The Pinball Project, pt. 4
Sep. 17th, 2020 08:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
punktigerWhen last we left our intrepid adventurer... he realized that his motherboard and video card weren't going to fit in the cabinet, full stop.
OK, so I did some looking online and found a new motherboard that could take a Ryzen processor with graphics capabilities. A few more cashed-in bonds later, and they were on their way.
I received them today and excitedly put it together and test fit it inside the cabinet. The CPU cooler was just a little on the tall side. (insert "facepalm.gif" of your choice here) After a bit of finagling I found a spot where it fit with enough clearance for the cooler to draw air properly. Of course, that meant the power supply had to move... and no matter where I moved it, it wasn't going to fit, full stop.
Mainly, this is a small pinball cabinet with not much room inside, and the monitor has this bowed back to house the wall-mounting screw holes. That curve takes up a lot of room that, if it was just thinner and flat, could be used for other components. Thank goodness I've been taking CBD oil for the last few weeks (thanks, sis), or I would have been screaming bloody murder.
So, I looked over what needed to be fit, and where things needed to go. "Amplifier goes here, 2nd display control panel could go there, power strip can go... uhh... If I put it like this... no...the plugs stand up, except for the wall warts... ummm..." It was then I realized there was no place I could put the power strip inside the cabinet because of that bow-back monitor. OK, FINE! The power strip will join the computer power supply outside of the cabinet for the time being.
Those decisions made, I took the opportunity to completely assemble the cabinet. This job needed two people, of which I was merely one. Of course, assembling this beast on the floor wasn't helping much, as some of the angles I needed to view while holding several bits of MDF in their positions were just not easily doable. A lot of grunting and mild cursing later, the cabinet finally fell into place. Naturally, I had forgotten to remove a piece of protective plastic film on the back glass monitor, which was... erm... "easily" remedied (after a little more mild cursing).
That's where I called it quits for the evening. I'll mount a few more things in the cabinet tomorrow, and wire in the buttons. I'm hoping to give it a test start tomorrow, maybe even install an OS if I'm feeling particularly jaunty.
OK, so I did some looking online and found a new motherboard that could take a Ryzen processor with graphics capabilities. A few more cashed-in bonds later, and they were on their way.
I received them today and excitedly put it together and test fit it inside the cabinet. The CPU cooler was just a little on the tall side. (insert "facepalm.gif" of your choice here) After a bit of finagling I found a spot where it fit with enough clearance for the cooler to draw air properly. Of course, that meant the power supply had to move... and no matter where I moved it, it wasn't going to fit, full stop.
Mainly, this is a small pinball cabinet with not much room inside, and the monitor has this bowed back to house the wall-mounting screw holes. That curve takes up a lot of room that, if it was just thinner and flat, could be used for other components. Thank goodness I've been taking CBD oil for the last few weeks (thanks, sis), or I would have been screaming bloody murder.
So, I looked over what needed to be fit, and where things needed to go. "Amplifier goes here, 2nd display control panel could go there, power strip can go... uhh... If I put it like this... no...the plugs stand up, except for the wall warts... ummm..." It was then I realized there was no place I could put the power strip inside the cabinet because of that bow-back monitor. OK, FINE! The power strip will join the computer power supply outside of the cabinet for the time being.
Those decisions made, I took the opportunity to completely assemble the cabinet. This job needed two people, of which I was merely one. Of course, assembling this beast on the floor wasn't helping much, as some of the angles I needed to view while holding several bits of MDF in their positions were just not easily doable. A lot of grunting and mild cursing later, the cabinet finally fell into place. Naturally, I had forgotten to remove a piece of protective plastic film on the back glass monitor, which was... erm... "easily" remedied (after a little more mild cursing).
That's where I called it quits for the evening. I'll mount a few more things in the cabinet tomorrow, and wire in the buttons. I'm hoping to give it a test start tomorrow, maybe even install an OS if I'm feeling particularly jaunty.
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