Comments on: L33t Case Mod

By: jeditalian

jeditalian — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:07:23 +0000

cardboard provides excellent grounding, jk! that is PCMCIA in the front?

By: herds789

herds789 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:55:45 +0000

The monitor is an open box with a sheet of saran wrap on it.

By: Fenrir

Fenrir — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:43:09 +0000

It is actually surprising how you can fix most of a PC case with just a bit of cardboard, glue and duct tape. And it doesn’t even need to be as ugly as this. I have one old computer that looks perfectly right, except you’d see that the CD-ROM drive is attached using cardboard (I replaced missing rails using that material).

I think there are some professionals that sell all-cardboard cases (they probably don’t have a huge success though).

By: Brian Chavez

Brian Chavez — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:32:17 +0000

LOL

By: The Cat

The Cat — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:26:09 +0000

I built a similar mod once, only uglier. This was a case in which the top and both sides were one solid piece, which had disappeared. Only one side really needed to be covered, so I taped a piece of cardboard on. Tape held the bottom on, and some paper clips stuck through it attached to the frame kept it in place, easily removed for maintenance. I also cut holes in the cardboard to mount some fans in.

This got even more ghetto when the power button stopped working, and I couldn’t find a replacement button. For a while I turned it on by poking the contacts on the motherboard where the button had connected. I later ran some wires to them, so it could be turned on by touching the wires together.

The front also had a few drive bays, only one of which had a cover. This was the turbo/reset/LED display panel from another machine that for some reason didn’t quite fit. You could see the wires running everywhere. I had no real use for the display, since it could only go up to 199 and this thing was 233, so I just hacked it to show “ICE” as that was the only word I could think of that I could make out of it.

Sadly I believe my brother threw it out when I left it with him and he ugraded. Doubt I have any photos.

By: ticouncouatl

ticouncouatl — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:27:32 +0000

brad : windows 7 has be revealed!

when it'll come out, there will be even more patches!

By: Kludge

Kludge — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:33:40 +0000

You’re only a nerd if you haven’t yet built a computer with a cardboard case. Yep, keep reading your PC World subscription.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:55:49 +0000

My brother once made a case out of wood. It was pretty sweet.

By: brad

brad — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:53:28 +0000

windows 7 has be revealed!

By: Izaak

Izaak — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:09:59 +0000

Right now the entire back and side of my computer is in this state, but we used plastic wrap instead.