Fatality! Scratch one psu.

Not positive, but I think the dead power supply might have relationship to this messy leaky capacitor?

EDIT:  OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG.  Yes, I am stupid sometimes.

The mounting brackets use button head bolts and square nuts (I already had them, just, work with me here).  ONE of the brackets has ONE bolt/nut that was pressing down on the Capacitor on the left side of the photo.

How did I discover this when I thought the PSU was dead?  I went to plug my drill into the same outlet the PSU was in...and it was dead too.  GFCI had tripped.

So I opened up the PSU, tested fine.  Took the brackets off, shell back on, tested fine.  Only one bolt/nut was anywhere near anything, so I opted to remove that bracket entirely, put the others back on, put the whole thing back together, tests fine.

UGH...stupid stupid stupid.  :P

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Much work! Me do lots of stuff!

Got the motherboard in thursday so I could mount the waterblock and start final location for the backplane.

It can be really tricky to cut, file, smooth, and align it without overcutting.

Hold in place: mark: drill one: hold up in place again: mark: drill second: rinse repeat.

Working in a case made of particle board and aluminum sheets that only holds its shape when all latches are closed...very careful before deciding.

Before I took the shots of the mounting I probably put it in and out 15 times. Angle at the plugs; alignment for microphone jacks; dremel cut to remove the end flare of the I/O shield; adhesive to hold the shield in place; more and more until it JUST fits (still about 1mm I would adjust).

More coming: busy weekend so I can get wiring and tubing going.

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First complete radiator panel

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First door assembly

Got my first radiator door panel fitted and put together with e6000 adhesive. They turned out pretty well. I always wish for laser-like fit but it looks alright.

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Work starts again!

First I marked out a scrap piece of plastic. Drilled and tapped for my standoffs.


I decided I needed support for my gpu during any transport bouncing and so I bent a 90 that will cup over my waterblock.



 
Then I did some fitting to check clearance and harddrive location.

It's getting really hard to take photos between the funny lid arrangement and the cramped space. ;)

More coming!

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more to come soon

been forcing myself to do my Real Estate Continuing Education.  I have to complete 30 hours by end of June or I can't work.  ;)

Got 20 out of 30 so far.

I believe I have another supporter in Gigabyte.  It looks like they are enjoying the project enough to provide an H67 motherboard.

I had hopes the Z68s would come in time...but no release dates from Gigabyte yet.  That means OC on the CPU will have to wait.

Since I will have the mobo in hand soon, construction of the mounting and position fixtures will commence in short order.

PSU mount: done
Radiator slide system: done
slide system mounting: done
CPU: 2500K in hand
Motherboard: H67 on the way from Gigabyte
RAM: Ballistix Tracer DDR3 in hand from Crucial (might even get fancy with this, an old idea brought new)
Drives: Intel 160Gb SSD in hand, 1TB Hitachi 65Mb cache in hand, LG Blu-Ray combo Lightscribe in hand
GPU: 480GTX in hand...wishing for something to upgrade, but nothing is accessible.

Main items remaining are motherboard location, mounting, backplane and GPU openings, Pump location, then tubing and power lines final issues.

I hope to be power'd up and testing by the end of June.  :)

essential parts ordered, other stuff already on hand

Wanted to sound off that I already have support from Crucial.  They had previously sent me 3X2Gig kit of Red tracer DDR3.  In this mod I will use that memory but stick with the 2X2Gig layout of the H67 chipset.

Ordered my CPU (2500K) and a motherboard (the Z68s still have no street date, and I need to get measuring).

At least I can transplant other hardware over and get on with installs rather than waiting till the last minute to get the parts mounted and plumbing done.  :)