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N e w   M o t h e r   Bo a r d  :  
E  P O X   4   P E A+

H a r d   D i s k s   a n d   Ca b l e  A d j u s t i n g


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After installing the new motherboard, an EPOX 4PEA+,
the two MAXTOR 5.400 RPM 40 Gb HD were moved to
top position with 5 1/4" rack adapters. The position of
the AGP slot and gfx board no longer made it possible for the
disks to stay on the bottom hard disk cage. Please note the
two blue tipped temperature probes from the
DigiDoc5 monitor on the front side of the Hard Disks.

On the drive bay are please note
a new
Plextor DVD+R/RW PX404A


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The cooler for the PIV 2.2 Ghz is a CoolerMaster DI4-8KD3B-OL >>
Fitted with a SUNON 3500 RPM fan and stainless fan gril
Full load (CPU Burn-in 1.01) rates at 40 Celsius.
Fanner 420 thermal paste

On the hard disk cage, right of the CPU, you can notice the
thin black cables (labeled/numbered 3 and 4) with blue terminal
tips from the DigiDoc5 temperature probes.


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All IDE cables are by CoolerMaster (roundend, 80 conductors).
Almost all power cables were wraped up and arrested
with plastic straps for stable positioning and better air flow.



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The EPOX 4PEA+ board comes with a chipset cooler and fan
with a blue neon light and with a two red led debug/info led for
Bios / Board detail.




Case Mod and photos by P. Mateus , webmaster@air-arms.com
Detailed step by step photos of the original full case mode here >>
 

Setup:

I
ntel Pentium IV 2.2 Ghz,  Socket 478 , 512 K cache
Cooler: CoolerMaster DI4-8KD3B-OL (extra: SUNON 80mm 3500 rpm FAN and ss grill)
Motherboard Epox 4PEA+ (LAN, Sound, IDE RAID, USB 2 and Firewire)
512 Mb DDR 266 Mhz
Total HD Storage: 240 Gb
2 x Seagate Barracuda
7200 rpm 80 Gb
2 x Maxtor Diamond 5400 rpm 40 Gb
CoolerMaster rounded cables (IDEx2, ATA133, and Floppy]
7 extra chassi fans

   
+ 2 outake chassis motherboard rear middle level (60mm)
    + 1 outake chassis rear top level (92 mm)
    + 1 intake chassis front bottom level (80mm)
    + 2 intake chassis front mid level - hard disk cages (80mm)
    + 1 intake lateral door mid level (80mm)


    80mm SPIRE 8025B1M4
    Ball Bearing, 28.80 CFM at 2500 RPM with 28.8 dBA
 

PSU Thermaltake ATX 420W, Active PFC, Dual Fan
Creative Labs NVidia GeForce 4 Ti4400
Lite-ON DVD Drive XJ-HD165H
Plextor DVD+R/RW PX504A

PCTV Pinnacle PCI
Advansys SCSI controller PCI
Webcam Creative Go (external, USB)
Chieftec DRAGON
DA-01WD Case (Full Tower, ATX)
Digital Doc 5 Temperature and Fan Sensor

TEMPERATURES:

Idle: CPU: 29 C ; Motherboard: 28 C
Load: CPU: 40 C ;  Motherboard: 32 C

Detailed step by step photos of the original full case mode here >>



Published: 23th March 2003
Updated: 23th March 2003