Tonkputer by Nev@Lehmä

Author: Lassi Niemistö
Published: 25th August 2005

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System Installation

Here is the specification of the major components I am installing inside the churn:

AMD Athlon XP 2600+ processor
512MB DDR400 memory
Epox EP-8RDA3+ motherboard
Geforce 4 Ti4200 graphics card
Seagate Barracuda 160GB hard drive
LG DVD burner
Nexus 300W PSU

There will also be an array of lighting: LEDs mounted underneath for the 'alien' glow effect; white and UV LEDs inside the case to light certain component; cold cathode lighting, and also some LEDs to light the 120mm fan I plan to mount in the lid.

Unfortunately, I don't have any photos of this stage of the build - there was a huge last-minute rush to get the case completed the night before Assembly 2005. In the end, I only got 2 hours of sleep, and got the case finished just half an hour before jumping on a train!

Tonkputer by Nev@Lehmä System Installation

Here are some photos of the case at Assembly, showing off the internal lighting. All this lighting required me to design and build a control panel for all the switches - this was a lot of the work that I hurried to complete, and sadly don't have any photos of the construction.

Tonkputer by Nev@Lehmä System Installation

Here is the final product. The Power and DVD buttons are self-evident, but let me translate the others for you:

<ol><li>Pohja = Bottom to switch the LEDs underneath the case, which I didn't have time to install before the competition.<li>Katodi = Cathode the cold cathode lighting, again, not yet installed.<li>Sisaledit V = white LED bright white LED lighting inside. <li>Sisaledit UV = UV LED Ultraviolet LED lighting inside; certain motherboard components have UV paint.<li>Kansi = Cap will switch on some LEDs lighting the cap fan when i install it.<li>Paneelit = Panel activated the LED lighting on the control panel, and the DVD drive door.</ol>As you can see, there were many things that I didn't get done before Assembly, but I hope to finish them off soon. For example, I ordered some UV-reactive IDE cables, but they didn't arrive in time. The cow looks pretty cool under UV light as well.