AAPEN Part. 8

Preparing the Enclosure

Stripping the Antec 4U22ATX case..
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What is the first thing to do when you receive your brand new rack mount case?
Thats right, you drill it to shits!
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Sometimes the drill just wont ‘cut it’, time to bring out the heavier guns.
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Brand new rack mount case? Not anymore!
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The AAPEN Electrical System
Constructing the ATX power plugs by hand.
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Just a few of all high-current connection blocks required by the project..
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Eventually the ATX plugs are coming together.
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Over 250 meters of assorted high-current power cable..
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Modifying the Power Supply
Two Corsair TX650 power supply units.
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Unboxing.
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The TX650 unboxed.
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Warranty void if removed.

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If you love high end hardware, you should probably look away now.
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Peek inside the Corsair (CWT) TX650 power supply unit.
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Sleeved cables are just so “2009”
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The PSU all prepped.
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The Node Arrays..
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The infectedtech AAPEN nodes.
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All hardware and electrical design of this project is licensed under the TAPR Open Hardware NCL. (Which mean you may copy freely; but not use for any commercial use without explicit permission to do so, any non-commercial use follows standard Open Source conventions. Free as in speech, not as in beer.)