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180dukebox · 09-02-2006, 15:16

Ok,

Well the 6800uf cap was what I had to hand at the time, but I would expect anything around that value would do it, maybe even as low as 4700uf. But obviously the bigger the better. 10 Volts or higher is fine.
The cap I used was robbed from an old ATX PC power supply that blew up. As it was too tall for the case I just taped it to the case an ran a couple of wires to it. Messy I know but it works.

Here is a few pics
Case Pic
Pic1
Pic2
Pic3

The last picture being the most usefull I guess.

The +ve side of the cap goes to the 5V+ marking on the motherboard, there is a nice big solder pad next to the black inductor in the picture. The -ve side goes to either of the pads marked 0V in the picture.

As you can see I have lifted the 12V wire for the disk out of the connector and run it to one of the pads marked 12V+ on the motherboard.

The fan mounted in the case top is a temp controlled job from panasonic. As the airflow warms up the fan spins faster. It is very quiet and the case is always cool to touch, the disk seems to run nice an cool too, pity it looks a bit ugly cut into the case top, but you can't have everything

Hope this helps.

09-02-2006, 15:16	#22
180dukebox Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 85	Ok, Well the 6800uf cap was what I had to hand at the time, but I would expect anything around that value would do it, maybe even as low as 4700uf. But obviously the bigger the better. 10 Volts or higher is fine. The cap I used was robbed from an old ATX PC power supply that blew up. As it was too tall for the case I just taped it to the case an ran a couple of wires to it. Messy I know but it works. Here is a few pics Case Pic Pic1 Pic2 Pic3 The last picture being the most usefull I guess. The +ve side of the cap goes to the 5V+ marking on the motherboard, there is a nice big solder pad next to the black inductor in the picture. The -ve side goes to either of the pads marked 0V in the picture. As you can see I have lifted the 12V wire for the disk out of the connector and run it to one of the pads marked 12V+ on the motherboard. The fan mounted in the case top is a temp controlled job from panasonic. As the airflow warms up the fan spins faster. It is very quiet and the case is always cool to touch, the disk seems to run nice an cool too, pity it looks a bit ugly cut into the case top, but you can't have everything Hope this helps.