de.das.dude
Pro Indian Modder
- Joined
- Jun 13, 2010
- Messages
- 8,785 (1.73/day)
- Location
- Stuck in a PC. halp.
System Name | Monke | Work Thinkpad| Old Monke |
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Processor | Ryzen 5600X | Ryzen 5500U | FX8320 |
Motherboard | ASRock B550 Extreme4 | ? | Asrock 990FX Extreme 4 |
Cooling | 240mm Rad | Not needed | hyper 212 EVO |
Memory | 2x16GB DDR4 3600 Corsair RGB | 16 GB DDR4 3600 | 16GB DDR3 1600 |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire Pulse RX6700XT 12GB | Vega 8 | Sapphire Pulse RX580 8GB |
Storage | Samsung 980 nvme (Primary) | some samsung SSD |
Display(s) | Dell 2723DS | Some 14" 1080p 98%sRGB IPS | Dell 2240L |
Case | Ant Esports Tempered case | Thinkpad | Antec |
Audio Device(s) | Logitech Z333 | Jabra corpo stuff |
Power Supply | Corsair RM750e | not needed | Corsair GS 600 |
Mouse | Logitech G400 | nipple |
Keyboard | Logitech G213 | stock kb is awesome | Logitech K230 |
VR HMD | ;_; |
Software | Windows 10 Professional x3 |
Benchmark Scores | There are no marks on my bench |
Extracting the Front IO
The front IO and the HDD easy dock will be salvaged and implemented into the new chassis.
1. Removing the front bezel:
Behold, a front bezel from the back side
Look at that mess of wires, and how they are cramped into that little place.
3. Getting rid of the removeable wiring.
At first glance it would seem that the whole square outlined bit is a separate unit and should lift off after bending away the mesh tabs.
however rosewill decided it to be best to glue the whole thing in place. This means i have to do a ton more work and rape the are around the bits i want to salvage.
4. De-mesh & de-filter
5. Cutting out the square bit.
Now, i wasnt completely sure that the hdd dock wont be useable so i first cut out the whole thing, the cut had to be 3d and include the top of the front bezel completely since the top had some mounting places for the PCB and would require precision cutting, that will not be possible on the cumbersome bezel itself.
6. Lift off!
7. Rough cleaning the edges:
Here i remove the mounting places and some reinforcements. Couldnt get a cutting disc in there, so i just sheared them off with pliers.
8. Extracting I/O
I realised salvaging the hdd dock wont be possible and could save either the dock or the I/O, since the latter was more important, the dock got destroyed for its sake..
Extracted
9. Finishing off with filing and cleaning.
a lot of filing and a quick clean with a wet brush did the trick
Thats a lot of work done; but i managed to do it all in 2hours putting the total time at 6hours.
The front IO and the HDD easy dock will be salvaged and implemented into the new chassis.
1. Removing the front bezel:
Behold, a front bezel from the back side
Look at that mess of wires, and how they are cramped into that little place.
3. Getting rid of the removeable wiring.
At first glance it would seem that the whole square outlined bit is a separate unit and should lift off after bending away the mesh tabs.
however rosewill decided it to be best to glue the whole thing in place. This means i have to do a ton more work and rape the are around the bits i want to salvage.
4. De-mesh & de-filter
5. Cutting out the square bit.
Now, i wasnt completely sure that the hdd dock wont be useable so i first cut out the whole thing, the cut had to be 3d and include the top of the front bezel completely since the top had some mounting places for the PCB and would require precision cutting, that will not be possible on the cumbersome bezel itself.
6. Lift off!
7. Rough cleaning the edges:
Here i remove the mounting places and some reinforcements. Couldnt get a cutting disc in there, so i just sheared them off with pliers.
8. Extracting I/O
I realised salvaging the hdd dock wont be possible and could save either the dock or the I/O, since the latter was more important, the dock got destroyed for its sake..
Extracted
9. Finishing off with filing and cleaning.
a lot of filing and a quick clean with a wet brush did the trick
Thats a lot of work done; but i managed to do it all in 2hours putting the total time at 6hours.