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Whisky PC
Something little that one can do with the empty glass bottles.
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| Author: |
Janos Marton |
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03.02.2006 |
Original article found
here
Metku.net
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Intro
I already had a powerful computer setup so I wanted something more
quiet, small and low power consumption to function as a basic home
server. I love to tinker with hardware etc. so I wanted to make something
quite unique for a case. I have seen many nice and creative cases before
but none of them were made out of a bottle. In November I bought an
industrial 3.5" SBC board (with Socket370). For the project I selected a
1.5 litre Ballantine's bottle for case. That was the proper size and shape
for the task at hand.
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Ballantine's
Prepping the bottle
Cut
I tried to cut and drill couple of similar bottles at home but I realized that my tools are not good enough for it, then finaly a professional glass grinder man prepared the whisky bottle for me. He made two holes: one at the back of the bottle for CPU cooling and one at left side for put in the stuffing.
Hardware
Hardware
I bought an Intel P3 733EB processor, a 256MB notebook RAM, a
40GB notebook HDD and finaly a 60W mini-ITX PSU. The RAM module is
placed at the back side of the mobo. A compact flash card slot also
situated there, so I could use it instead of IDE HDD.
Side panel
In the next step I made a new plexi side panel and I fixed the
mobo for it together with the power connector and the power switch.
The small piece of plexi at the left functions as a "lock". It can
be fixed by two small screws and it then holds the side panel in
place.
PSU
I made new cabling for power switch, HDD LED and 12V power
connector.
Installing the OS
During the OS installation I used a normal IDE cable to connect
the HDD and CD-ROM. For normal use I connected the HDD with 44 pin
mini-IDE cable so no separate power cable is needed. I put this all
together in the office, because my son was born in December and I do
not have free time at home anymore. At least during the day time so
most of the mod was done at night...
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