Project: Phoenix (PC-101 Orange Case Mod)

[screwballl]

its a nice 50ºF/10ºC here in my area of Florida right now

even when I was in SD -20ºF didn't really bother me

[gvblake22]

UPDATE TIME!!!!!!!!!!

Got the front panel bending done:


The small end goes at the bottom of the case like so...


But it still needed a way to attach it to the case. Thankfully Lian Li has again saw fit to professionally drill and tap some holes! Now all I have to do is make a couple of my own to go with it. This was a job for the ever popular aluminum angle:



With the first three holes drilled and tapped, it was just a matter of drilling three more holes to secure it to the front of the case. For this, I used a trick out of DAE_JA_VOO's playbook (except I used some metal polish compound instead of the much tastier tomato sauce):

With some of the metal polish compund dabbed into the three screw holes, I just fitted the front panel where it should be and pressed down...

This left three nice little dabs where the holes are! Anyway, I got the holes drilled and it all fit (for the most part):

and a view from the bottom:


Then as a finishing touch at the end of the day I moved back up to the top of the case and cut out an opening for the front panel USB, Firewire, and audio ports:

The two screws on either side of the the ports goes through both the newly fabricated front panel and the top of the actual case to screw into the USB module its self. This is not going to be the only thing holding the front panel on, there are several more screw holes yet to be made on the top here. The large circle is where the power button is going to be.

[Yellowhello]

Wow, looks like it's coming along nicely, Blake! Haha, yeah, tomato sauce... I used white out when making the mobo tray on my tech station.

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by yellowhello

I used white out when making the mobo tray on my tech station.

Oh, that's a good one too, I didn't think of that!

[Jokerswild]

Wow progress already!!!!!!! There might be hope for you yet Blake.

[halutzparilla]

i wonder how long will blake take before he finish this thing knowing him... j/k everything is molding to shape now...

[Sumgai]

Nicely done Blake! As always, really professional work. That's such a good case to start with (and rare, as it turns out) Can't wait to see more.

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by Sumgai

That's such a good case to start with (and rare, as it turns out) Can't wait to see more.

Rare?! How so?

[Sumgai]

Well, after you made this post I went out scouring the internets for PC-101's and they're out of stock almost everywhere. Just a testament to how good they are I'd say. I can't really back myself up on whether they're actually 'rare', I was just being facetious. Sorry.

[gvblake22]

The silver version appears to be in stock at Performance PC's (not sure about the black). They are also available at Sundial Micro, Future Power, and Cooler Guys. Try Google Product search next time...