Undercoating done

Looks pretty good. Hard to get even coverage when you can't move you r target piece and it's a foot deep.

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Case prep for install

Masking and more masking. Had to cover everything that I wanted to stay clean. Took a while but I got a pretty good setup for spraying the undercoating on the inside.

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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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