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    The ghetto mod thread

    Sometimes we just don't have the time and/or money to order in the exact components needed to get the job done. It's happened to me before, and I'm sure it happens to everyone. When it does, it's often time to get ghetto. Post your ghetto mods in this thread, whether they be to your PC or some other device around the house. I'll start with a few of mine from other threads



    GF6200 Tape under the heat sink...



    And capacitor on the back



    FX5500 with cut down intel s1155 stock heat sink fitted



    Planed solution to a hot cabinet...



    Fits perfectly.


    And who could forget that one.
    I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

    No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

    Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium

    Office PC: HP ProLiant ML150 G3, 2x Xeon E5335 2GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 120GB Intel 530 SSD, 2x 250GB HDD, 2x 450GB 15K SAS HDD in RAID 1, 1x 2TB HDD, nVidia 8400GS, Delta DPS-650BB 650W PSU, Windows 7 Pro

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    Re: The ghetto mod thread

    probably the most ghetto mod i have done was to solder a single poly to an industrial mobo while it was live.it was mission critical and could not be powered down.the machine had 5 mobo's in it.told them the risk,they approved,i did it.tacked it on with an iso-tip.they restarted the software that ran on that board and ran with no further problems for 6 months till the plant idled for vacations.that cap was doing the work of 8 1500/10 hn.
    i polymodded every seimens mobo in the place during that time.all 60 of em.
    the poly i used?
    820/2.5 fujitsu.plant owner has it as a souvenier.

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      #3
      Re: The ghetto mod thread

      I've done many ghetto mods to many things. I have this corner computer desk that has a cabinet with a door on the left side. The cabinet was not ment to have a PC shoved in it. I fixed that problem. With a hole saw I put two three inch cutouts in the back of it for the cords...ect. I also cut three more holes and mounted three large case fans to the rear. I powered these fans from the unused plugs on the pc's power supply. It worked great.
      Most of my ghetto mods involve cars and trucks. My old F150 was a great example of this. It came with the aluminiun case three speed overdrive manual transmission. Because of its way oversized tires the bearings in the transmission took a real beating. After the third manual transmission exploded I decided to put and automatic in it. The automatic was a C4 from a 77 302 thunderbird. The engine to transmission seperator plate was from a Pinto. I made up the floor shifter from parts that came from a Ford Escort wagon. The transmission cooler came from a Chevy cube van. It all worked perfectly. The little C4 never exploded. At WOT it would chirp second too...LOL There are many more "beast" that I've hooked up using unrelated parts. I just can't think of what they are right now. Oh a little one just came to mind. That would be my suzuki wagon. The K frame is from some later model little suzuki shit box car. The coil packs came from a Geo Metro. It radiator is from a different year Suzuki Esteem Sedan. Its heated O2 sensor also came from a Geo Metro. The front rotors and pads came from a very new suzuki shit box sedan. There again it all works perfectly.
      "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
      Mark Twain

      "I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way."
      John Paul Jones

      There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.
      Rod Serling

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        #4
        Re: The ghetto mod thread

        My computer is full of ghetto mods.

        https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...&postcount=330

        There is a 70mm fan on the original passive CPU heatsink to cool the CPU (the fastest CPU the board supports), a chipset heatsink on the cache memory chip, a heatsink from the motor driver IC in an old CD-ROM drive on the clock generator, the line-in mod, and a really ghetto fan controller based on a TC648B IC attached to the power supply using electrical tape. The fan controller has two crappy Fujicon 0.47uF caps in parallel to create the 1uF timing cap for the IC.
        Last edited by lti; 11-09-2012, 07:39 PM.

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          #5
          Re: The ghetto mod thread

          Brace yourselves for impact, you are going to ROFL a lot .

          Behold my dinosaur PIII retro-PC, the whole of it is more or less a ghetto-mod .



          Intake grill comes from a '91 Mazda Miata NA:







          Intake 120mm fan. The hub is some ladies cosmetic shit cap. Four strips of camping mat fix the fan in position and isolate vibrations from the case:


          The tail cone is rolled carboard:



          The motherboard is a venerable Slot-1 i440BX, that in principle can't accept later Tualatin PIIIs, unless ghetto-modding comes to the rescue:















          For proper CPU cooling within the constraints of Slot-1, we get a Thermaltake SI-97 heatsink:


          And perpetrate a judo lock to open it 90 degrees, taking care not to strangle the heat-pipes:









          As the i440BX VRMs take extra strain with the Tualatin, we better cool them overkill, so we ghetto-mod this from some slices of Athlon XP heatsink:





          Finally we ghetto-mod the back panel to make room for an exhaust 120mm fan:

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          Last edited by c_hegge; 11-27-2014, 03:07 AM.

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            #6
            Re: The ghetto mod thread

            Thats good stuff there TELVM. I remembered another one I did. My white 71 240Z. The short block was from a 78 280Z @2800cc. I changed out the dishtop pistons for flat tops. The head was for a 2400cc 71 240Z and reworked just a little. The induction was three webers to start with from the junkyard. It was too much carb so I rejetted the two 1971 SU carbs for it and it ran fine. The trans was a 4/5 five speed from a 77 280z. My friend who works on gearboxes made it so the O.D. gear worked again. It was simple but I don't know what he did. It did end up with what I think they called the r180 diff but not with LSD. It was a real fast and fun car until I wrecked it.
            "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
            Mark Twain

            "I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way."
            John Paul Jones

            There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.
            Rod Serling

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              #7
              Re: The ghetto mod thread

              Hahahahaha!! Love it!
              I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

              No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

              Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium

              Office PC: HP ProLiant ML150 G3, 2x Xeon E5335 2GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 120GB Intel 530 SSD, 2x 250GB HDD, 2x 450GB 15K SAS HDD in RAID 1, 1x 2TB HDD, nVidia 8400GS, Delta DPS-650BB 650W PSU, Windows 7 Pro

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                #8
                Re: The ghetto mod thread

                Better don't pull my tongue about car ghetto-mods, Junk Parts .

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                  #9
                  Re: The ghetto mod thread

                  my Mac Pro qualifies
                  -Windows 8 (no bootcamp or any apple dirvers)
                  -original junky 7300GT plus a PC GTX 500Ti 2GB
                  -6GB IBM server RAM. Spent many hours removing the bigger heatsinks from the Apple RAM and putting it on the new chips
                  -non-Apple dvdrw drive

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                    #10
                    Re: The ghetto mod thread

                    ^
                    Where's the Duct tape and cable ties?
                    I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

                    No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

                    Main PC: Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600, 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD, 750GB WD HDD, Sony Optiarc DVD RW, Palit nVidia GTX660 Ti, CoolerMaster N200 Case, Delta DPS-600MB 600W PSU, Hauppauge TV Tuner, Windows 7 Home Premium

                    Office PC: HP ProLiant ML150 G3, 2x Xeon E5335 2GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 120GB Intel 530 SSD, 2x 250GB HDD, 2x 450GB 15K SAS HDD in RAID 1, 1x 2TB HDD, nVidia 8400GS, Delta DPS-650BB 650W PSU, Windows 7 Pro

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                      #11
                      Re: The ghetto mod thread

                      Nope its Masking Tape and Bailing Wire.
                      "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
                      Mark Twain

                      "I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way."
                      John Paul Jones

                      There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.
                      Rod Serling

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                        #12
                        Re: The ghetto mod thread

                        TELVM my builds were in the days before F.I. and fuel maps...ect done on Laptops. I've only been involved in one hot honda civic build and the engine and electronics for that one came in a box from California. It ran real good too! These days I don't even want to mess with them. My Suzuki needs a water pump, timing belt and front main oil seal. I don't see me running outside to Git-R-Done. When I do get around to doing the job I think that I'm going to replace the whole oil pump which has the front main seal inside of it. More expensive but also more easy....
                        Last edited by Junk Parts; 11-12-2012, 04:59 AM.
                        "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
                        Mark Twain

                        "I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way."
                        John Paul Jones

                        There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.
                        Rod Serling

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                          #13
                          Re: The ghetto mod thread

                          lol google has blocked access to this page.
                          My pc
                          CPU : AMD PHENOM II x4 @ 3.5Ghz
                          MB : ASUS M4A89TD PRO USB3
                          RAM : Kingston ValueRAM 16gb DDR3
                          PSU : Cooler Master 850W Silent Pro
                          GPU : ATI Radeon HD 6850

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                            #14
                            Re: The ghetto mod thread

                            Originally posted by joshnz View Post
                            lol google has blocked access to this page.
                            you're not the only one with this issue. which image is causing this?

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                              #15
                              Re: The ghetto mod thread

                              Probably the lady at the bottom of TELVM's post

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                                #16
                                Re: The ghetto mod thread

                                There are 3 images from
                                Code:
                                usuarios.lycos.es
                                that domain has been found to contain malware.
                                Code:
                                http://usuarios.lycos.es/darkmanzgz/mod01.jpg
                                http://usuarios.lycos.es/darkmanzgz/mod03.jpg
                                http://usuarios.lycos.es/darkmanzgz/mod04.jpg
                                also malwarebytes anti malware is blocking them.
                                They are between these 2 images.
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                                Last edited by joshnz; 11-16-2012, 02:41 AM.
                                My pc
                                CPU : AMD PHENOM II x4 @ 3.5Ghz
                                MB : ASUS M4A89TD PRO USB3
                                RAM : Kingston ValueRAM 16gb DDR3
                                PSU : Cooler Master 850W Silent Pro
                                GPU : ATI Radeon HD 6850

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                                  #17
                                  Re: The ghetto mod thread

                                  Originally posted by Shocker View Post
                                  Probably the lady at the bottom of TELVM's post
                                  Now who on earth could object to that lady?

                                  Could a moderator please allow me to edit the post so I can replace the pics to end the epidemiological scare?

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                                    #18
                                    Re: The ghetto mod thread

                                    It was just a guess, and joshnz's theory seems more likely now. So try that first.

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                                      #19
                                      Re: The ghetto mod thread

                                      Originally posted by c_hegge View Post
                                      Post your ghetto mods in this thread, whether they be to your PC or some other device around the house.
                                      Now how did I miss this thread??? Ghetto fixes is, like, my culture! In fact, about 2 months ago I was contemplating on whether I should start a thread like this since I have so much stuff that is ghetto modded. In fact, I think all of my computers are in at least 1 way.

                                      So let's start with a few of my own (I'll try not to take over this thread, though ).
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                                      You all remember my rigged Dell GX270 motherboard / heat sink, right? Well at first, I thought about making a custom case for it, but then I got lazy and figured the whole thing is just so ghetto that it's not worth it. So I decided to continue the trend, instead.

                                      First, a shot of the motherboard. This is with the 2nd revision of my heat sink mod not posted in the thread above.
                                      https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...1&d=1353211338

                                      Next, we have the power supply - a Bestec ATX-1956D. This one came from a large free curbside computer lot someone posted on Craigslist. Unfortunately when I found it, the output wires were all cut except for one drive strand. Luckily, I had a set of spare output wires from a dead J&C PSU I gutted a long time ago. Soldering them was a piece of cake with homebrew solder pot - just brush liquid flux on the twisted wires and dip in the hot solder pot. Hold for 2 seconds and done! The result:
                                      https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...1&d=1353211338

                                      All fitted inside the case:
                                      https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...1&d=1353211338
                                      Gotta say - the wiring for the front panel was a messy business. The GX270 FP connector uses a really small pitch. Good thing I saved some wires from a junk printer we had at work. I had just enough connectors for the power button and the LEDs. Funny fact: the GX270 HDD LED output doesn't seem to be standard. With a regular LED plugged in, the LED is always ON when there is NO HDD activity and turns OFF when there is lots of HDD activity (i.e. backwards of what it should be)... But it works .

                                      Here's a picture of the back as well:
                                      https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...1&d=1353211338

                                      And finally, the front:
                                      https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...1&d=1353211338
                                      Ghetto enough?
                                      In case you're wondering what those wires/handles are on the CD-ROM drive - those are for opening and closing the CD-ROM drive tray (and YES, that is ONLY a CD-ROM drive ). That's another ghetto mod of mine, but I'll save the story for another time (I typed it into this post and it was close to 1.5 pages long so I took it out). Will post only if there's any interest.

                                      And a few of my other ghetto fixes/creations I already posted before:

                                      D-Link power brick
                                      https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...9&postcount=12

                                      Headphone amplifier (okay, maybe not ghetto but most of the materials it was made out of were just junk parts sitting around)
                                      https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...84&postcount=6

                                      Originally posted by TELVM
                                      Behold my dinosaur PIII retro-PC...
                                      Intake grill comes from a '91 Mazda Miata NA:
                                      Intake 120mm fan. The hub is some ladies cosmetic shit cap. Four strips of camping mat fix the fan in position and isolate vibrations from the case:
                                      The tail cone is rolled carboard:...
                                      Your computer, sir, IS AMAZING! Especially the grille and front fan hub.

                                      For future posts, though, please upload the pictures on badcaps.net rather than external host. That way if the external host goes out for whatever reason, we can still view the pictures. Red "X"s tend annoy people.
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                                      Last edited by momaka; 11-17-2012, 10:10 PM.

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                                        #20
                                        Re: The ghetto mod thread

                                        Originally posted by momaka View Post
                                        Rubber bands rock!

                                        There seems to be some clear plastic sheet between fan & heatsink, what's that for Momaka?

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