Introduction

Frank Fitzmaurice built his computer out of old motherboards, and uses it to decode satellite signals. It has an EPIA M10000 motherboard, 512MB RAM, 60GB HDD, DVD Burner and a DVB PCI satellite card. Frank turned the processor fan to pull air through the heat sink, along with a PCI blower fan mounted up high on the back. The old motherboards were cleaned up by knocking the electronic components off with a putty knife, shaping with tin snips, then grinding thinner to give the required flexibilty.

Construction

The tower is 16.25" high. Originally it was 2" shorter - but plan A turned into plan B...

The Hard drive is mounted horizontal in the mid tower.

The DVD burner. Some of the case boards still need to be tweaked into place.

Originally a laptop DVD R/W was planed, but connectivity / cost was a problem. Plan B turned to plan C... The PCI blower fan fitted in nicely and does a good quiet job. The air flow enters starts underneath the motherboard, up the tower and out. I turned the CPU fan to pull through the heatsink to prevent air flow conflicts

The fan grille on the back.

The cleaned off motherboards. "I like".