Ultimate List of Guides

[Beetle Bailey]

I didn't put this together. I got this from another site. I just wish I had the skills to put all this together. Thats just for the record. I wish I would've though. I hope this might help anyone who wants to do any mods for their computer. Bailey.

Modding Materials Info

-- Material Safety Data Sheet (Search By Manufacturer)
-- A More User-Friendly MSDS Searchable Database
-- Huge pdf Of Technical Data Concerning Plastics Of All Kinds
-- General Plastics Quick-Reference Properties Table

Tools Of The Trade

-- Thread size + dimension, tap drill size, standard screw thread, and general thread nomenclature info (includes tables)
-- How to Splice Two Wires Together
-- Dremel Guide
-- Dremel Cutting Tips
-- Advanced Dremel Guide

"Virtual" Modifications

-- BIOS Optimization Guide
-- Windows XP Performance Tweaks
-- Windows XP Services Tweak Guide
-- Massive Windows XP Tweak Guide....covers about anything and everything (100+ pages)
-- How To Customize the BIOS Logo
-- How To Customize the BIOS Logo Part II
-- How To Stabilize the Windows 98 Shell
-- Windows XP "Cleaning"
-- Complete List Of Startup Applications And How To Optimize Them
-- Complete Description Of Programs Running In Task Manager And How To Optimize Them

Internet Connection Tweaking

--How To Make 2 Modems Work As One For Increased Performance Over Your Phone Line
--Win9x Modem Tweak Guide
--LAN Tweak Guide
--Cable/DSL Tweak Guide

Overclocking Guides

Video Card Overclocking/Tweaking
-- Overclocking using Rivatuner
--How To Convert an ATI Radeon 9500 to a 9700
-- Optimizing Nvidia-Based Video Card Settings
--How to Flash a Radeon 9800 Non-Pro/Pro into a 9800XT (softmod)
--How to Flash a Radeon 9800 Non-Pro to a 9800 Pro through BIOS

CPU Overclocking
-- A Very Complete Overclocking Guide From The Basics To Advanced
--Overclocking 101: Overclocking Fundamentals
--Overclocking 102: Taking Your Overclock to the Next Level
--Overclocking 103: Turning Up the Heat with Voltage Adjustments
-- CPU Overclocking Basics
-- A Beginner's Guide To Overclocking AMD CPU's

RAM Overclocking
-- How To Read RAM Serial Numbers
-- RAM Tweaking/Overclocking Guide
-- A Beginner's Guide to Overclocking Memory

Individual Computer Component Modification

Hard Disk Drives
-- How To Move A HDD With XP Installed From One Computer To Another
-- How To Make a Window For Your HDD
-- How To Mount Hard Drives If Your Cage Is Full
-- How To Add More 3½ Bays
-- How To Make a DIY HDD Cooler

CD Drives
-- How To Change The Position Of a LED of a Stealthed CD Drive
-- CD/DVD Stealth Mod
-- How To Make a Window For Your CD Drive
-- Another Method To Stealth Your Drives
-- How To Paint Your Drives To Match Your Case

Motherboard
-- How To Make Your Motherboard Glow-In-the-Dark

Power Supply
-- How To Add LED's To Your PSU
-- How To Change The Voltage From Your PSU
-- How To Power An ATX PSU Without a Motherboard
-- How To Run Dual ATX Power Supplies
-- How To Run Multiple PSU's in Parallel Or Series

Cooling Your Rig

Case Cooling
-- The Ultimate Ducting Guide
-- Plexiglass CPU Fan Duct How-To
-- Airflow Optimization Guide
-- How To Make a Poorman's Hanging Fan Card Cooler
-- How To Increase Your Laptop's Cooling
-- How To Install Better Cooling On Your Laptop

Everything Watercooling
-- How To Make a Bong Cooler
-- How To Make a Shroud For Your Radiator and Fan
-- How To Fill and Bleed Your Inline Water Cooled System With a F&B Kit
-- Filling a Closed-Loop Water System Without a Reservoir or F&B Kit
-- How To Flush And Clean Your System Using a Submersible Pump
-- How To Make An Inline Tempprobe
-- How To Convert a Heatercore Into a Radiator For Use In a Water Cooling System
-- How To Effectively Benchtest Waterblocks
-- How To Make a DIY Waterblock (Minimal Amount of Tools Required)

Extreme Cooling
-- Peltier Installation Guide
-- How To Make a DIY Phase-Change Cooler
-- How To Make a Passive Immersion Cooling System
-- Another Phase Change How-To

Cutting Your Case

Windows
-- PCMods.Com Window Kit Installation Guide
-- Making a Window For Only $5
-- How To Apply a Window Applique
-- How To Cut a Custom Design In Your Side Panel
-- Guide to Custom Window Etching
-- How To Create The Illusion Of Water In Your Case Panel

Other
-- How To Create a Bayfiller Logo
-- How To Cut a Blowhole

Painting And Dying
-- Basic Guide To Case Painting
-- Vinyl Dye Guide
-- Guide To Making DIY UV Reactive Fans

Lapping
-- How To Lap a Heatsink
-- Lapping The GPU
-- Another How-To Lap a Heatsink
-- How To Lap The Integrated Heatpreader (IHS) Of a CPU

Do-It-Yourself Hardware/Other Mods
-- How To Build a Baybus
-- Another Take On Building a Fanbus
-- How To Build a Rheostat
-- How To Make DIY Acrylic Cement
-- DIY Thermal Adhesive
-- How To Make DIY Ramsinks
-- How To Mold Custom Fan Grills

Heatsink Removal And Thermal Interface Material Application
-- How To Remove The Integrated Heat Spreader (IHS) From a P4 CPU
-- How To Correctly Apply Thermal Interface Material (TIM)
-- How To Remove The Heatsink From Your GPU

Miscellaneous Functional Mods
-- How To Add a Headphone Jack To Your Computer
-- How To Add a Fan And LED To Your Mouse
-- How To Install An Undercore Temprobe
-- How To Add a Digital Thermometer To Your Case
-- Case Cleaning Guide
-- LCD Installation and Mod Guide
-- A Mod To Easily Remove Your Case Panel With Fans On It
-- How To Start Your Computer By Remote
-- How To Open Stealthed CD Drives With An External Button

Miscellaneous Aesthetic Mods
-- Cable Sleeving How-To
-- How To Light Your Keyboard Using EL Cables
-- How To Change Your Case's LED's
-- How To Tidy-Up Your Case
-- How To Mod Your Start Button Into a Key Switch
-- How To Make DIY Rounded Cables
-- Basic Guide To Installing LED's

P.S. Maybe even worthy of a STICKY!

[stinger608]

Thats a great post Beetle, but I think we will let Capper, and or One4 decide if it should be a sticky.

But a great post none the less

Oh yea, and there is a great post that has been updated pretty regular of the "tools of the trade" right here in HardwareLogic!!!

[Beetle Bailey]

Yep!! I even added my .02 to it. Just thought this might help a few people.

[gvblake22]

Still got a little work to on it (like adding links to the many HardwareLogic guides and hunting down all the dead links), but it's a GREAT start! Thanks Bailey!

Please post if you find a dead link of have something else worthy of adding to the list!

[halutzparilla]

great job... very very usefull...

[Death_blooms]

Dual Head Setup Guide

How To Draw 7V Current is dead :(

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by Death_blooms

How To Draw 7V Current is dead :(

Dead links removed

[Lokie]

Wow I had forgotten about my window etching guide, dam another first. My first article actually, that landed me my spot on staff at PimpRig. Allot of fine links there BB!

[Dr. V]

DEFINITELY sticky!!!

amazing job man!

[Beetle Bailey]

Originally Posted by Lokie

Wow I had forgotten about my window etching guide, dam another first. My first article actually, that landed me my spot on staff at PimpRig. Allot of fine links there BB!

Thanks Lokie!! I just had share what all I've found. This definately a great site worthy of it.