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Ghetto Mods

I was bored this afternoon and had some spare stuff laying around so...
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Only thing is, it won't power on :ohwell: I don't know why, but I'll investigate tomorrow possibly.
 
did you set the jumpers correct on those IDE drives?
 
(FIH) The Don said:
did you set the jumpers correct on those IDE drives?
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IDK man, I press the power button and nothing happens. If the jumpers weren't set right it would still post right?
 
Yeah it would still post or atleast power on.
 
Maybe the jumpers of the power button are not plugged on the correct pins. Go online and look for mobo manual. If its still not powering remove the ram sticks it should beep if you have an onboard speaker. If not beeping and psu not starting then unplug the psu 4 pins connector and 20(24) from mobo. Place a metallic jumper between the green wire and any black wire(ground) on the 20(24) main plug. If the psu turns then there big chances that its the mobo that is fried. From past experiences if the mobo is ok but processor is fried then the fans will turn anyway just wont start. but if the mobo is fried then no beep and psu fan not turning when started.

Hope it could help....im used with old crap so follow those steps. Its poor man tricks and work all the time :P
 
Looks like an old Intel board to me since you have the white ram air from Compaq case. I just had one like that and the mobo was fried due to overheating. I see the type of mobo from here...1 gig Maximum socket 370 , 512 megs pc133 maximum and pci slots. just rebuilded one and sold it to my aunt. going great when having enough ram but overheating as hell.
 
MohawkAngel said:
Looks like an old Intel board to me since you have the white ram air from Compaq case. I just had one like that and the mobo was fried due to overheating. I see the type of mobo from here...1 gig Maximum socket 370 , 512 megs pc133 maximum and pci slots. just rebuilded one and sold it to my aunt. going great when having enough ram but overheating as hell.
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It's an Asus A7V-ML socket-A mobo with a 1.3GHz Athlon. Could using a 500W PSU with 24-pin on a board that was designed for a 150W with 20-pin only and no CPU power be the problem?
 
Soylent Joe said:
It's an Asus A7V-ML socket-A mobo with a 1.3GHz Athlon. Could using a 500W PSU with 24-pin on a board that was designed for a 150W with 20-pin only and no CPU power be the problem?
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Hmmm, I'm no expert on this but I feel sure enough to say that it really shouldn't matter what PSU you use as long as it can put out enough power :)
 
Tech2 said:
Hmmm, I'm no expert on this but I feel sure enough to say that it really shouldn't matter what PSU you use as long as it can put out enough power :)
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Yes true true, but as most of us know, OEM prebuilt shit can be extremely picky. Especially if it's almost 10 years old.
 
eeet liivesss! :pimp:
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Turns out the power button connector and the 20-pin weren't plugged in correctly. I was just tired of messing with it last night. The two fans on the PSU and the 92mm ram give the box a good bit of ventilation.
 
ha.... I love how you set it up bang in the center of the room :roll:
 
Is that a wifi stick on top of the PSU? Nice PC in a Box. :)
 
Tech2 said:
ha.... I love how you set it up bang in the center of the room :roll:
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:laugh: I just used an extension cord, didn't want to get the kitchen table all messy again. But, the cat keeps jumping on the box so I'll have to put it all up before we leave in a minute.

mlee49 said:
Is that a wifi stick on top of the PSU? Nice PC in a Box. :)
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That it is man. Thanks :toast:
 
Soylent Joe said:
:laugh: I just used an extension cord, didn't want to get the kitchen table all messy again. But, the cat keeps jumping on the box so I'll have to put it all up before we leave in a minute.
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Haha... yea most cat's have a thing for hiding in boxes, you might want to tape it up... The box that is :laugh:
 
Edited, you got it working.
Teach me for not reading :slap:
 
Got busy with a mod I've wanted to do for a while now.

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hey........ this your gf's PC?
 
Nope, that's my CM 690.
 
Nice, I like it!
 
Just wanna ask if some of you already ghetto moded a Mac Power G4 case? They look great but I would like to get rid of the mac stuff inside and transplant some old AMD shit I could find around to make a download rig or home server. The mac stuff would go in a box I would do to put in my car the psu throw only 160W so i would build up something and use that simple Mac as car computer and park it near wireless internet cafe or watch movies in the car ;) Any ideas???
 
i have often thought of doing something like that but wouldn't be possible to get it in my case :laugh:
 
Damn, that's Xtreme! :eek:

*goes and reads entire thread*
 
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