Basement_Modder
He who mods in thy basement.
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ShockSlayer
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hawt sex
One interesting thing I noticed this morning was this.
I first saw it on the rev.3 motherboard I am going to use for this portable, but it's on my two dead rev.3's as well.
See the silvery-white dots between the RAM and jumper slot? Those are solder points. They are not there on my rev.5 or any later ones I have. Not sure about rev.4, but these solder points should make it MUCH easier to relocate the jumper pack.
The vias right above them all go to ground, most directly but 4-5 through capacitors.
Has anybody noticed this before?
I first saw it on the rev.3 motherboard I am going to use for this portable, but it's on my two dead rev.3's as well.
See the silvery-white dots between the RAM and jumper slot? Those are solder points. They are not there on my rev.5 or any later ones I have. Not sure about rev.4, but these solder points should make it MUCH easier to relocate the jumper pack.
The vias right above them all go to ground, most directly but 4-5 through capacitors.
Has anybody noticed this before?
Now that school is out, I have a lot more time to work on this! Not too much to report here. Just some measurements taken and drawn up, and I'm ready to cut the side panels.
Back, with the painted cart slot cover attached:
With cart:
Side panels marked up:
Back, with the painted cart slot cover attached:
With cart:
Side panels marked up:
Basement_Modder
He who mods in thy basement.
hawt sex
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Why are you bumping a worklog?
I heard you guys liked progress, so I made some for you. 
All the sides are filed to the right dimensions:
Started on the d-pad hole (the drill chipped that corner - oops):
It turned out fine, though:
The front so far. I'm pretty sure I don't need to be making any more holes in it, so I may put the case together soon.
And just for the heck of it, here's all the IDE cable I have:
All the sides are filed to the right dimensions:
Started on the d-pad hole (the drill chipped that corner - oops):
It turned out fine, though:
The front so far. I'm pretty sure I don't need to be making any more holes in it, so I may put the case together soon.
And just for the heck of it, here's all the IDE cable I have:
ShockSlayer
Probably SS
I don't have any IDE.
CHERISH IT
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CHERISH IT
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Thanks, Mixed! I got all this IDE cable from approximately 8 years of taking apart old computers.
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Y U NO TAKE APART COMPUTERS
Thank you, awesomepie.
I actually use a drill to get the holes started, and from there on out it's all files. Takes a long time but it's the best way to get good holes. I kinda cheated with the circular holes, though. Those were done with a Unibit. 
(Very expensive, but the best investment I've ever made. This thing works wonders.)
Also, do you guys like the featured image there?
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Y U NO TAKE APART COMPUTERS
Thank you, awesomepie.
I actually use a drill to get the holes started, and from there on out it's all files. Takes a long time but it's the best way to get good holes. I kinda cheated with the circular holes, though. Those were done with a Unibit. (Very expensive, but the best investment I've ever made. This thing works wonders.)Also, do you guys like the featured image there?
ShockSlayer
Probably SS
I like the images themselves, I hate the fact that they force me to scroll down to press buttons.
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