12 November, 2006

The UPS Server Case!

Alright, since my parts STILL aren't in and probably won't be for ANOTHER two days or so, I'll post my current case mod, the UPS case.

Here's a picture of the whole thing:


As you can see, it's a very large (full tower) Pentium 1 server case. The standard ATX mobo looks puny in it!

So what I did is disassemble a UPS (the battery is dead, so it isn't in the picture. It will be at the bottom front) and put the various parts into the case, in essence making an all-in-one server case.

Here's a close-up of the wiring in the case:


Here you can see the transformer (bottom left), the ventilation fan (right above the transformer), the PCB with all the stuff on it (top; don't worry, there's plenty of space between it and the top of the case thanks to spacers!), and the back of the computer PSU (bottom right).

Here's a shot of the front of the case showing the PSU (note that this is from a previous version of the case, without the vent fan, hence the transformer position in the background):


...And here's the back (with the unit on) showing both the power cable (top left, beside the ventilation fan) and the UPS switch (lit up, on the bottom right by the video card):


Now the hard facts:

UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply, for the uninitiated) maximum power: 450W
Computer PSU (Power SUpply) maximum power draw: 350W
Computer specs: AMD Athlon 2200+ @1.8GHz, 512 MB DDR RAM, 1x 40 GB HDD, 1x 8 GB HDD, whatever video card I can find (it's a server).
Additional future mods: Possibly adding a wall socket output for a monitor.

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