{"id":67,"date":"2011-01-15T18:02:45","date_gmt":"2011-01-16T02:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robertbyam.com\/ces\/?p=67"},"modified":"2025-03-18T14:26:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T22:26:20","slug":"post-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertbyam.com\/ces\/2011\/01\/15\/post-removal\/","title":{"rendered":"Post Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple days ago I cleaned the NES case, as it had built up dust over the years and survived some sort of liquid spill.\u00a0 Note to future self: Don’t clean with 99.9% rubbing alcohol when you have bare hands and a cut on your finger.<\/p>\n

Inside the NES case there were quite a few screw posts for mounting the various boards.\u00a0 But I’m going to need this space to pack everything in, so they had to go.<\/p>\n

Of course, a Dremel is the easiest way to do this.\u00a0 But I didn’t have a Dremel.\u00a0 So of course, I had to get one! (Yay for projects).\u00a0 The Dremel will come in handy for making holes in the case for the rest of the project.<\/p>\n

\"Dremel!\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And remember, always wear eye protection and lung protection when using a Dremel.\u00a0 The More You Know.\u00a0 Using the Dremel, it was easy to remove the posts (and chip a few things off other stuff too).\u00a0 Here’s before and after of two of the posts:<\/p>\n

\"Dremel<\/a><\/p>\n

This is my first time using a Dremel.\u00a0 As you can see, my later work after I got the hang of it is better than my first one:<\/p>\n

\"Dremel<\/a><\/p>\n

After removing all the posts, I used regular old sandpaper to smooth off the rough edges.\u00a0 Here’s the NES bottom with much more space available than before, shown next to my previous picture of it:<\/p>\n

\"NES<\/a>\"Extra<\/a><\/p>\n

In four days (on Wednesday) I get all the parts (motherboard, processor, hard drive, RAM, and power supply) to start playing around with stuff.\u00a0 First thing I will probably look at is changing the Windows 7 startup screen.<\/p>\n

I read up on cooling, and found a few cases of people using the same i5 processor I’m getting with the stock cooler and no case fans\u00a0 (in a Mini-ITX case).\u00a0 They had no troubles.\u00a0 So, I only got a couple of fans a spent a couple extra dollars to get quiet ones.\u00a0 I got a larger 60mm intake fan that is only 8db, and 2 smaller 40mm exhaust fans at 14db each.\u00a0 Bottom line, you won’t be able to hear them once you get more than a couple feet away.\u00a0 They should be sufficient to keep fresh air flowing through the case.\u00a0 I will be measuring the cooling performance, and can always add more fans if needed, but shouldn’t need to based on other people’s reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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