Ghetto Mods

[Keullo-e]

Okay so I'm building rigs for the roommate's kids and a few people from here (you know who you are ) helped out. Well one of the wifi cards wasn't really doing too well to the point of in games, the player can try to go forward but instead go to Pluto and back with a detour to some other galaxy. Anywho I decided to stick the card in a system that's much lighter on the network usage and for some reason the card works 300% better in this, uh, spot.

Antennas stuck to the back of the card. Gets 31/9 on speedtest which it was at 2/0.6 before. So weird stuff happens and it works better.

Haha! Reminds me of my ghetto mod back in the day when I lived with my parents, my connection was with a 3G modem which ran pretty damn hot and the signal wasn't that good.. Well, I installed that on the top of my room on an USB hub, modified a PCI slot bracket to hold it in place (of course secured with screw) and also had a fan running with USB's 5V to cool it down.

Damn, I even have still a photo!

 

[dorsetknob]

What Do you Do when your Case fan is Cracked

"Hint"
Glue Gun and length of 1mm Coper wire

 

[micropage7]

What Do you Do when your Case fan is Cracked

"Hint"
Glue Gun and length of 1mm Coper wire

How can it cracked?
Falling or something

 

[dorsetknob]

No idea it was a S-h case acquired for a pittance Guess the previous Owner cracked it somehow
It made ticking noise ( Fan was hitting something )So i took it out to clean and inspect and that's what i found.
Re assembled after repair no noise

 

[Athlonite]

How can it cracked?
Falling or something

yup dropping a fan will have that desired effect you'll either crack a strut or a blade, the strut you can easily repair the blade not so much if you don't do the exact same thing to all the blades you end up with a high speed vibrator

 

[Keullo-e]

I've fixed a fan blade once with super glue, it worked but I replaced it anyway. But if it can be repaired, repair it!

 

[HUSKIE]

Fan just stopped working so put 2x120mm noctua fans on it. R9 380 GPU. Btw I fixed now but fan no longer working..

Xspc fan hub to feed the fans

 

[jboydgolfer]

Fan just stopped working so put 2x120mm noctua fans on it. R9 380 GPU. Btw I fixed now but fan no longer working..

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Xspc fan hub to feed the fans

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Replacing the fans on those is really easy. I don't know if this is the right model but if you take the fan out from the shroud and read the number on the back of the fan hub you can order the exact ones

https://m.ebay.com/itm/85mm-Sapphir...al-X-Fan-Replacement-40mm-R158a-/171267034859

 

[micropage7]

i bought imperion headset, i know it will be kinda crappy since it's just about $11
actually it just for having fun only, so i use my creativity to make it less crappy
changing dampening foam by using masking tape, but i add some needle points and add bubble wrap and more foam to boost the bass

 

[witkazy]

Turns out "universal" replacement gpu fan not so universal after all ,but not completly useless neither, after some modding (extra mounting hole and 20mm of double sided tape) works like a charm.Original fan died after 22 months of use ,if this sucker lasts me a year i'll be happy .

 

[micropage7]

Turns out "universal" replacement gpu fan not so universal after all ,but not completly useless neither, after some modding (extra mounting hole and 20mm of double sided tape) works like a charm.Original fan died after 22 months of use ,if this sucker lasts me a year i'll be happy .View attachment 103921

interesting, since usually sit tight and sometimes it's kinda harder to find the replacement in the same size

 

[HUSKIE]

Finally I found cooler for my r9 380 see #2632

Taken from gigabyte 1080-gaming gpu cooler.

 

[Komshija]

I've fixed a fan blade once with super glue, it worked but I replaced it anyway. But if it can be repaired, repair it!

I fixed several laptop fan blades with super glue. Before that, while cleaning a laptop, I blasted it with 8 bars of pressure which broke half of the fan blades. After that I'm using regulated pressure @ 4 bars.

 

[cucker tarlson]

I ended up ripping out the AHV system from my Zalman H1, I bought the case back when my priority was silence. Now that I want more airflow I got rid of it and installed a 140mm 1400rpm high airflow nanoxia fan. Pushes tons of air, problem is due to its high airflow as well as placement (top on a full tower case right by my desk) it's more audible than I'm used to. I don't mind that while gaming since the GPU is louder anyway, but when I don't run anything intensive I like my pc quiet. So I just use a coursebook to cover the top, leave jsut a tiny gap. Eliminates the noise almost completely.

I might upgrade it to C1/C2 level some day

 

[witkazy]

I ended up ripping out the AHV system from my Zalman H1, I bought the case back when my priority was silence. Now that I want more airflow I got rid of it and installed a 140mm 1400rpm high airflow nanoxia fan. Pushes tons of air, problem is due to its high airflow as well as placement (top on a full tower case right by my desk) it's more audible than I'm used to. I don't mind that while gaming since the GPU is louder anyway, but when I don't run anything intensive I like my pc quiet. So I just use a coursebook to cover the top, leave jsut a tiny gap. Eliminates the noise almost completely.

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I might upgrade it to C1/C2 level some day

Not sure if it qualifies as gettho , looks more like "white collar mod" to me

 

[cucker tarlson]

Idle down by 5-6 degrees, load down 4-5 degrees (+13MHz higher boost)

 

[natr0n]

Got some new fans and they don't allow mounting via clips so...yeah. Shoe laces and wooden stir sticks suspension system. Come at me bro!

 

[lexluthermiester]

What Do you Do when your Case fan is Cracked

"Hint"
Glue Gun and length of 1mm Coper wire

Superglue around the copper wire would have worked too!

Got some new fans and they don't allow mounting via clips so...yeah. Shoe laces and wooden stir sticks suspension system. Come at me bro!

Zip ties my friend, zip ties work wonders sometimes.

 

[Arjai]

AHV system

?
What is that?

 

[natr0n]

Zip ties my friend, zip ties work wonders sometimes.

Indeed, gonna get some. I had none laying around and had determination lol.

 

[AlwaysHope]

This whole thread is what I love about fiddling with PCs, no limits to human ingenuity!

 

[lexluthermiester]

Indeed, gonna get some. I had none laying around and had determination lol.

I feel ya, sometimes you just have to work with what you have on hand and rework later.

 

[cucker tarlson]

?
What is that?

opens/closes top exhaust based on the temperature you set.

 

[Arjai]

Automatic Heat Vent...AHV. Got it! I am not all that familiar with Zalman cases.

 

[nomdeplume]

Bought a CM MasterCase 3 Pro which I've been very happy with other than vibration isolation in their 3.5" drive mounting solution. With both my storage drives mounted the case vibrated considerably and resonated a distracting pitch with the front panel off. With the front panel fit I'd have to tap it constantly to get the amplified noise it made to quit. Practically the entire case is thick solidly constructed steel except for the loose fitting flexible plastic drive sleds. Finally figured out a simple solution. I'm amazed what I came up with dampened 3/4 of the vibration and completely removed all noise. Cloth tape on opposite corners overlapping opposite rails.

Not sure how ghetto of a mod this is compared to fabricobbling up a suspension mount like I almost did.