collinE's 360 lappy finally finished! (not sold)

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Re: collinE's 360 lappy finally finished!

Post by collinE » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:25 pm

Thanks, Bino!

And yeah, the only real components that give the board height are the DVD drive, the two USB ports standing up, and the heat sinks. You can't get it slimmer than the DVD drive, so why bother? I had to move some capacitors, though. My heatsink for the CPU stuck out waaay to far on both sides and I had to make room for the USB ports to lay down.

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Post by techknott » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:34 pm

What about dismantling the DVD drive and having maybe some sort of flip top mech? Do you think this would be appealing in order to slim it down even further. Im toying with the idea of doing one of these myself.
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Post by collinE » Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:09 pm

No doubt the drive can be slimmed down by someone in the know. That's not a bad idea, but I wouldn't want to risk removing something necessary. ruin the drive, ruin the console is how I understand it. I'd really like to see you do one. You usually amaze with originality.

edit: and think about cooling. fans and such. they usually need height so maybe arrange it in a way that keeps it slim
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Post by ttsgeb » Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:46 pm

Basically, you take the tray and case off, and the drive gets smaller. It's just the eject part that requires any thinking...

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Post by vskid » Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:01 am

Engadgeted. 8)

If you need a table saw to cut the pieces, we have one. I'm 30-60 minutes north of you.
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Post by collinE » Thu Dec 24, 2009 11:06 am

oooo.. I may take you up on that offer. 8) and you live even closer to my dad in Syracuse.
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Re: collinE's 360 lappy finally finished! (now on eBay)

Post by hackmodford » Thu Dec 24, 2009 1:30 pm

Where did you get the hinges? Are they friction hinges?

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Post by snowpenguin » Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:49 pm

I'm pretty sure those are the McMaster-Carr friction hinges Ben uses.
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Post by thetwoj1014 » Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:59 pm

It's beautiful. Seriously, very clean, looks very sturdy. I am especially impressed with the way you handled the ring of light, that's very nice. Definitely creative with the heatsinks too. I love it, very well built. Congrats!

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Post by collinE » Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:38 am

Yep, the hinges are the Mcmaster-Carr ones. Ben uses the 16lb torque ones. I kinda thought those were too tight, so I bought the 8lb ones which weren't quite strong enough. Guess what I did next? One of each! The case is sturdy enough that you can't tell one side is tighter than the other and it works well.
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Post by OMGpedobear » Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:18 pm

37 bids, 1000 dollars, i take my hat of to you colline.

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Post by collinE » Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:19 am

Yeah, it'd definitely be less bids if I hadn't started at $.99 :lol:

Between the $45 broken 360 that MS replaced for free and the $37 LCD, not too bad. That $3000 "buy it now" looks a little foolish now though. doesn't it? haha.
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Post by OMGpedobear » Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:39 pm

you didnt just towel a rrod 360 did you ? Bcause if you did it wont be long before it rrod's and the person who buys the 360 P wont be to happy.

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Post by collinE » Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:59 pm

collinE wrote:broken 360 that MS REPLACED for free
err... the towel trick is dumb and doesn't work.
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