Just Dreamcast Mods

rmbell · Post by **rmbell** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 2:34 am

yes people put metal grills on fans, they are called fan grills. You can buy them at most computer stores, but can make your own a lot easier, and cheaper.

dcmodder · Post by **dcmodder** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 2:56 am

SirSolBadguy wrote: Maybe there's a way to hook on some kind of metal screen to the fan? Sorta like the stuff that protects car speakers...

i dont really have to worry about that now though cause the blades on my fan are pretty small. if i can find a pic on radioshack.com or somthing i'll put a link here.

http://www.radioshack.com/images/Produc ... 73-240.jpg

SirSolBadguy · Post by **SirSolBadguy** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 11:26 am

I kinda took an oath to never buy from radioshack again. At least not my local one. It's run by punk asses, and they charge about 40% more on everything, then the official site does, and they say they don't hafta honor those prices because they are pirvately owned or some crap.

Also they sold me an s-video switch box at the insane price of 40$, and it had greasy fingerprints and dirt on it when I opened it, and one of the inputs on it have reversed stereo. I took it back the same day for another and they said all sales are final.

jjpizzaj · Post by **jjpizzaj** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 12:02 pm

wow they suck

um getting fan grills is easy i can get the grills that size 12 for $1

easy to come by at the used hardware warehouse named "astro too" hehe

SirSolBadguy · Post by **SirSolBadguy** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 1:43 pm

::sigh:: I really gotta get out of this hick town and back in the city. There is one actual computer parts store and...well here's a few examples of their 'unbeatable prices'.

300 watt atx power supply: $60
17 inch crt flat screen (not flat panel): $180
Small cpu fan similar to the one I used, with no additional parts: $25

But yeah I'm just ganna cut a square piece out of that grill that doesn't even attach to one of my car's speakers anyways. Then cut 90 degree angles inword on the corners, and bend the flaps in so hopefully it will grip onto the fan ok.

riva16 · Post by **riva16** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 2:05 pm

[]D [] []\/[] []D! A dimmer switch! Thats sweet man! And the window is pimp too! Can I add this to my site?
http://djky2k3.tripod.com

dcmodder · Post by **dcmodder** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 2:17 pm

riva16 wrote:[]D [] []\/[] []D! A dimmer switch! Thats sweet man! And the window is pimp too! Can I add this to my site?
http://djky2k3.tripod.com

go for it you have my permission

dcmodder · Post by **dcmodder** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 8:16 pm

i dunno that's just fun :-D

dcmodder · Post by **dcmodder** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 10:48 am

i just got done changin out my case on my dreamcast since my old heatsink fan broke. i was going to so somthing really cool with the vent for the internal fan but it ended up being really gay so i had to switch out my cases. if you didnt know i screwed up (no punn intended) my first dreamcast by putting the screws from the controller ports in the wrong place. namely the gpu screw holes and as you all know the controller port screws are much longer than the gpu screws and i shredded the board. one good thing about that is that i have back up parts for most everything except the main board.
http://j11.foreverwicked.net/dreamcastmod.htm
have you seen the "dc viper" i'm doing the same thing to the vent for my internal fan. i know it's totally un orignal to copy someone elsed idea but what can i say? it's a great way to dress up that vent.

DCFan2004 · Post by **DCFan2004** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 2:02 pm

lol speaking of the DC viper I actually just painted a DC like that and i'm just waiting for it to dry before i put it all together. I did the same vent thing that you're doing, but to make mine quasi-original i added "headlights" to it. Once its all together ill post pics of it.

dcmodder · Post by **dcmodder** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 9:07 am

make sure you keep checking the first post in this topic on page one. there is a link to my modded dreamcast page that i update everytime i do a new mod.

http://j11.foreverwicked.net/dreamcastmod.htm

last updated 7-15-2004 1:20 p.m.

jjpizzaj · Post by **jjpizzaj** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 9:33 am

save the old case especially the bottom just in case it melts... no coment

dcmodder · Post by **dcmodder** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 9:54 am

jjpizzaj wrote:save the old case especially the bottom just in case it melts... no coment

i check my dc often and i have no signs of heat. anywhere my fans work great. even after keeping it on for about...3 days strait it's still cool as a cucumber. but if i hadnt of put that second fan on there i'm sure it would have overheated by now.

i'm using 3.3 v leds all around except for my power light.

dcmodder · Post by **dcmodder** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 3:22 pm

jjpizzaj wrote:save the old case especially the bottom just in case it melts... no coment

lol i have to ask. did you melt one of your cases? and if so, how did it happen?

dcmodder · Post by **dcmodder** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 5:48 pm

quzar wrote:how did you put in a new led without soldering?

woah i was just looking over old forum posts. to get the power led in i just broke out the old one "gently" kinda made some contacts on the board and placed my green led on the board and krazy glued it into place.

poots · Post by **poots** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 8:54 pm

sorry, Im probably being very english here...

What in the lords name is crazy glue??!!

DCFan2004 · Post by **DCFan2004** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 9:05 pm

What in the lords name is crazy glue??!!

Its super glue or tacky glue or whatever crazy name you might use for it but it basically is super strong glue, but not as strong as apoxy.

dcmodder · Post by **dcmodder** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 10:50 pm

poots wrote:sorry, Im probably being very english here...

What in the lords name is crazy glue??!!

go here and read up http://www.krazyglue.com/ lol

basically it's the stuff you want to use if you want to glue you fingers together instantly on n e thing else it dries in about 20 seconds and it's very strong.

MKE · Post by **MKE** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 11:37 pm

hey SirSolBadguy, did you do a window mod on your gamecube.. im thinking about doing it to mine, how hard was it (i know the jewel just pop's off and stuff, but about how long did it take...)

dcmodder · Post by **dcmodder** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 11:51 pm

MKE wrote:hey SirSolBadguy, did you do a window mod on your gamecube im thinking about doing it to mine, how hard was it (i know the jewel just pop's off and stuff, but about how long did it take...)

uh... i could have sworn i said "just dreamcast mods"

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