Hp ProLiant ML110 Case Mod

[PeaceWalker93]

Hi there!

A couple of months ago a friend of mine that works as a programmer told me they were going to get rid of some old servers and computers were he works.

So I got a couple of HP Proliants ML110, some laptops and a random old ATX case for free. 

 

I used the case to build my dad a PC, got rid of the laptops on ebay (Old core 2 duo's mostly) and sold some of the hardware on the HP servers.

So I ended up with two empty HP cases that had an intgrated I/O shield and nobody wanted to buy.

Both looked the same on the outside but the inside parts were quite different (One was an ML110 G4 and the other a G5).

After close inspection I thought the G4 was the easiest one to work with.

 

(Pictures are from the G5 since I forgot to make any to the G4 pre disassembly. Also the G5's chassis was really messed up, you can see how bad it was bent on the top part)

 

[PeaceWalker93]

So after working a bit on this thing over the week i've managed to build something that I think is pretty nice for a computer that was going to be thrown away.

 

I have inverted the motherboard tray so now the PSU sits on the bottom and the pci expansion slots are on the top, the rear I/O panel has also been cut down to be able to fit standard I/O plates. I also modified the orginal power button an LED's so they can be plugged into a normal mobo (This one used a proprietary connector) And obviously painted the whole thing, the interior and the rear I/O piece's are in satin black, and the exterior is in matte black with the front bezel in red.