Dark06 Posted April 2, 2007 CID Share Posted April 2, 2007 Ok so i had not been on here in a while mostly because i was scared to slip something out to one of my opponents Im in this school competition called Skills Usa Its a HUGE ORGANAZATION Well anyway i did a COMPUTER MAINTENCE PROJECT and won 1st place in districin feburary 2nd place in state this last weekend there is no national level at all what i did was built a computer inside of an old school nintendo if you guys are interested in it i will post pics if not then whatever im just kind of a lil happy right now btw i live in Austin,Texas just so u know Texas is huge and i went up against hundredths of computer projects so 2nd isnt so bad in a state as big as Texas and as technological Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted April 2, 2007 CID Share Posted April 2, 2007 i wanna see a pic of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted April 2, 2007 CID Share Posted April 2, 2007 Dark06, Congratulations on your project. Yes we would like to see pictures of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kamil234 Posted April 2, 2007 CID Share Posted April 2, 2007 picturessss and congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted April 2, 2007 CID Share Posted April 2, 2007 pics and specs. and i hope you didn't just throw away those priceless nintendo internals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted April 2, 2007 Author CID Share Posted April 2, 2007 pics and specs. and i hope you didn't just throw away those priceless nintendo internals? No i did not i took them to a guy at a flea market who fixes up old consoles so maybe he can put it to better use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted April 2, 2007 CID Share Posted April 2, 2007 my teacher wanted me to join the computer maintenance part of skills usa, but i didnt get my money in fast enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted April 3, 2007 CID Share Posted April 3, 2007 so do we get to see this at all ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siryak Posted April 3, 2007 CID Share Posted April 3, 2007 I wanna see!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted April 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted April 3, 2007 my teacher wanted me to join the computer maintenance part of skills usa, but i didnt get my money in fast enough. Its a cool organazation the pics suck but i promise there will be more as soon as i get my camera back <img src="http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g126/Darkone06/HPIM1911.jpg"> <img src="http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g126/Darkone06/HPIM1908.jpg"> <img src="http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g126/Darkone06/HPIM1937.jpg"> <img src="http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g126/Darkone06/HPIM1936.jpg"> <img src="http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g126/Darkone06/HPIM1946.jpg"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted April 3, 2007 CID Share Posted April 3, 2007 SWEET. how does it run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siryak Posted April 3, 2007 CID Share Posted April 3, 2007 So do you have any cooling issues on that thing in such a small case??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted April 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted April 3, 2007 pics and specs. and i hope you didn't just throw away those priceless nintendo internals? Specs are as follow 600 mhz proccesor (you would b surprise what it can do with linux) 256 mb of ram 8 gigs 32x cd drive (slimline) built in sound and video along with ethernet port keep in mind i built this out of my own pocket by myself most of the parts were used but hey it runs and it won me 2nd PLACE ACTUALLY ONLY ONE PART WAS BOUGHT NEW AND THAT WAS AN ADAPTER TO CONNECT A SLIM CD DRIVE TO IDE overall i spend a lil over $500 everything but the slimline cd adaptor was bought at local shops keep in mind it is meant to b either a client or a server not a main computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted April 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted April 3, 2007 So do you have any cooling issues on that thing in such a small case??? I left it running for 3 days with no problem i have a small one inch fan in there but its mostly for show cause it doesnt do much mini itx boards dont heat up as much btw i took a power supply out of its case and placed it inside too it also does not overheat but i have the lil fan pointing towards the power supply just in case its completely silent you can barely hear that 1 lil fan running its nice SWEET. how does it run? Its running right now abuntuu but i hate it and will probably go to pclinux os or puppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted April 3, 2007 CID Share Posted April 3, 2007 Good job Dark06! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted April 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted April 3, 2007 Good job Dark06! I promise u guys more pics and a vid will come but this chick i went to with state keeped my camera so i need to get it back from her then i will post tons of pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted April 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted April 3, 2007 coknut i forgot to say thank you so Thank You :headbang: Thanks Everyone for your interest like i said i will post more up i will just b a while my first idea was to put a computer in a pizza box btw i made a topic about that but decided to drop that idea since i had to keep a computer cool and a pizza box is desinged to trap heat and keep it in but i might just attempt it now since this lil setup runs really cool with virtually no fans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted April 3, 2007 CID Share Posted April 3, 2007 coknut i forgot to say thank you so Thank You :headbang: Thanks Everyone for your interest like i said i will post more up i will just b a while my first idea was to put a computer in a pizza box btw i made a topic about that but decided to drop that idea since i had to keep a computer cool and a pizza box is desinged to trap heat and keep it in but i might just attempt it now since this lil setup runs really cool with virtually no fans sweet. that would be cool if you could.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted April 3, 2007 CID Share Posted April 3, 2007 When you were first talking about doing this I remember you were going to use a pizza box. Actually I was surprised you used the N64 case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siryak Posted April 3, 2007 CID Share Posted April 3, 2007 So what was it that won first prize? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted April 4, 2007 CID Share Posted April 4, 2007 talk about cramped up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted April 4, 2007 Author CID Share Posted April 4, 2007 So what was it that won first prize? <img src="http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g126/Darkone06/HPIM2227.jpg"> <img src="http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g126/Darkone06/HPIM2229.jpg"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted April 4, 2007 Author CID Share Posted April 4, 2007 <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value=" name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted April 4, 2007 CID Share Posted April 4, 2007 Cool video. nice project. it looked like in the video a guy in the background had a clear acrylic case..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted April 7, 2007 Author CID Share Posted April 7, 2007 Any1 know a site i can post a video bigger than 100 megs youtube wont let me i want you guys to c what i went up against Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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