said:
forgot where I was and was amazed that I wire things better than you do now

I just didnt care it was a dead PSU and i was bored. if wanted a nice fan id have bought sleeving soldered it and done it right lol. Its one of those it wasnt worth the effort since I just use the fan for testing purposes really.

PLAfiller · Jun 10, 2014

Hi, awesome tech brothers, I need advice on something regarding my laptop. So, this is NOT my laptop lid, but it will help demonstrate. Can you see those dotted meshes on the ventilation holes? Can I remove them? For some extra airflow? Do they serve any other purpose than dust prevention? I mean, would I get my vents melted if I remove them? The card gets pretty hot- 74-78 degrees and I think without the meshes, I can squeeze a bit of room to breathe. What do you think? I posted in ghetto mod section, because it looks like a hack job to me.

Thanks in advance.

micropage7 · Jun 10, 2014

lZKoce said:
Hi, awesome tech brothers, I need advice on something regarding my laptop. So, this is NOT my laptop lid, but it will help demonstrate. Can you see those dotted meshes on the ventilation holes? Can I remove them? For some extra airflow? Do they serve any other purpose than dust prevention? I mean, would I get my vents melted if I remove them? The card gets pretty hot- 74-78 degrees and I think without the meshes, I can squeeze a bit of room to breathe. What do you think? I posted in ghetto mod section, because it looks like a hack job to me. Thanks in advance.

have you checked the fan? it could be slower so it cant cool it.
mesh is for protecting from dust and other that may damage the laptop like pins or any sharp object
but beside that i think it would support overal body too, if you wanna cut it i suggest just make the holes bigger than cut it up

PLAfiller · Jun 10, 2014

micropage7 said:
have you checked the fan? it could be slower so it cant cool it.
mesh is for protecting from dust and other that may damage the laptop like pins or any sharp object
but beside that i think it would support overal body too, if you wanna cut it i suggest just make the holes bigger than cut it up

The fan ramps up, as soon as I go into a 3D application (being a game or sketchUp) and it slows down as soon as I exit one. I don't get readings on the RPM in nVidia inspector for it. So I can't tell what are the RPMs. The cooler itself, I clean every 2 months or so with repaste and a new termal pad. (there is hardly any dust inside the fins at all). It's just the cooling itself is not meant for gaming. May be a cooling pad will solve the problem. It is problem, because it really does overheat. If the load is medium (like no AA, no physiX, no lighting effects) the card holds for hours on. But if there is some eye candy it gets SO hot, really fast and it just shuts down the whole laptop. It only happens when the GPU is hot.

Random Murderer · Jun 10, 2014

lZKoce said:
The fan ramps up, as soon as I go into a 3D application (being a game or sketchUp) and it slows down as soon as I exit one. I don't get readings on the RPM in nVidia inspector for it. So I can't tell what are the RPMs. The cooler itself, I clean every 2 months or so with repaste and a new termal pad. (there is hardly any dust inside the fins at all). It's just the cooling itself is not meant for gaming. May be a cooling pad will solve the problem. It is problem, because it really does overheat. If the load is medium (like no AA, no physiX, no lighting effects) the card holds for hours on. But if there is some eye candy it gets SO hot, really fast and it just shuts down the whole laptop. It only happens when the GPU is hot.

Removing the mesh shouldn't hurt anything, it will just make the internals more vulnerable to things like fingers, bits of paper, dust bunnies, etc. If it were my laptop and the fan wasn't annoyingly loud at full speed, I'd probably just run the positive lead for the fan to a 12V point.

klva80 · Jun 10, 2014

try replacing the thermal pad with some copper shims and a good thermal compoun, that should help

m4gicfour · Jun 11, 2014

Every so often, I think I've done a ghetto mod and come here (or just show up to see what's new) and then I see you folks doing wire splices with zipties and toilet paper.

Well done, I am not worthy of the ghettoness of this thread. Carry on gents.

minx · Jun 18, 2014

Just a screen held by zipties.

HalfAHertz · Jun 18, 2014

minx said:
Just a screen held by zipties.

I imagine this is how the Frankenstein monster looked like in the start...

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Ghetto Mods

xvi

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

minx

iKhan

micropage7

xvi

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

xvi

xvi

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

xvi

Compgeke

crazyeyesreaper

Not a Moderator

micropage7

Attachments

Sir B. Fannybottom

micropage7

crazyeyesreaper

Not a Moderator

PLAfiller

micropage7

PLAfiller

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

klva80

m4gicfour

minx

HalfAHertz

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