Ghetto Mods - Page 14

(FIH) The Don · May 11, 2010, 11:17 PM

thats a nice SFF rig you got there

King Wookie · May 12, 2010, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by n-ster

I had a broken dell laptop (screen was dead) So I took out the screen! but wait? Wheree do I put my wifi antennas? look what I did when I received my band new B233HU screen and Rapoo V8!

This will hold me off until I receive the rest of my parts lol

http://img.techpowerup.org/100511/tpughetto1.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/100511/tpughetto2.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/100511/tpughetto3.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/100511/tpughetto4.jpg

Ah. I have a friend's laptop here with the same issue. Tried to use an external monitor, but couldn't see to set it up in displays. How did you work around that?

theJesus · May 12, 2010, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by King Wookie

Ah. I have a friend's laptop here with the same issue. Tried to use an external monitor, but couldn't see to set it up in displays. How did you work around that?

Mine has a button to toggle the built-in or external display.

n-ster · May 12, 2010, 11:26 AM

Same.... Something like Fn+F7

I did some cleaning and rearranging, will post pic once exam is done (around 2:30PM EST)

theJesus · May 12, 2010, 11:48 AM

*checks laptop*
Fn+F8

theJesus · May 12, 2010, 12:03 PM

We're talking about Dells

[Ion] · May 12, 2010, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theJesus

We're talking about Dells

Who???? What????

theJesus · May 12, 2010, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [Ion]

Who???? What????

Screw you, you deleted your post

BTW, Dells are Fn+F8

Thrackan · May 12, 2010, 12:11 PM

Wow, the zoom-in is worse than the full pic

theJesus · May 12, 2010, 12:15 PM

I'm too lazy to sharpen it, but you can make out the "F8" and "CRT/LCD" I think.

Thrackan · May 12, 2010, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theJesus

I'm too lazy to sharpen it, but you can make out the "F8" and "CRT/LCD" I think.

Only now you told me that's what it says

EDIT: yes, I got the "F8" when I saw it was between F7 and F9

theJesus · May 12, 2010, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thrackan

Only now you told me that's what it says

EDIT: yes, I got the "F8" when I saw it was between F7 and F9

Hmm, I guess you're right; I already knew what to look for

n-ster · May 12, 2010, 12:55 PM

exam cancelled, pics soon

Necrofire · May 12, 2010, 01:07 PM

You use your mouse left-handed n-ster? Awesome.

Also, had a friend do the same thing with an alienware, ran as a headless CS:S server.

n-ster · May 12, 2010, 01:11 PM

Yea I'm a lefty

I use one finger with my right hand, and that is to hold down "W"

Here are the pics, as you can see, I added some speakers:

Cable management close-up:

theJesus · May 12, 2010, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by n-ster

Yea I'm a lefty

I use one finger with my right hand, and that is to hold down "W"

Here are the pics, as you can see, I added some speakers:

http://img.techpowerup.org/100512/ghettoclean%20001.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/100512/ghettoclean%20002.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/100512/ghettoclean%20003.jpg

Cable management close-up:

http://img.techpowerup.org/100512/ghettocable%20002.jpg

Nice! Now that's a slim desktop pc

btw, I loled at the PSP next to the stapler. You know, just typical office supplies

I'll admit I do have one of those fatties sitting right next to me still though

n-ster · May 12, 2010, 01:36 PM

ofc! studying, still have to pretend to study so I use psp, then do a project, then play psp again, then use the stapler

But I only use it when travelling long distances now though... but thought that since my ps3 is there, my psp might as well

If I had a keyboard, I'd stick the headless laptop behind the monitor

n-ster · May 12, 2010, 01:45 PM

on a side note and completely off-topic, pr0n looks so much better on this screen

theJesus · May 12, 2010, 01:46 PM

I honestly can't stand playing games directly on my PSP anymore, I hooked everything through my PC so I view it on my monitor and play with an xbox360 controller. Much better that way.

I did start modding it since I was going to do the analog stick mod, but scrapped the idea since I didn't want to have it sticking out the side and I couldn't find a small enough analog assembly to fit under the faceplate. Since I already opened it up though and my faceplate was totally messed up to begin with, I replaced it with a translucent black one

KieX · May 12, 2010, 06:36 PM

@n-ster That is some neat use of laptop without screen. I certainly think your wifi antenna looks more ghetto stuck to the screen though.

n-ster · May 12, 2010, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KieX

@n-ster That is some neat use of laptop without screen. I certainly think your wifi antenna looks more ghetto stuck to the screen though.

Thanks

I know, but the wall is more practical

theJesus · May 12, 2010, 10:35 PM

Nobody can beat my antenna on the ghetto scale. Pics in a bit

theJesus · May 13, 2010, 12:08 AM

What do you do when your signal sucks? Buy a 16dbi antenna and build a giant parabolic reflector.

What do you do when your adapter overheats? Strip it, slap on some heatsinks, and wire a couple fans to a 5v wall-wart.

All the crazy rope is so I could mount it and have full control over position and orientation. However, I didn't want to punch holes in the reflector and I didn't want to use pulleys either, so I messed around until I had a harness and then messed around some more until I had the rope going through a couple hooks where I can just pull on it to adjust orientation and them clamp it in place.

And the results? Based on measurements from the Ralink utility, I used to get about -88dBm strength and 40-50% link quality. Now I average -74 to -70 dBm strength and 70-80% link quality. Signal noise went up too, but only a few dBm.

(FIH) The Don · May 13, 2010, 12:28 AM

okaaaayyyyy

theJesus · May 13, 2010, 12:31 AM

My parents won't let me pay for my own ISP or use their connnection

May 11, 2010, 11:17 PM	#326
(FIH) The Don Eligible for custom title Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Viking Land Posts: 5,407 (3.84/day) Thanks: 3,101 Thanked 2,970 Times in 1,835 Posts System Specs	thats a nice SFF rig you got there __________________ "there are 2 types of idiots. those who hate the new stuff to justify not being able to upgrade. and those who have no fucking clue about anything" -KieX “So with this new technology my video card will now fart?” -TheMailMan78

System Name:	Ivy Biatch
Processor:	i5 3570K
Motherboard:	ASSRockzz z77TOTHEEXTREME!!!!
Cooling:	bleh
Memory:	2x4gb crucial 1866
Video Card:	HD7770, yes it does BF3
Hard Disk:	120gb Vertex
Optical Drive:	hmm
CRT/LCD Model:	226BW
Case:	whats that, oh my table
Sound Card:	stock onboard thing
PSU:	HX850W
Software:	7

System Name:	Blackbox
Processor:	Intel i5 750 @ stock for now
Motherboard:	EVGA P55 LE
Cooling:	Corsair H50 with 2 x Zalman ZM-F3 push/pull
Memory:	2 x 2g team extreem DDR3 2000
Video Card:	Asus GTX 460 Top
Hard Disk:	Seagate 500.12, Seagate 320.11
Optical Drive:	LG DVD RW
CRT/LCD Model:	BenQ FP222W - 22 inches
Case:	CM 590 with 5x various fans (Thermalright/Noctua)
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	Corsair HX620
Software:	XP home SP3

System Name:	BEHEMOTH
Processor:	Intel Core i5 2500-K @ 4.6ghz
Motherboard:	ASUS P8Z68-V
Cooling:	Corsair Hydro H100
Memory:	2x4gb Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 9-9-9-24 1.5v
Video Card:	EVGA GTX 560 Ti SuperClocked 950/1900/2100 core/shader/mem
Hard Disk:	Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 2TB (OS/pro) \|\| 2x SAMSUNG EcoGreen F2 1.5TB RAID0 (storage)
Optical Drive:	Sony Optiarc AD-7240S-0B
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung SyncMaster 2343BWX @2048x1152
Case:	Antec P280
Sound Card:	HRT MusicStreamer II+
PSU:	SeaSonic X650 Gold
Software:	Win7 Ultimate x64

May 12, 2010, 11:26 AM	#329
n-ster Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 8,306 (5.13/day) Thanks: 1,210 Thanked 1,420 Times in 1,153 Posts System Specs	Same.... Something like Fn+F7 I did some cleaning and rearranging, will post pic once exam is done (around 2:30PM EST) __________________ My Heatware

System Name:	Overkill? naaa, browsing TPU with this is extra special :)
Processor:	i7 3930k @ 4.5 Ghz
Motherboard:	AsRock Fatal1ty Pro
Cooling:	Corsair H80 Push-Pull Noctua fans
Memory:	16GB (4x4gb) 2133Mhz CL11 T1 Samsung UDIMM
Video Card:	7970 @ 1050 core
Hard Disk:	240GB Intel 520 SSD + 60GB Vertex 2 + (2+1)TB Seagate
Optical Drive:	Lite-On 24x DVD burner
CRT/LCD Model:	27" 2560x1440 [Korean] PCBANK
Case:	Lian-Li K62 + steelseries Sensei RAW or WoW Catalyst
Sound Card:	iBasso D10 + ATH-AD870 or Shure 750DJ
PSU:	Corsair HX850 + TT Meka G1 or Corsair K60 Mech Kbs
Software:	Windows 7 Professional X64

May 12, 2010, 11:48 AM	#330
theJesus Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canton, Ohio Posts: 3,127 (1.74/day) Thanks: 2,308 Thanked 866 Times in 613 Posts System Specs	checks laptop Fn+F8 __________________ HEAT “congratulations! you have successfully been inflicted with tpuitis! symptons include: prolonged computer usage, urge to make tpu your homepage, posting at rapid posts-per-day ratios (also known as post whoring), and the urge to waste lots of money on high end computer hardware that you dont need!” -panchoman “Modding to me is something best shared with others.... Kind of like a fine wine, but without the drunk driving arrest and hangovers.” -MKmods “i'm going to punch you in the face now Jesus..” -BumbleBee

May 12, 2010, 12:03 PM	#331
theJesus Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canton, Ohio Posts: 3,127 (1.74/day) Thanks: 2,308 Thanked 866 Times in 613 Posts System Specs	We're talking about Dells __________________ HEAT “congratulations! you have successfully been inflicted with tpuitis! symptons include: prolonged computer usage, urge to make tpu your homepage, posting at rapid posts-per-day ratios (also known as post whoring), and the urge to waste lots of money on high end computer hardware that you dont need!” -panchoman “Modding to me is something best shared with others.... Kind of like a fine wine, but without the drunk driving arrest and hangovers.” -MKmods “i'm going to punch you in the face now Jesus..” -BumbleBee

System Name:	Peenemunde/Salzburg/Osnabruck/Rostock/
Processor:	i7-860 @ 2.9GHz / i7-2700k @ 4.4GHz / i7-920 @ 3.83GHz / Core i3-2100
Motherboard:	Asus Maximus III Gene / Asus Maximus IV Gene / EVGA X58 SLI / Asus P8H77-I
Cooling:	Xigmatek Gaia / Xigmatek Gaia / Antec H2O-620 / Stock
Memory:	4x2GB G.SKILL / 2x4GB Crucial / 1x2GB Corsair / 2x4GB G.SKILL
Video Card:	Powercolor HD7930 / PNY GTX470 + nV GTX470 SLI / 3x MSI Radeon HD7770 GHz Edition / Sapphire HD7950
Hard Disk:	Western Digital 320GB / Western Digital 320GB / Western Digital 250GB / 320GB
Optical Drive:	None
CRT/LCD Model:	Asus VH242H (23.6")
Case:	None / NZXT Source 210 / NZXT Source 210 / Cooler Master Elite 120
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	Antec TruePower New 650w / Antec TPN 650w / Antec Earthwatts 650w / Antec 430w
Software:	Windows 7 Professional x64

May 12, 2010, 12:11 PM	#334
Thrackan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 3,159 (1.84/day) Thanks: 235 Thanked 652 Times in 533 Posts System Specs	Wow, the zoom-in is worse than the full pic __________________ Play League of Legends! Join the Ghetto modders club Put your Steam games on multiple partitions

System Name:	Acer Aspire V3-771G-53218G75Maii
Processor:	Core i5 3210M (2,5-3,1Ghz)
Memory:	8GB DDR3 SODIMM
Video Card:	Geforce GT650M
Hard Disk:	Samsung 830 256GB - 750GB Toshiba drive
Optical Drive:	Slim drive thingy
CRT/LCD Model:	LG E2711T-BN 27"
Software:	Windows 7 x64 Home Premium (non-acer-bloatware)

May 12, 2010, 12:15 PM	#335
theJesus Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canton, Ohio Posts: 3,127 (1.74/day) Thanks: 2,308 Thanked 866 Times in 613 Posts System Specs	I'm too lazy to sharpen it, but you can make out the "F8" and "CRT/LCD" I think. __________________ HEAT “congratulations! you have successfully been inflicted with tpuitis! symptons include: prolonged computer usage, urge to make tpu your homepage, posting at rapid posts-per-day ratios (also known as post whoring), and the urge to waste lots of money on high end computer hardware that you dont need!” -panchoman “Modding to me is something best shared with others.... Kind of like a fine wine, but without the drunk driving arrest and hangovers.” -MKmods “i'm going to punch you in the face now Jesus..” -BumbleBee

May 12, 2010, 12:55 PM	#338
n-ster Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 8,306 (5.13/day) Thanks: 1,210 Thanked 1,420 Times in 1,153 Posts System Specs	exam cancelled, pics soon __________________ My Heatware

May 12, 2010, 01:07 PM	#339
Necrofire Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 585 (0.28/day) Thanks: 28 Thanked 45 Times in 40 Posts System Specs	You use your mouse left-handed n-ster? Awesome. Also, had a friend do the same thing with an alienware, ran as a headless CS:S server. __________________ My [FS] thread

System Name:	Chuck
Processor:	Core i5-2500k @ 4.5Ghz
Motherboard:	msi P67A-C43
Cooling:	hyper 212, 2 120mm fans
Memory:	8GB DDR3 1600MHz
Video Card:	XFX 6870
Hard Disk:	60GB sata3 sandforce ssd, 1TB samsung hdd
Optical Drive:	Pioneer sata DVD burner
CRT/LCD Model:	Yamakazi Catleap
Case:	Possibly Antec, not sure
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	Rosewill 600W

May 12, 2010, 01:11 PM	#340
n-ster Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 8,306 (5.13/day) Thanks: 1,210 Thanked 1,420 Times in 1,153 Posts System Specs	Yea I'm a lefty I use one finger with my right hand, and that is to hold down "W" Here are the pics, as you can see, I added some speakers: Cable management close-up: __________________ My Heatware

May 12, 2010, 01:36 PM	#342
n-ster Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 8,306 (5.13/day) Thanks: 1,210 Thanked 1,420 Times in 1,153 Posts System Specs	ofc! studying, still have to pretend to study so I use psp, then do a project, then play psp again, then use the stapler But I only use it when travelling long distances now though... but thought that since my ps3 is there, my psp might as well If I had a keyboard, I'd stick the headless laptop behind the monitor __________________ My Heatware

May 12, 2010, 01:45 PM	#343
n-ster Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 8,306 (5.13/day) Thanks: 1,210 Thanked 1,420 Times in 1,153 Posts System Specs	on a side note and completely off-topic, pr0n looks so much better on this screen __________________ My Heatware

May 12, 2010, 01:46 PM	#344
theJesus Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canton, Ohio Posts: 3,127 (1.74/day) Thanks: 2,308 Thanked 866 Times in 613 Posts System Specs	I honestly can't stand playing games directly on my PSP anymore, I hooked everything through my PC so I view it on my monitor and play with an xbox360 controller. Much better that way. I did start modding it since I was going to do the analog stick mod, but scrapped the idea since I didn't want to have it sticking out the side and I couldn't find a small enough analog assembly to fit under the faceplate. Since I already opened it up though and my faceplate was totally messed up to begin with, I replaced it with a translucent black one __________________ HEAT “congratulations! you have successfully been inflicted with tpuitis! symptons include: prolonged computer usage, urge to make tpu your homepage, posting at rapid posts-per-day ratios (also known as post whoring), and the urge to waste lots of money on high end computer hardware that you dont need!” -panchoman “Modding to me is something best shared with others.... Kind of like a fine wine, but without the drunk driving arrest and hangovers.” -MKmods “i'm going to punch you in the face now Jesus..” -BumbleBee

May 12, 2010, 06:36 PM	#345
KieX Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: A Coruña, Spain Posts: 2,050 (1.60/day) Thanks: 6,950 Thanked 2,643 Times in 1,136 Posts System Specs	@n-ster That is some neat use of laptop without screen. I certainly think your wifi antenna looks more ghetto stuck to the screen though. __________________

System Name:	Slick
Processor:	Intel i5 2467M
Motherboard:	Samsung Series 5 Ultrabook
Memory:	8GB Corsair Value
Hard Disk:	Crucial M4 7mm 256GB
CRT/LCD Model:	13"
Software:	Windows 8 Pro x64

May 12, 2010, 10:35 PM	#347
theJesus Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canton, Ohio Posts: 3,127 (1.74/day) Thanks: 2,308 Thanked 866 Times in 613 Posts System Specs	Nobody can beat my antenna on the ghetto scale. Pics in a bit __________________ HEAT “congratulations! you have successfully been inflicted with tpuitis! symptons include: prolonged computer usage, urge to make tpu your homepage, posting at rapid posts-per-day ratios (also known as post whoring), and the urge to waste lots of money on high end computer hardware that you dont need!” -panchoman “Modding to me is something best shared with others.... Kind of like a fine wine, but without the drunk driving arrest and hangovers.” -MKmods “i'm going to punch you in the face now Jesus..” -BumbleBee

May 13, 2010, 12:08 AM	#348
theJesus Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canton, Ohio Posts: 3,127 (1.74/day) Thanks: 2,308 Thanked 866 Times in 613 Posts System Specs	What do you do when your signal sucks? Buy a 16dbi antenna and build a giant parabolic reflector. What do you do when your adapter overheats? Strip it, slap on some heatsinks, and wire a couple fans to a 5v wall-wart. All the crazy rope is so I could mount it and have full control over position and orientation. However, I didn't want to punch holes in the reflector and I didn't want to use pulleys either, so I messed around until I had a harness and then messed around some more until I had the rope going through a couple hooks where I can just pull on it to adjust orientation and them clamp it in place. And the results? Based on measurements from the Ralink utility, I used to get about -88dBm strength and 40-50% link quality. Now I average -74 to -70 dBm strength and 70-80% link quality. Signal noise went up too, but only a few dBm. __________________ HEAT “congratulations! you have successfully been inflicted with tpuitis! symptons include: prolonged computer usage, urge to make tpu your homepage, posting at rapid posts-per-day ratios (also known as post whoring), and the urge to waste lots of money on high end computer hardware that you dont need!” -panchoman “Modding to me is something best shared with others.... Kind of like a fine wine, but without the drunk driving arrest and hangovers.” -MKmods “i'm going to punch you in the face now Jesus..” -BumbleBee

May 13, 2010, 12:28 AM	#349
(FIH) The Don Eligible for custom title Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Viking Land Posts: 5,407 (3.84/day) Thanks: 3,101 Thanked 2,970 Times in 1,835 Posts System Specs	okaaaayyyyy __________________ "there are 2 types of idiots. those who hate the new stuff to justify not being able to upgrade. and those who have no fucking clue about anything" -KieX “So with this new technology my video card will now fart?” -TheMailMan78

May 13, 2010, 12:31 AM	#350
theJesus Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canton, Ohio Posts: 3,127 (1.74/day) Thanks: 2,308 Thanked 866 Times in 613 Posts System Specs	My parents won't let me pay for my own ISP or use their connnection __________________ HEAT “congratulations! you have successfully been inflicted with tpuitis! symptons include: prolonged computer usage, urge to make tpu your homepage, posting at rapid posts-per-day ratios (also known as post whoring), and the urge to waste lots of money on high end computer hardware that you dont need!” -panchoman “Modding to me is something best shared with others.... Kind of like a fine wine, but without the drunk driving arrest and hangovers.” -MKmods “i'm going to punch you in the face now Jesus..” -BumbleBee

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