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Ah, how the time flies. I was so surprised when Secretagentwoman told me it was time to do another adventure. But also pleased. A little angry, after all, why should we be the only NZGamers to have to do adventures? (Thats not an invitation, we're the only ones allowed to do adventures. We own them. Fuck off.). Today is a very special Adventure. Today, we leave the comfort of my kitchen, and venture into the dank lair that is secretangentmans house. A chilling thought. I was a little scared, but I'd do anything for my fans. well, not this.

SO, without further delay, I give you:
Super-happy Adventure Funtime Smiles.

How to do a half-assed case mod, with no real planning, or fore-thought, just because you happened to find a couple of neat dee-lees at Dick Smiths, and have some store credit anyway, so you might as well use it. Hurrah!

IN-GREEDY-ANTS!!

You will need your old crappy, non-modded case. Some fans (I used a 120mm fan, 2 80mm blue-led-ed clear fans bought new. And 2 old fans. You'll see where from in a little while). An old PSU, and various tools. We didn't think ahead about which tools exactly we would need. Neither should you. But we used: Soldering iron, and solder, a hammer-action power-drill, some sandpaper, sku-divas

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clamps, sore-horse, hammer and punch.

No milo in this one. But never fear! We ate plenty of raw milo power to make it up!!

By the way, cEvin, if you're reading this, you're the worlds dumbest dingle-berry. If you're not reading this, then you're learning. And I congratulate you. But you'll never know, so either way, Stay out of my threads!!

Planning!! (very important) (well, not really) (it might be, if you like that sort of thing) (who am I to judge) (but if you don't plan, and fuck up your computer, or person, or realtionships (past, present, or future) don't come complaining to me)(look, just get off my back, ok)(jesus)

Basically, you want to plan out where the fans/holes will go, circuit diagrams, and an air flow diagram, to help with optimal planning. Or something.

IN TEH BEGINNING!!

This is the inside of my case before work began. notice the home made case fan, hand made from an old PSU fan. The conections are secured with masking tape... oh dear...

Taking stuff to peices!!

WARNING!! DO NOT DISMANTLE POWER SUPPLY UNITS!! NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE!! EXTREME DANGER OF ELECTROCUTION!! LEAVE IT ALONE!! PUT IT AWAY!!
Dismantle an old PSU to claim lots of handy wires, and extra fan.

Drillage!! Drill HOLES!! drill for oil!! drill bitch!!

Very carefully, take the top off the computer, and measure optimal positions (where the fans will not interefere with things, but still blow cold air on stuff). Drill lots of holes, in the shape of a grille, drill more holes for the screws. Be very careful not to scratch the paint, and then use a drill bit bigger than the holes to ream the holes so that touching the holes will not cut you. Be careful not to cut your thumb on the drill bit. Attach led-ed fans, and test. Yay!!

Note the non-stinky feet. If your feet are to stinky, simply cut them off. Trust me, you'll be much better off, p-b.

Grommets!!

Put grommets in to lessen rattling etc.
(secretagentwoman told me i had to)

Install the fans!!

This is really quite simple. You should be able to do unaided :)

WIRING!!!

Now, simply solder all your connections together. Remember to put the switch on the red wire, between the power supply, and the fan. mount the switch(es) somewhere. I used the spare 3.5in bay cover. And you're done.