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  • Gerry's web page
  • My 'Stimpy' project
    • Hardware elements
    • Cables and sleeving >
      • Final sleeving
    • Modding the power supply
    • Adding vinyl foil
    • Case lighting (new!)
    • System upgrades >
      • GA-880GA-UD3H systemboard
      • Corsair H50 water cooler installation
      • Floppy support is lacking!
      • Changing heatsinks
      • Stimpy gets a face change
      • Power supply upgrade
      • Liitle things
    • YASBU - Yet Another System Board Upgrade!
    • A Nerds life before Stimpy
  • Bike
    • Adding a front derailleur
    • Bike wheels
    • Bicycle Apps
  • Oasis/Odyssey Minivan
    • Odyssey Minivan
    • Sliding Door roller repair
    • Sliding Door replacement
  • Blog
  • testing new standard Blog
  • testing new Disqus Blog

"Stimpy" is my ongoing computer modding project.
Taking the plain to the Wow!

In the beginning... the start of my Stimpy!

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Ultra (Wizzard?) case sold by Tiger Direct. To me this looks very much like a small Chieftec Dragon!
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Stimpy started as a 'bare bones' kit from Tiger Direct back in 2005.  A decent mid-tower case with a UV-reactive window and a snorkel to pull in cool air to the CPU fan. AMD based ASUS A7V8X motherboard on which I installed a reasonable Duron CPU and 512MB memory. Started with  Windows 2000 Workstation, later upgraded to XP Pro. Also expanded memory to 1.5 gigabytes.

I was shopping online for a UV blue case fan and UV reactive sleeving for the cables, and found this vinyl wrap on close out.  This was the start of my project.

 

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Along with the case, I splurged buying this Ultra 500 watt power supply with UV reactive modular cables - it had a nice blue chrome finish that I never saw before or since!

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When I came across a Stimpy applique at FrozenCPU.com, the wonderful Ren and Stimpy "Space Madness" episode came to mind, and: 'Stimpy, you fool- you eediot', my computer- came to be!
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Gerry and Stimpy with Stimpy!
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  • Gerry's web page
  • My 'Stimpy' project
    • Hardware elements
    • Cables and sleeving >
      • Final sleeving
    • Modding the power supply
    • Adding vinyl foil
    • Case lighting (new!)
    • System upgrades >
      • GA-880GA-UD3H systemboard
      • Corsair H50 water cooler installation
      • Floppy support is lacking!
      • Changing heatsinks
      • Stimpy gets a face change
      • Power supply upgrade
      • Liitle things
    • YASBU - Yet Another System Board Upgrade!
    • A Nerds life before Stimpy
  • Bike
    • Adding a front derailleur
    • Bike wheels
    • Bicycle Apps
  • Oasis/Odyssey Minivan
    • Odyssey Minivan
    • Sliding Door roller repair
    • Sliding Door replacement
  • Blog
  • testing new standard Blog
  • testing new Disqus Blog