Preparing the Enclosure
Stripping the Antec 4U22ATX case..
What is the first thing to do when you receive your brand new rack mount case?
Thats right, you drill it to shits!
Sometimes the drill just wont ‘cut it’, time to bring out the heavier guns.
Brand new rack mount case? Not anymore!
The AAPEN Electrical System
Constructing the ATX power plugs by hand.
Just a few of all high-current connection blocks required by the project..
Eventually the ATX plugs are coming together.
Over 250 meters of assorted high-current power cable..
Modifying the Power Supply
Two Corsair TX650 power supply units.
Unboxing.
The TX650 unboxed.
Warranty void if removed.
If you love high end hardware, you should probably look away now.
Peek inside the Corsair (CWT) TX650 power supply unit.
Sleeved cables are just so “2009”
The PSU all prepped.
The Node Arrays..
The infectedtech AAPEN nodes.
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.)