i just installed the power supply into the VCR, and it is running fine. no more clutter around or ontop of the VCR. too bad there is no room for an optical drive.

this is the power supply i choose after i gutted it out of its casing:

[link]http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g139/Dead-Reckon/vcrpc018.jpg[/link]

this is the power supply mounted in the VCR:

[link]http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g139/Dead-Reckon/vcrpc020.jpg[/link]

i mounted the fan to the RAILING. works well. although i am going to put a beefier fan on it so it will run cooler. wont be loud at all either. other than the coffee grinder hard drive.. i also plan to drill some VENTS in the lid for the power supply. so it wont get quite as toasty.. hopefully i can just get a very handy holesaw for my dads drill and cut a hole in it, then mount the fan to the lid, but if i did that i would need about a six inch cord on the fan or so, so i can lift the lid and unplug it.

Here is a pic of the VCR together, with no clutter other than the random CRAP laying around the work table:

[link]http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g139/Dead-Reckon/vcrpc023.jpg[/link]



now, if your WONDERING why i built this, its simply because i can. something fun to do. i mean, there was a dead VCR in my closet collecting dust, and a board and CPU waiting to be put to use, the VCR couldnt live again as a VCR, so i decided to make it live as a PC. works great as one too, considering what hardware is in it. cant wait to get an exhaust fan mounted in it and all.

UPDATE: power supply fan JAMMED on the heatsink of the power supply, didnt notice, its been running like that for about five minutes, hopefully its fine and once it cools down all will be good, it didnt reach its shut down temp, which is good.Looks great, nice work there.The title is confusing ...is this an updated PC or an updated VCR ? ?

lol

Very neat

Even smaller than my pizza box computer

I want to get one of those mini motherboards and build my own computer so I can have something small. My brother had a friend with something that was the size of one of those eMacs or whatever the heck they are (the small white boxes)
MiniMac, thats it
i meant its an updated article, thanks for the feedback people, i plan to have the power switch working whenever i can get another soldering iron.


havnt been on for a few days because i have been setting up an old computer for something to pass time (about to go out of my mind sitting in my room with little or nothing to do). i put an HP CUW-AM v2.0 motherboard in an T1150 eMachines case. has a 350w power supply in it that i had as a spare. the eMachine was dead when i got it, motherboard rarely recognizes drives, sometimes it wont even recognize the CPU (the stock CPU is dead, was a 1.3ghz celeron). now its running a 766mhz celery outta the VCR because i had no clue where my other celery's are.. just found them today, it also has 384mb's of SDRAM. there is nothing stock in the emachine other than the floppy drive. i modded another CD drive to fit the cover offa the dead 32x cd-rw drive in the emachine, suprisingly, the hp mobo has a front USB header (only one, so only one port) that is identical to the Emachines plug.. front audio is proprietary though.. but the lights and buttons work, along with one front USB port, so im happy with it. decent little case for what it is.