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Cuzza's Sega SC-3000H Nano-ITX Mod

Cheers Lazzer, i'll give it a go
 
Lots of little things on the go at once... Today I have cut a hole in the bottom of the case to mount an exhaust fan. It's the only place I had left to put a fan. Lazzer, I did some tests to see how effective it would be as an intake, and looks like you were right, it needs more clearance underneath. But as exhaust it's ok (running it at low speed btw)

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Looks a bit rough underneath, but I will tidy that up some time. I'll sort out the wiring first.
 
Cuzza said:
Cheers Lazzer, i'll give it a go
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On second thought, I can't solder that! It's too small! It's beyond my skill, equipment and quite frankly, eyesight.
 
Cuzza said:
On second thought, I can't solder that! It's too small! It's beyond my skill, equipment and quite frankly, eyesight.
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you cahn doo eet!

Can you grind your tip smaller?
 
I don't think that's a good idea. I'm going to give up on this antenna extension for now.

In other news, here's the proof that the fan is working:

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Unfortunately, it seems to be taking most of its air straight in from the nearby slots:

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I'll have to cover those up somehow.

But overall it's looking pretty good. I've moved a few things around, unsheathed the wifi dongle, glued the keyboard cable along the side of the case, taped up the mobo power cables, got rid of the unused molex connector, removed all that unsightly white insulation tape and shifted the power connector block to make room for the fan. Everything it fitting quite snugly now.

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You could always use some little rubber stick on feet to get some extra clearance if having the fan as intake would work better.

( Simple mods are fine too :p )
 
OH yah that's always an option, but I don't want to raise it because that would make the keyboard harder to use. As standard it is just low enough that I can reach all the keys with base of palms resting on desk, and I'm a lazy typist.
 
I've said it before and I'll say it again. You, good sir, are a genius :toast:

If only my mITX builds were half as cool I'd be happy !
 
you done anything to it recently or is this it finished forever?

i liked that idea of replacing the heatsink but it seems like a pipe dream
 
It's definitely not finished forever, just on the backburner. I will get back to the heatsink next year hopefully.
 
Cuzza said:
It's definitely not finished forever, just on the backburner. I will get back to the heatsink next year hopefully.
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what amazes me is how you got the keyboard to work as a normal keyboard for windows ect

its a good idea to put it to one side and tweak it later on :cool:
 
Hey dudes, not much progress lately just thought you might like to see this shot of my sister playing Wolf3D on the sega!

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Sadly, it has been sitting in a box lately. Now that I have it in the same room as the router I can actually get internet through the wireless and maybe I will use this thing for some casual internetting. The poor little VIA C7 really struggles with youtube though, which is rather disappointing.
 
Cuzza said:
Hey dudes, not much progress lately just thought you might like to see this shot of my sister playing Wolf3D on the sega!

http://imagehost.losias.net/images/sv403457.jpg

Sadly, it has been sitting in a box lately. Now that I have it in the same room as the router I can actually get internet through the wireless and maybe I will use this thing for some casual internetting. The poor little VIA C7 really struggles with youtube though, which is rather disappointing.
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Cram a quad core and a 5870 in it. :rockout:
 
brandonwh64 said:
LOL that would be tits if he could find a quad core laptop with a nice onboard videocard and a busted screen that you could take the motherboard out and mod in the sega!
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They make ITX boards that'll run quads with no problem at all. Grab a flex pci-e cable and stick a gfx card any angle you want. It's the powersupply that becomes the issue. ASK ME HOW I KNOW?! Right Cuzza? haha :roll:
 
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