Afro Engineering anyone???

Jstyr · Post by **Jstyr** » Tue Mar 26, 2002 1:53 pm

What's the sillyest thing you've done to modify your PC...or correct an existing problem? To give you an example I'll tell you what I've done....er am DOING....

Right now I have my Case angled out with the inside panel off. About a foot or 2 away I have an old GE space fan (read room fan) sitting on the ground blowing air onto the Mobo and Processor

I'm having difficulties installing an exhaust fan so this seemed like a good idea to me.

It keeps the temps down nicely and creates a nice electrical hazard in my room

So what afro engineering have you guys been up too?

Jstyr · Post by **Jstyr** » Tue Mar 26, 2002 3:14 pm

/bump

Come on I know you guys must have some funny stories

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Mar 26, 2002 4:26 pm

i did teh fan thing, but i dont recomend it cuz it was really weird, the fan ended up becoming electrically charged, that HURT!

i stick heatsinks on everythign and mad a massive heatsink orgy on a geforce 2 mx card.

XSeaNX · Post by **XSeaNX** » Tue Mar 26, 2002 5:56 pm

well the front door on my old PC broke...so I used duct tape to tape it so I could still use the door while my lazy butt was on its way to best buy to get the replacement that they had waiting for it (yes, it was a compaq and YES it was a long time ago :shutters

I once used a pen for the power button cause it popped intot he case and it was the only way I could reach it....I didnt feel like fixing it....

I know ive done more...Ill post them later

Broadsword · Post by **Broadsword** » Tue Mar 26, 2002 6:07 pm

Not engineering but about 2 months ago I hid my foil pipe on my cd-rom and it fell on my PNY GeForce 3... everything on the monitor got scrambled and i felt like crying. Had to get a new one, i just told them a screw fell on it.

wip3out · Post by **wip3out** » Tue Mar 26, 2002 6:54 pm

I sent my case off to my uncle so he could cut some exaust fans in the back.

For 2 weeks i had all the components of my last P3 700mhz based system laid out on my desk running fine, in fact the temps had never been lower.

When I got it back I had no plastic bezel on the case for about 2 months. cos i just couldn't be bothered screwing it back on.

And I've got two blue orbs stuck to the back of my graphics card right now. Which to be honest aren't doing much good but it looks pretty cool.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Mar 26, 2002 7:55 pm

Originally posted by OptKing
Not engineering but about 2 months ago I hid my foil pipe on my cd-rom and it fell on my PNY GeForce 3... everything on the monitor got scrambled and i felt like crying. Had to get a new one, i just told them a screw fell on it.

ya know crack kills

XSeaNX · Post by **XSeaNX** » Tue Mar 26, 2002 8:11 pm

Originally posted by the snake

ya know crack kills

hes talkin weed there buddy...not crack....

Jstyr · Post by **Jstyr** » Tue Mar 26, 2002 8:42 pm

For 2 weeks i had all the components of my last P3 700mhz based system laid out on my desk running fine, in fact the temps had never been lower. When I got it back I had no plastic bezel on the case for about 2 months. cos i just couldn't be bothered screwing it back on.

Lol...now that beats all

Running your rig wide out in the open...I love that

I was so pissed for about half the day today cause of my fan woes...then I started laughing cause I realized it's taken me more time and effort just to properly attach this case fan than it did to put together my entire PC.

Note* This is the first system I've ever built. Now that I have the fan figured out it's easy...but just a day ago I didn't have a clue about how to wire it up.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Mar 26, 2002 8:49 pm

Originally posted by XSeaNX

hes talkin weed there buddy...not crack....

damn you be smart

XSeaNX · Post by **XSeaNX** » Tue Mar 26, 2002 9:05 pm

lol its hard to tell when people are jokin nowadays....you know?

what I want to know is why the HELL did he even bother trying to save a phuckin foil pipe anyway? 5 minutes and he coulda made another one....

I mean geeze....some people dont have it all there....

Cable_Dood · Post by **Cable_Dood** » Wed Mar 27, 2002 9:37 am

>>Not engineering but about 2 months ago I hid my foil pipe on my cd-rom and it fell on my PNY GeForce 3... everything on the monitor got scrambled and i felt like crying. Had to get a new one, i just told them a screw fell on it.<<

Dude....that must be some ghetto dope. Foil pipe? Come on.....invest in some glassware. It will last you a lifetime (and it's non-conductive!)

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Wed Mar 27, 2002 10:02 am

Learn from the master himself.

Broadsword · Post by **Broadsword** » Wed Mar 27, 2002 5:34 pm

I spent all of my money on my kick ass system, and goodness....

Jstyr · Post by **Jstyr** » Wed Mar 27, 2002 8:22 pm

lol afrotech...someone at [H]ardops posted that link awhile back...that's why the afro engineering thing popped in my head

great site

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu Mar 28, 2002 6:32 am

I'm thinking GE fan...why not integrate it like this guy did...

Jstyr · Post by **Jstyr** » Fri Mar 29, 2002 5:39 pm

I'm thinking GE fan...why not integrate it like this guy did...

now that IS nice....really too nice to be Afro engineering