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Old August 14, 2007, 06:47 PM
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Hi! im living in montreal, and i just want to know if there is anyone here living in montreal or near that knows how to modify side panels.
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Old August 14, 2007, 07:14 PM
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Theres literally thousands of guides on the Internet about this. Depends what you want to do though. Things like adding a window or a fan are all over the place.
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Old August 14, 2007, 07:35 PM
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My girlfriend has a EMACHINE... nothing fancy to look at so I did alittle modding.... Added a side window and a top fan.... made the ring at work to cover the hole up....

is this something you had in mind?? Bare in mind it was a solid black side panel..

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What kind of mod do you want to do ? There is nothing like doing our own mods you know... A jigsaw, a drill + some other tools and your good to go!
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I just busted a 127mm hole in the bottom of a antec 900 case for proper ventilation for the power supply! Damn near killed my cordless drill hahahha.
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I just busted a 127mm hole in the bottom of a antec 900 case for proper ventilation for the power supply! Damn near killed my cordless drill hahahha.
I've been thinking about that myself too. Might do it if/when I get watercooling.

@frost, Nice mod, however isn't that side fan "grill" a tad restrictive. Looks like very little air would get by.
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Old August 15, 2007, 03:31 AM
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i tried ones, but after i make a hole for my 1200mm fan, my sidepanel went to garbage after i shake my hands and let the drill go wherever it wants. bTW is that the case that you modded in your avatar?
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If you put some masking tape or something around the hole your going to cut, usually results in a nice clean cut. Assuming you can hold the drill steady. It's a lot easier if you get a 114mm hole saw from the hardware store. Then you get a perfect circle.
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i tried ones, but after i make a hole for my 1200mm fan, my sidepanel went to garbage after i shake my hands and let the drill go wherever it wants. bTW is that the case that you modded in your avatar?
You need to drill a pilot hole for hole saws otherwise you won't succeed very well.
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You need to drill a pilot hole for hole saws otherwise you won't succeed very well.
They come with a pilot hole drill bit already. At least mine does. The drill bit sticks out a bit further than the actual hole saw, so it drills the pilot hole, then the hole saw chews away.
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