Friday, 29 July 2011
Slight Issues.
I managed to get a basic version of Ubuntu running on the NES but it was running REALLY hot and I burnt myself touching the DVI port. So I'll need to sort that before running anything more ambitious then a desktop.
Putting in the Internals.
Right, due to the momentum of work I kinda forgot to take photos so the photos are of the finished thing.
So i measured out the interior of the case and cut/drilled out a plastic sheet to mount the motherboard to. (I thought painting it grey would make it look better... I was wrong) I ran into the problem of the screw pegs being in the way of the sheet so after trying a few methods (Thus the unnecessary holes) I decided to cut the pegs inside in the middle and then cut the corners off the plastic sheet so I could still screw the NES shut.
After accidently dropping a calculator I came into position of small plastic calculator keys which I used as spacers for the hard drive slot due to it not being level/ in line with the NES case. so I glued a few of them underneath and it seemed to fit perfectly.
With the hard drive I wanted the ability to take it in and out for file transfer. So I needed to secure the mini usb cable which was accomplished by the use of plastic bits, green stuff (which I found along with the clippers in my old Warhammer stash) and A LOT of super glue. It doesn't look pretty but it holds and you don't see it anyway so Im not too bothered. I cut off a strip of that insulator padding that came with the motherboard and taped it to the end of the plastic sheet to stop too much dust etc getting in the gap between it and the motherboard.
I then hack-sawed off the ends of the controller ports and cut a hole for the hdmi/power cable and then assembled everything which fitted all nicely. All thats left now is software.
So i measured out the interior of the case and cut/drilled out a plastic sheet to mount the motherboard to. (I thought painting it grey would make it look better... I was wrong) I ran into the problem of the screw pegs being in the way of the sheet so after trying a few methods (Thus the unnecessary holes) I decided to cut the pegs inside in the middle and then cut the corners off the plastic sheet so I could still screw the NES shut.
(For some reason I cant get this photo landscape...)
After accidently dropping a calculator I came into position of small plastic calculator keys which I used as spacers for the hard drive slot due to it not being level/ in line with the NES case. so I glued a few of them underneath and it seemed to fit perfectly.
With the hard drive I wanted the ability to take it in and out for file transfer. So I needed to secure the mini usb cable which was accomplished by the use of plastic bits, green stuff (which I found along with the clippers in my old Warhammer stash) and A LOT of super glue. It doesn't look pretty but it holds and you don't see it anyway so Im not too bothered. I cut off a strip of that insulator padding that came with the motherboard and taped it to the end of the plastic sheet to stop too much dust etc getting in the gap between it and the motherboard.
I then hack-sawed off the ends of the controller ports and cut a hole for the hdmi/power cable and then assembled everything which fitted all nicely. All thats left now is software.
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Motherboard Arrives.
After weeks of delays and inconvenience the motherboard FINALLY came. I hooked up the RAM, USB boot device and keyboard and tested XBMC on it with not quite success (No sound...) So I then set to measuring out what needed to be cut and what not.
The first thing i needed to do was sand down the pegs that were in the way of the motherboard, I could have cut them off but for structural integrity it was better to make the motherboard fit exact.
For the plastic 'T' I measured around the chunky heat sink and after many, many methods including Swiss-cheesing it with a drill and another attempt at melting it with a lighter. I managed to find a way to cut it out. Luckily I found some old Warhammer clippers from back when I was cool and a combination of them and pliers worked quite well. It was then sanded down so I don't cut myself later. I also secured the power switch in place by gluing it to a corner of plastic, and then that to the case. While it set I propped it up with the lighter so I now dont regret buying one for the project...
I then got to cutting the cartridge slot as there were a few protrusions which wasn't too difficult as I was a freakin' pro at the clipper method by then.
The first thing i needed to do was sand down the pegs that were in the way of the motherboard, I could have cut them off but for structural integrity it was better to make the motherboard fit exact.
For the plastic 'T' I measured around the chunky heat sink and after many, many methods including Swiss-cheesing it with a drill and another attempt at melting it with a lighter. I managed to find a way to cut it out. Luckily I found some old Warhammer clippers from back when I was cool and a combination of them and pliers worked quite well. It was then sanded down so I don't cut myself later. I also secured the power switch in place by gluing it to a corner of plastic, and then that to the case. While it set I propped it up with the lighter so I now dont regret buying one for the project...
I then got to cutting the cartridge slot as there were a few protrusions which wasn't too difficult as I was a freakin' pro at the clipper method by then.
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