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      CommentAuthorJeremyD
    • CommentTimeAug 25th 2008
     
    A year ago (plus 20 days), I made a lego case for a computer and made a topic about it here.

    Then recently I decided to put some effort into building a second lego computer. This one would have parts bought specifically for the computer and it would accomplish some goals I've set. So to do this, I created a little website using a template found here.

    Just thought I'd advertise it a bit an generate some interest in the project :)

    http://legocomputer.net
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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeAug 25th 2008
     
    Enjoyed the site Jeremy. Great domain name by the way.
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      CommentAuthorbakercad
    • CommentTimeAug 25th 2008
     
    nice stuff Jeremy. Reminds of this, which I saw last week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfyNzIL5HW0
    • CommentAuthorconartistdesigns
    • CommentTimeAug 25th 2008 edited by conartistdesigns on the 25th August 2008 at 16:50:04 EDT
     
    It'd be cool to turn this into a business. you go around bying cheap used legos and put a cetain amount of each shape in a box with assembly constructions and ship them out, lol

    i have a friend who but his in a family sized Honey Comb Cerial box. Pretty cool but, paper is flamable, so yeah...
    • CommentAuthorseptor
    • CommentTimeAug 25th 2008
     
    I use to play with Legos all the time. I'd actually buy sets for certain pieces in those sets, never assembling the set itself.

    I'm going to keep an eye on your progress. It may inspire me to attempt something similar.
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      CommentAuthorgnome
    • CommentTimeAug 25th 2008
     
    tip for the wireless card: take the metal bracket off. I'm not fond of those PSUs. There are much smaller ones. They usually involve a bit of soldering, but they are worth it.
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      CommentAuthorJeremyD
    • CommentTimeAug 26th 2008 edited by JeremyD on the 26th August 2008 at 13:48:25 EDT
     
    good idea about the wireless card tip. I should just be able to unscrew it off, right?

    I'm not fond of that PSU either, but I couldn't find anything smaller on Newegg. If you know of a good place to buy smaller, let me know and I'll definitely toss in some credit.

    If anyone else has some advice on hardware, let me know. I'm putting off buying the parts until I know I've got some good stuff picked out. hardware list is on the Lego computer II page
    • CommentAuthorcthelight
    • CommentTimeAug 26th 2008 edited by cthelight on the 26th August 2008 at 19:40:05 EDT
     
    http://www.logicsupply.com/products/picopsu_120

    smallest you will get...

    for more: http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/power_supplies/power_supplies
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      CommentAuthorgnome
    • CommentTimeAug 27th 2008
     
    http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=10#psu
    First one should be more than powerful enough to run that board. Just make sure that the PSU you get has all the connectors you need.
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      CommentAuthorJeremyD
    • CommentTimeAug 27th 2008
     
    i wish they weren't so expensive. $87 is a bit outside of my budget.
    I'm trying to keep this cheap :P

    I can keep it small using the power supply I picked out. I've seen another lego pc project where someone used a similar supply and it wasn't too big.
    • CommentAuthorfernbap
    • CommentTimeAug 27th 2008 edited by fernbap on the 27th August 2008 at 13:42:24 EDT
     
    I always thought it would be interesting to build a wooden computer, a small set of wooden boxes, but never actually made one, something like a 50s valve radio casing.
    You gave me a good inspiration, perhaps one day i will make one.
    • CommentAuthorcthelight
    • CommentTimeAug 27th 2008
     
    I will do that, with the AMD AM2 board. Quad core baby!
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    Something that i may do is... Vegetable oil cooled computer. you take everything out of the case and plop it into an aquarium of vegetable oil. Not the disk drives thogh! and through some cool flashing lights and a bubble pump and you have an awesome setup that stays cool and is the most silent theing youve ever heard.
    • CommentAuthorfernbap
    • CommentTimeAug 28th 2008
     
    Not sure about vegetable oil, because it oxidates in contact with the air, and would need to be replaced periodically (and frankly, would turn your computer into a messy goo) probably something like hidraulic fluid should be better (need to check its electrical condutivity).
    • CommentAuthorMike Weiss
    • CommentTimeAug 28th 2008
     
    Posted By: fernbapot


    High voltage transformers are submerged in mineral oil for temperature control. You may want to look into that.
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    Here's a really good description/tutorial for a mineral oil computer... they've been running it since May 2007, and it's still going strong.

    http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php

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