The HTPC Project

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I did this one about 2-3 years ago, I scraped a dead AV reciver and made a HTPC out of it

 

 

It started like this:

 

Then I drilled the holes for the motherboard stands and tried it out:

 

Some more drilling and the PSU is mounted also:

 

Home made USB header for the front panel. A piece of plastic, dead USB hub, solder iron,  glue gun & viola:

 

Home made two directional switch. some plastic, micro switches from the original front panel, soldering iron, super glue, glue gun, a lot of lost nerves  and a decent result:

 

USB Header & switches mounted:

 

To make the switches on the front panel actually work I had to scrap my old Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 keyboard and get busy with the soldering iron:

 

First test, all hardware in everything connected

 

I couldn't use the original back panel so I got a piece of metal the same size as the original, and then the fun started

 

So this is the new back panel:

 

After some drilling and filing:

 

And then some more filing & sanding: 

 

 

It`s done:

 

 

 

 

[ShadowCaptain]

thats so cool!

 

Might do it with an old VCR, would be so awesome

[I_Got_Lost]

Bro, thats creative! +1

nice Switch