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Ghetto Rigs
Oct 21^st, 2005 at 4:12pm

HardOCP has an interesting forum thread about "ghetto rigs." I was thinking about submitting pictures from the "Cardboard Computer" I built for my parents a couple of years ago. It was a fine example of what can be done with cardboard, duct tape, zip ties, crumpled paper and a ton of ingenuity. I'll have to submit some pictures of it when I get home.

Here are some of my favorites...

Panty Hose for air filters. Ingenius!

Enjoy the linkage.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=896218

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(...laughed twice.)

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MediaMaster GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline Holy Xenu! Posts: 1884 Detroit Gender:	Re: Ghetto Rigs Reply #1 - Oct 21^st, 2005 at 4:28pm Haha, I know what needs to be in there.... The Uber Cooler!!!!
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Reply #2 - Oct 21^st, 2005 at 4:35pm

Yeah, that's definitely worthy of addition. I think we've all had ghetto rigs at one time or another.

Before I lost the server stuff, I had pictures of my first web server with eleven drives crammed into it, with the last two zip tied to the chassis with paper towel wadded up to keep the drives a few millimeters apart. There's probably a reason why that machine caught on fire...

Of course, the cardboard computer strikes high on the list. You've got to give props to any machine that's held together with duct tape.

Briney, you've had plenty of ghetto-riggin' experiences. Wes snappin' off the door of your case in Whipple's class (I wonder what Whipple is up to these days?) was hilarious, even if you weren't so thrilled at the time. The cheap-o case that kept losing legs (making it quite literally "lame") was also classic, as was your current rig with a separate power supply for drives.

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(...thinks real men can run eleven drives on a single off-brand 300W power supply (until it melts.))

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Reply #3 - Oct 21^st, 2005 at 4:36pm

Oh, and we can't forget the Backstreet Boys case of FatMan fame.

Hey Wes, does Leah know about that little "indiscretion?"

While I'm thinking about Ghetto Rigs, do you still have any pictures of our PC shooting expedition? That poor Compaq was absolutely riddled with .30-30, .45, .357 Mag, .308, and my personal favorite, .223 from the AR-15. Woohoo!

We definitely have to plan another PC shooting expedition next spring. We'll have my new baby, my XD .40SW 4" Service, to blow away some stuff. I've got that orphaned iMac in the basement that is just begging for punishment.

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MediaMaster GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline Holy Xenu! Posts: 1884 Detroit Gender:	Re: Ghetto Rigs Reply #4 - Oct 21^st, 2005 at 5:29pm let me dig them up bob... yea those were all good times. My new case has a door on it now, so im very afraid of Fatman interference.
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The_Fat_Man Wootzor von Leetenhaxor FTP Server Offline Grand High Overlard Posts: 910 Colorado Springs, Colorado Gender:	Re: Ghetto Rigs Reply #5 - Oct 21^st, 2005 at 8:09pm You damn well better be.
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Stick Wootzor von Leetenhaxor FTP Server Offline Stick is back Posts: 501 Michgan Gender:	Re: Ghetto Rigs Reply #6 - Oct 21^st, 2005 at 10:11pm Notice the 12" fan to the left. That baby rarely got hot but my hands would be freezing when I was done gaming. Oh, and I have heard of the pantyhose for an air filter. Many people use them and replace them later down the road when there is a little dust cloggage.
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MediaMaster GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline Holy Xenu! Posts: 1884 Detroit Gender:	Re: Ghetto Rigs Reply #7 - Oct 21^st, 2005 at 10:32pm Man I miss those shotty shells.... ....and my case door. Last seen here: ~BRiney
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Ghetto Rigs Reply #8 - Oct 30^th, 2005 at 10:29pm Here's the cardboard computer I was talking about. These are pictures of the assembly process, and they are in numeric order (with crappy ones deleted). Enjoy! http://www.TWNCommunications.Net/Other/CardboardComputer -b0b (...knows ghetto.)
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