MB wired (mods - pls merge with my silent cube thread)

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Elrast
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MB wired (mods - pls merge with my silent cube thread)

Post by Elrast » Sun Dec 06, 2009 3:42 pm

Warning: unsightly hack photos follow!

12V "distribution" for both motherboards. The white socket is a so-called
LV socket. The socket openings don't match standard 240v plugs so
there's no confusion.

Sitting on the floor is a DA-2 with a LV plug installed. I had to take the
clamp on ferrite off to get enough length on the internal cores. Will do some research and put a ferrite back in later.

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And here is a close up of the LV socket. Its looking very ghetto at the moment with the straps. Trying to figure out a way of installing the socket cleanly.

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The puter booted, inspite of me shorting out a front panel LED output inadvertently (wired a microswitch wrong way around - it was a short instead of going through the NO contacts). Fingers crossed no permanent damage. It's STILL formatting the 1TB drive - going at 7 hours+ I reckon.

E.

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