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javeryh's Woodgrain Cabaret Copy
Jimbo:
I found a 3d printed bracket for mounting my ATX PSU onto a wood panel on eBay.
Arroyo:
Nice work around Javery. Looks like this thing is about to cross the finish line!
javeryh:
--- Quote from: Zebidee on January 23, 2021, 02:56:23 am ---An example of a drawer for your PC:
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Thanks for these pics. If I had the forethought I could have done something like this but I can’t make a shelf low enough based on the back door of my cabinet. It would interfere with the monitor. The bottom area with the power receptacle is about 8” tall so any drawer would need to sit above that.
I did manage to make that change in the BIOS you suggested and now my boot looks like this:
There is still a flash of text but I think I can live with it. What’s weird is that this was introduced when I decased the computer - this is the screen that was giving me the error messages. It still comes up now but with no errors so it keeps going. It wasn’t there previously. Weird.
Anyway, here’s the “final” setup:
The junk circled in yellow is the front USB panel and the internal speaker, both of which the computer expects on boot (even after disabling the front USB panel and internal audio in BIOS).
No one will ever see it. Time to put this bad boy inside the cabinet...
Zebidee:
--- Quote from: javeryh on January 23, 2021, 01:32:52 pm ---The junk circled in yellow is the front USB panel and the internal speaker, both of which the computer expects on boot (even after disabling the front USB panel and internal audio in BIOS).
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Given that the option to disable USB ports is under "Security", and the PC was designed for corporate/organisational use, I think their main focus was to stop "spies" (or employees) from downloading data via USB, rather than anything else
javeryh:
--- Quote from: Zebidee on January 23, 2021, 05:32:27 pm ---Given that the option to disable USB ports is under "Security", and the PC was designed for corporate/organisational use, I think their main focus was to stop "spies" (or employees) from downloading data via USB, rather than anything else
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Makes sense.
OK... I might have to take a break from this for a few days. It has gone from incredibly fun to incredibly frustrating the last few days. I got everything into the cab this afternoon. Then when I tried sliding the monitor back in I realized I had to make some notches on the monitor mount so it would clear the clips I installed for the control panel. 90 minutes with the dremel and the monitor slid into place. Great. I plugged in both monitors and the computer and connected the servostik, iPac2 and speakers via USB. I wired up the power button. Then... nothing. I pressed power, the computer came on and the main monitor was just making a clicking noise with no picture. Second monitor was on and HyperSpin booted as expected. Joystick seemed to be working. Only one speaker was working - not sure what the problem is there but hopefully that's an easy fix.
So I disconnected the CRT, which is plugged into the PC via THIS HDMI to VGA dongle. No changes. Then I disconnected the dongle and the monitor kind of came alive - I got the "no signal" box in the middle of the screen. If I plug the dongle back in, the picture goes blank. Any ideas what might be causing this? The only thing I could think of is that the computer is expecting a different resolution out of that monitor because my test monitors were widescreen LCDs. Could that be it?
If that's the case, I can connect the LCD, go into Windows and make some resolution settings changes (I guess I need to be in 1024x768 resolution) but it will be kind of a pain. I can't do it tonight because of NFL playoffs but it will give me something to do tomorrow. Short of that I'm out of ideas.
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