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    Re: The ghetto mod thread

    Fun with hot melt glue...

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      Re: The ghetto mod thread

      Yes lol, at least is not dangerous, just ugly...

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        Re: The ghetto mod thread

        ugly is in the eye of the beholder, hot melt glue is a staple of ghetto!

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          Re: The ghetto mod thread

          Originally posted by Drack View Post
          https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...1&d=1544304317
          in reality you cant actually see the foam unless you get very close
          This actually looks pretty good. Hope you don't mind if I copy your idea. I need to mount a fan on a PC case the same way (it's a very old case with no exhaust or intake fans anywhere other than the PSU fan).

          Originally posted by Drack View Post
          here you can see the guetto mounted fan using a molex conector cutted from a cd drive and blue leds
          https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...1&d=1544304317
          more details later
          Now that is 100% proper ghetto!

          Cool PC, by the way. If I am not mistaken that PSU is a YoungYear / Apevia / Aspire unit. Those green sleeved cables should be UV-reactive - i.e. if you add ultra-violet lighting in the case, it will make those cables and their connectors glow too.
          Good overclock on that C2D CPU too!

          Originally posted by eccerr0r View Post
          hot melt glue is a staple of ghetto!
          Usually yes. But if you apply it carefully without pulling any strings from it, you can actually make it look pretty well. I do it around the cables of the probes of my cheap HF multimeters to prevent the cables from twisting and breaking. It looks almost like I have transparent sleeves on them. Eventually the glue does crack as I use them. But then all I have to do is re-heat the glue again and everything looks normal again.
          Last edited by momaka; 12-11-2018, 12:33 AM.

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            Re: The ghetto mod thread

            no, i hate re-melt wax.

            for me, a pack of epoxy and a tube of UHU/Bostik clear adhesive is the almost universal fix.

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              Re: The ghetto mod thread

              Recently after trying hot melt glue (they're thermoplastic, not paraffin) I have a decision to use between hot melt vs epoxy... I like being able to reuse/repair hot melt where epoxy is pretty much set in stone after it sets.

              Basically if it has to deal with any sort of heat, epoxy is used. If not, then hot melt glue.

              On the other hand, is epoxy or hot melt glue cheaper per volume if I need to use it as potting material?

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                Re: The ghetto mod thread

                Originally posted by momaka View Post
                This actually looks pretty good. Hope you don't mind if I copy your idea. I need to mount a fan on a PC case the same way (it's a very old case with no exhaust or intake fans anywhere other than the PSU fan).


                Now that is 100% proper ghetto!

                Cool PC, by the way. If I am not mistaken that PSU is a YoungYear / Apevia / Aspire unit. Those green sleeved cables should be UV-reactive - i.e. if you add ultra-violet lighting in the case, it will make those cables and their connectors glow too.
                Good overclock on that C2D CPU too!


                Usually yes. But if you apply it carefully without pulling any strings from it, you can actually make it look pretty well. I do it around the cables of the probes of my cheap HF multimeters to prevent the cables from twisting and breaking. It looks almost like I have transparent sleeves on them. Eventually the glue does crack as I use them. But then all I have to do is re-heat the glue again and everything looks normal again.
                Thanks, yes it's a nice way to mount a fan on a drive bay.
                Actually I don't think that PSU is made by apevia, is not that good but not near as bad as most apevia I have seen
                This is the PSU, actually you posted a couple times on that thread
                https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=58330
                From what I saw is a topower or at least based on the design
                Look
                https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...postcount=1931
                He said something about leadman but I don't think they can make something decent lol
                Last edited by Drack; 12-11-2018, 01:53 PM.

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                  Re: The ghetto mod thread

                  Originally posted by Drack View Post
                  Actually I don't think that PSU is made by apevia, is not that good but not near as bad as most apevia I have seen
                  This is the PSU, actually you posted a couple times on that thread
                  https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=58330
                  Ah you're right. I confused your thread with another one:
                  https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=73043

                  Originally posted by Drack View Post
                  From what I saw is a topower or at least based on the design
                  Look
                  https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...postcount=1931
                  He said something about leadman but I don't think they can make something decent lol
                  Yeah, he said that only the last batch of Topower PSUs (before Topower seized to exist) were made by Leadman and not Topower. Meanwhile, it's Zumax that was made by Topower. So looking at how close that Zumax PSU is to yours, you probably indeed have a Topower unit.

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                    Re: The ghetto mod thread

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                      Re: The ghetto mod thread

                      No more overheating for this TP-LINK Archer ADSL/Wi-Fi Dual Band modem router
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                        Re: The ghetto mod thread

                        Originally posted by PCTechnics View Post
                        No more overheating for this TP-LINK Archer ADSL/Wi-Fi Dual Band modem router
                        Not until that dust catches fire, anyway!
                        "Tantalum for the brave, Solid Aluminium for the wise, Wet Electrolytic for the adventurous"
                        -David VanHorn

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                          Re: The ghetto mod thread

                          Originally posted by Agent24 View Post
                          Not until that dust catches fire, anyway!
                          Haha!
                          Looks like that fan's been running for a long time in there now.

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                            Re: The ghetto mod thread

                            Here is a test board i made of a copper-dot PCB.......

                            It may not look too bad but the bottom is where the 'fun' is.

                            As you can see, the soldering looks like it was done by someone who did not know what they were doing.

                            Note; I'm usually better than this (at least i hope i am) but this was a case where i wanted to get it done ASAP even if it meant cutting a few corners on soldering (which i usually don't do). This will not be going into use.

                            BTW: can anyone guess what this board is doing.
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                            I'm not a expert, I'm just doing my best.

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                              Re: The ghetto mod thread

                              Not enough light in picture

                              i've done worse i think

                              looks like a capacitive dropper power supply

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                                Re: The ghetto mod thread

                                Originally posted by momaka View Post
                                Haha!
                                Looks like that fan's been running for a long time in there now.
                                Hahahaha, 6 years running, a good old Sunon MagLev fan oh and the mod is not just the cooler or the dust only, 4 aluminium heatsinks added made from a southbridge HS fixed with hot glue like it should be for a proper mod )
                                Last edited by PCTechnics; 12-21-2018, 01:53 PM.

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                                  Re: The ghetto mod thread

                                  Originally posted by eccerr0r View Post
                                  Not enough light in picture

                                  i've done worse i think

                                  looks like a capacitive dropper power supply
                                  Here is a brighter image of the underside. (i thought the top side photo looked ok despite it being darker)
                                  https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...1&d=1545440608

                                  I probably should have been a bit more specific with that last line (maybe some along the lines of 'what is the circuit powering' or something like that, oh well).
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                                  I'm not a expert, I'm just doing my best.

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                                    Re: The ghetto mod thread

                                    it's not really ghetto, it's how everything used to be done, that and with stripboard.

                                    the chinese even sell a deluxe variant of that board, double-sided through-hole plated fiberglass!!

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                                      Re: The ghetto mod thread

                                      Yeah the radio shack copper ringed perfboard is pretty crappy (FR2 and not plated through). Veroboard is more sturdy but requires careful planning else a lot of cuts are needed.

                                      The chinese plated through, FR4 double sided copper ringed perfboard is indeed the deluxe bee's knees ... though I would really rather have a real PCB done, cutting veroboard or adding wire links is a major PITA.

                                      This I did just to play with capacitive droppers... crappy soldering. That cold joint soldered LED is going to disconnect and the electrolytic capacitor will blow up

                                      Oh... and do notice I reused this board. I think I used this board for something else, then ripped all the components out and built this on it. I wonder when it comes time for me to disassemble this and build something else
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                                      Last edited by eccerr0r; 12-22-2018, 02:53 PM.

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                                        Re: The ghetto mod thread

                                        Originally posted by eccerr0r View Post
                                        The chinese plated through, FR4 double sided copper ringed perfboard is indeed the deluxe bee's knees ... though I would really rather have a real PCB done, cutting veroboard or adding wire links is a major PITA.
                                        Speaking of that, does anyone on eBay sell double-sided protoboard without PTH? I wanted some a while ago where I would have had to drill out the plating from about 80 holes...
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                                          Not sure, honestly I hate perfboard. If the board design is complicated at all, I would rather do a homemade single sided where tracks are only where I want it to be...

                                          I think the most complicated no-link perfboard design I've put together was a small DDS, and "never again!" *sigh* Then again part of the problem is that I was reducing the BOM to the parts I had on hand... having to use two 10K resistors instead of a 20K complicated things.

                                          Here's a piece of double sided perfboard with PTH and GOLD PLATING ?!?!? (BTW, other side looks the same) ... I do NOT like.
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                                          Last edited by eccerr0r; 12-22-2018, 03:40 PM.

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