My own Gamecube portable ---> pre-cube

So. The day is going to end and I want to make a little update for the day ;)
The plastic arrived today, so I have made a new case. It looks nearly the same. I changed a few details, but the accu of my camera is empty... so I will post pictures tomorrow.
At the moment I am having problems with the copper-heatsink... The bit of my drill (don't know how it is called in english) is broken :wtf: . I need to drill holes for the screws of the mainboard.
Tomorrow I am going to make some holes in the case :) (not random ;) ) and I want to get this heatsink done...-.-
Pics will also follow tomorrow!
 
Good evening my dear modder ;) (or good morning?... who knews)
I promised you some pictures... and here they come:
This is the final workpiece. I was sanding it for a loooong time =) but I think it is ok now. Reminds me somehow of a damascene-knife...
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And this is my point of work now. I put the control-holder to the right place and cut the plastic for the shoulderbuttons. The hole of the fan is closed, because of the spraypaint. I will paint it tomorrow (I hope), but I need to get the little slots beside the controlbuttons filled with anything that can get painted... I don't really know what I could take. Maybe you could give me an advice?
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The case will be painted in white. Because I want to get a contrast between the fan and the case (and the name of the portable is written in black). If it doesn't look good, I can still paint it black or something ;)
Hope you give me some advice or tips.
 
Das ist sehr gut! For filling the gaps, there are several things you can use. ABS cement (plastic cement) is probably the best, but if you cant find any you can make your own. What Many people use epoxy, which is a kind of putty/cement that you mix into a clay-like form and apply to fill gaps and holes. Its generally very cheap and comes in small amounts. Another filler is Bondo, which is used to repair car plastic (it is a bit heavy duty and comes in huge amounts; not cheap). I would reccomend epoxy for what you are doing. Unfortunately, I have no clue what epoxy is called in Germany; but I may be able to suggest some brands/products that may be in the US as well as Deutschland.
 
Hey Bush.
Thank you for your answer. I would like to know how to make abs-cement, because I have much of this abs-stuff lying around here. I will ask google for some instructions ;)
But if you have some tipps... :D
Btw: nice german ;)
 
Haha, I try my best with one year of it. To make abs cement, you need acetone. Most people use nail polish remover. Check the casing section megasticky, I believe there is a guide.
 
Update for the day:
I have sprayed the case, but it is still drying. No pics of that at the moment...
But I worked on the heatsink ;) you know pictures say more than words, so here they are:

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The copper is 1,5mm thick. I used 2 layers combined with heatsink paste. So it has a total thickness of around 4mm.
Now a question to you: Do you think the heatsink will cool the board well? Of course there is a fan installed... but I want to know what you think. I will test it, don't worry ;).
 
That should be more than sufficient. That looks very good. With a fan, I don't think you should have many heat problems. I would suggest implementing an on/off switch for the fan, just in case you don't want it on sometimes, or it is cool enough.
 
Bush said:
Haha, I try my best with one year of it. To make abs cement, you need acetone. Most people use nail polish remover. Check the casing section megasticky, I believe there is a guide.
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DONT EVER use nail polish remover, it makes a gummy substance that won't bond to anything easily. your better off going out and buying actual Acetone somewhere
 
Pure Acetone can be bought off the shelf in most hardware and paint stores. Very easy to get, actually.
 
Yeah thanks ;)
But I used something different. I used something called 'Moltofill'. I think that will work fine.
 
Even with how thin the heatsink and cube board are you will need some kind a space between the sink and the fan, otherwise it will be like it's plugged up and won't do a thing, plus will be crazy loud.
 
Does anyone have a rough idea of how warm the GameCube gets? I would think that If I were to use that much copper for a N64 heatsink, I wouldn't even worry about fans :p

Beautiful work so far, predue! I can't wait to see the end result!
 
I am very curious how the board handles that heatsink. You could probably let it run for a few minutes outside of the case and without the fan.

Try a test without the fan. Make sure you have the system hooked up to a screen so you can be ready to shut off the system. The graphics on the screen will get staticy and messed up when the system is overheating. Ususually the system will stop outputting audio when its TOO HOT.

Definitely let us know how well the heat dissipates with and without the fan. I just might be commissioning you to cut some copper for me if you wouldnt mind the money. Be very useful for something I'm working on.

Good luck :)
 
I agree with tchay, there should be plenty of surface area to dissipate whatever that board puts out. Worst case, you could always tinker with the one you have, I can't imagine it'd take much to make that work if it doesn't already.

Is there any game in particular that might work better than others to put some stress on that board to test it properly?
 
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