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Post by Scavenger »

ja, a metallic gunmetal would look sick.
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How bout gunmetal black blue tint and chrome finish.

Oh crap, I'm starting to get all Indian, right? With their bunny chows and samoosas's, right? You take a left, right? :lol: :lol: just kidding! :-P
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LOL DR you're nuts dude :P

Anyway, i've decided that a dark grey colour scheme would be best. Thanks for all the input guys!

Update!!

Okay, this isn't much of an update, but i've got one or two things to share :)

A nice little package arrived from Honk Kong:

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Included in this package were the following:

A set of Blue Talismoon rear fans:

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Compared to the stock fans:

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A new fan duct:

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Compared to the stock fan duct:

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Some LEDs:

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(yes, i know, i could have made those myself. But i'm lazy, and they were cheap :P )

And lastly, the replacement cover for my DVD drive:

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The bummer about the DVD drive cover is that it requires me to tear open my original cover for the little balancing goodie:

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Which is then held in place with this:

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I dunno if i'm gonna keep that piece though. I might make my own one...

Anyway, stock fan:

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New fan:

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Fan duct in place, and testing:

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I then also wired up the new LEDs. All power from the bottom of the motherboard:

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I ALSO changed the LEDs on the ROL, from green to blue:

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I then threw it all together just for a quick test to see how it looks:

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Tomorrow i'm gonna go get some paint. Can't wait to finish this baby :D
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Post by inf3ct10n »

looking good man, wd.
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inf3ct10n wrote:looking sick... so even though im not christian... christmas will be coming early for me this year when you wrap the xbox up and hand-deliver it to my door huh? :P

haha.. keep it up Ett, its SSSSSSSSIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!
LOL, i find it slightly ironic that you say that, because i don't celebrate Christmas :P

Thanks man, glad you like :)
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Its looking really good. Nice work man.

On a side note: You need to have a look at the dust gathering on that one IC (chip as some people call it) Those pins are way to clogged with dust particles to be good for that IC. Get a filter or something on those fans mate! 8O
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Can i bring my Xbox through when its gaurentee is up? Touch-wood :wink:
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Samaya wrote:Its looking really good. Nice work man.

On a side note: You need to have a look at the dust gathering on that one IC (chip as some people call it) Those pins are way to clogged with dust particles to be good for that IC. Get a filter or something on those fans mate! 8O
Serious?!

I can't filter the fans because the fans EXTRACT :P

maestro_za wrote:Can i bring my Xbox through when its gaurentee is up? Touch-wood :wink:
As long as you bring some money with :P (or at the VERY least, some sushi)
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DAE_JA_VOO wrote:LOL DR you're nuts dude :P
I know... :oops:
DAE_JA_VOO wrote:Anyway, i've decided that a dark grey colour scheme would be best. Thanks for all the input guys!
Nooooo!! O... wait... it's your XBOX... :-P
DAE_JA_VOO wrote:A nice little package arrived from Honk Kong:
ROFL!!!! :lol:

Care to link us to that specific place? :-D
DAE_JA_VOO wrote:A new fan duct:
Is that a wire I see on the fan duct... If it is, what is it for?
DAE_JA_VOO wrote:And lastly, the replacement cover for my DVD drive:
Why didn't you put this up in the mod before taking the pictures??
inf3ct10n wrote:looking sick...
Agreed. Absolutely amazing Ett.
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DAE_JA_VOO wrote:Serious?!

I can't filter the fans because the fans EXTRACT :P
Ok that would explain why the particles looked like they were "flowing" towards the fans... bummer. You still need to clear it off though
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DAE_JA_VOO wrote:
Samaya wrote:Its looking really good. Nice work man.

On a side note: You need to have a look at the dust gathering on that one IC (chip as some people call it) Those pins are way to clogged with dust particles to be good for that IC. Get a filter or something on those fans mate! 8O
Serious?!

I can't filter the fans because the fans EXTRACT :P

maestro_za wrote:Can i bring my Xbox through when its gaurentee is up? Touch-wood :wink:
As long as you bring some money with :P (or at the VERY least, some sushi)
I aint cheap :wink: $ and sushi coming up!

I will definately assist with the modding process. I've always had an interest ... just never the guts to start from scratch!
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Ettienne, I want to know if you could do me a little favor. You have all the neccesary tools for opening your xbox, thus I would like you to measure something for me (or even guess).

The space between the XBOX cover and the heatsink, how big is that, also the Dimensions of the heatsink, even if it is guessed.

I opened my box, but then realized (the idiot that I am) that I need those H8 and H6 screwdriver thingies. So I will see what I can do with my XBOX this coming vacation of 10 days.

Also, could you say if there is a way to make my xbox NOT scratch my games??

Thanks dude!! :-D :wink: :D
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DarkRanger wrote:The space between the XBOX cover and the heatsink, how big is that, also the Dimensions of the heatsink, even if it is guessed.
Hmmm... i don't know the EXACT dimension, but it's pretty small. Like a few mm, why?

DarkRanger wrote:Also, could you say if there is a way to make my xbox NOT scratch my games??
There IS a mod you can do. I saw it months ago. Can't remember where i saw it though :(

Sorry for my late reply ;)
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a few mm... Smaller than 25mm??

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DarkRanger wrote:a few mm... Smaller than 25mm??
Certainly. Probably smaller than 5mm by the looks of things. You're definitely not gonna fit a fan in there (assuming that's what you need the 25mm for, considering a fan's width is 25mm :P )
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you are a genius... I was pondering on that for a month... darnit... Coz My guess is that if you will be able to fit a fan somewhere that sucks air in, the xbox might run a slight bit cooler...
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DarkRanger wrote:Coz My guess is that if you will be able to fit a fan somewhere that sucks air in, the xbox might run a slight bit cooler...
You're right. If you could get a fan on top of that cooler, life would be better and we'd have world peace.... but it's impossible :(

The next bext thing is to put a fan NEXT to it, on the side closest to the FRONT of the console, not the rear. Put a fan blowing air in there, and that air will help the rear fans, creating some added airflow through the CPU cooler :D

Many guys have done this. It generally looks REALLY bad, but it works :)
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If I can just make it look good...

I need to get that H* screw driver... darnit... Do you maybe have a link to a mod that has a fan??
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Post by Firestrm_ZA »

looking good ett.... cant wait to see final pics of th whole project.... i agree with ranger... spray the doos black... lol... hows about some wc in there too??
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Did you mange to spray it yet Dae?
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Very recently I believe :)
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Mmmm.... did you see him walking around with grey hands? 8O :P
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DeanMF wrote:Did you mange to spray it yet Dae?
This mod is actually COMPLETE Dean :P

I just haven't had a chance to update yet. I should get around to it today. I finished yesterday :)
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Oh yeah, cant wait for the piccies :)

Are you happy with the outcome Dae?
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DAE_JA_VOO wrote:
DeanMF wrote:Did you mange to spray it yet Dae?
This mod is actually COMPLETE Dean :P

I just haven't had a chance to update yet. I should get around to it today. I finished yesterday :)
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