Ongoing SNES-PC (1 Viewer)

[Lotus]

Hey guys, I am in the process of building a full PC into a SNES shell.
I am using a Mini-ITX motherboard, it is the VIA VT8237R motherboard with a 1.5 ghz VIA CN700 CPU. It has 512 mb of ram, and a 320 gb hard drive. The system is fairly basic, it is meant for running older emulators and games and Media Portal, and that is it.

Unfortunately, it doesn't fit. . . . .
The hard drive is too large, I am gonna have to make the case a bit thicker than it was originally.

Anyways, I'll try to get pictures in the future. I also want to make a custom Media Portal skin for it, I was originally going to use Mamewah for the front end, but decided Media Portal could do it just as well.

Later,
Lotus

 

[dm15644]

Sounds interesting, please post your progress. Does the VIA board have DX9 capabilites?

/jayrock

 

[Lotus]

Jayrock, I believe it does.
I decided to put a small Laptop hard drive inside instead of the 320 gb, which will be placed in a networked external case.
Anyways, everything now fits into the case, I have to get the frontal USB ports running and finishing cutting the rear. Otherwise everything appears to be working except minor stuff and cosmetics. Well and software issues, but I am working on those slowly.
Anyways, I'll try and get pictures, or maybe a video of how I got it all in there.
One of my biggest fears turned out to be a non issue though, I was afraid I would not be able to get the power buttons working, luckily the buttons I used happen to fit perfectly with the SNES buttons, and make them work perfectly.

 

[dm15644]

Looking forward to the photos/video!

/jayrock

 

[Lotus]

Mmmm, pictures, sorry if the quality is iffy, they were taken with a camcorder.

Anyways, I am in the process of doing some cosmetic work right now, so yeah, it's fugly right now.

Later,
Lotus

 

[Lotus]

Well here are some almost done shots, you can see that it is now a nice shiny black, though I need to drop a second coat on still.

I have been having some trouble getting the Eject button cut properly, so it is not in yet, but will be soon. I have also been having issues getting the controller ports mounted, so I am looking into new ways to do so as well. But, for the most part it is done, just need to iron out some details.

 

[Omen]

just to be a pain have you thought about putting the io plate on in the back, it looks like theres room for it, and it'll make it look much tider.

 

[Lotus]

The IO plate has been installed in the back already
I didn't photograph it because I couldn't spin it that far while it was hooked up, and it is getting fully updated right now.

 

[sgtsloth]

This is awesome! Can't wait to see the final product.

Are you still going to make a custom MP skin for it?

 

[Noelix]

Looks fantastic. How much did this project run you?