Thread: [DEAD]Project Turtle: 1993 Toyota Tercel/56K=FAIL

I got a case from rdholtz, it came in yesterday. It looks awesome! As soon as I get out of church, I plan on getting everything installed temporarily(until my DC/DC PSU comes in). Slipstreaming broke my genuine copy of XP's validation, so I'm getting ready to try to fix that.

I've never had luck slipstreaming sp3 into a pre-sp3 iso. I ended up downloading the image from MSDN.

My DC/DC PSU came in yesterday, but I wasn't home to sign for it. So, at lunch, I'm going to the post office to pick it up. Maybe I can install it while I'm "at lunch". I might be a little late to 5th though... I need to work something out about the case(thanks RDHoltz!) because it just barely doesn't fit. *calls Saul* He said he might help me with it when he gets off of work. Maybe I can get it all finished by tonight!

OMG, you dont seem to have any luck with your install. I remember my first install though, i didnt have much luck either. how dis you break your validation, like what do you mean? i do know when i went to activate after nLiting my install, i had to call microsoft to revalidate my key. wasnt a big deal though, i just hope i dont have to do it when i replace the HDD. Include pictures, i want to see how its turning out.

After I nLited my install with SP3 and some extra software bundled into the install, my copy wouldn't pass WGA Validation. I traced it to a bad install of the WGA Validation software. I Add/Remove Programs and removed the update for WGA and re-installed it. I can add pictures when I got home from school. I can't get to Flickr from here...

I have pix!!

First, the PSU I mentioned in post #97. I went and got it during my lunch at school. I wasn't late to 5th period either! I apologize in advance for the low-res iPhone pix, I lost my Kodak somewhere in my room


It came boxed up with lots of tape, (came from China...) and the PSU was thoroughly wrapped in bubble wrap.


It's made about the same as the picoPSU line is, but it sits at a right angle, where, (I think) the picoPSU is straight up. (Somebody correct me if my info is FUBAR)

All the wires are soldered directly to the bottom of the board.


The 12VDC + and - cables


It has a P4 power connector(good, because the Atom board needs it ) Sorry, it's kinda blurry...


It has 2 Molex(HDD) power connectors, and 1 Berg(FDD) power connector.


The whole unit in one shot.


I'm off to get this thing installed. I'll finish the posting in about 30 minutes.

It didn't work!! The fan on the processor on my board would spin for a second, then would quit. I hooked my AC PSU up, and it worked fine. WTF could the problem be?

Originally Posted by freeflashstuff

It didn't work!! The fan on the processor on my board would spin for a second, then would quit. I hooked my AC PSU up, and it worked fine. WTF could the problem be?

My bad, I forgot that I was looking at this on a PPC which leaves out pictures. My bad, lol..... The case is so cute, very nice and small and looks like it has perfect ventilation. Why not hookup the fans to direct power. The way my setup works is that I have a relay on the 12v line, when the PC turns on, it trips the relay and tuns on everything including the fans, all 8 of them. This also includes the processor fan. I did this because I wanted the fans to run at full speed all the time. I had major temp issues because the MoBo was trying to control the speed, but my design tricks the sensors into thinking its freezing when in certain places, like the GPU, its actually overheating.

I did a little reading, the 200W claim is *****. This PSU doesn't regulate the 12v rail or the 5V rail. I pretty much just threw $40 down the toilet...