New worklogggggggggggg.

Hehehe, just a week's rest after Hypoglossal, here we go again with a new log. This Coolermaster Cavalier was a brand spanking new case modded with disastrous results hence the 911 call I received, to gif it sum cardio pulmonary recuscitation. Let's start by looking at the monumental task I haf at hand. This case is mangled n I mean totally mangled in a HUGE way. I almost cried when I saw this case. It's been tru hell n back.


Awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay we gooooooooo with the pix. The following pictures show the way it looks when I received it yesterday.


Here's the overall look. Not bad eh? Can't really c the torture it's been tru.














The top blowhole, look at it carefully. Notice the fan has been configured the wrong way? It's sucking in air. Top blowholes r meant for exhaust. The hole is also badly cut.















Now it's beginning to look gruesome. Look at the cuts! Panel's all dented.








External acrylic bulging out from the panel.







This post has been edited by ianho: Sep 25 2006, 12:06 AM

Damage to side panel is extensive. Here's sum pix after removing the acrylic from the outside of the panel.

The window was cut right up to the mounting rails of the panel. Massive damage to the rails as well.

View of the damaged rails from behind.












Overall look of the back of side panel. Lotsa glue marks on the back, probably from attempts to glue acrylic to the inside.












Rear mounting section of panel was damaged as well.











Lotsa damage to the chassis too.

Top right corner of chassis has been cut tru as well. Most likely from cutting the side panel while on the case itself.







Top left corner of chassis has been cut tru as well.




















This post has been edited by ianho: Sep 1 2006, 07:44 AM

Rear rail on the chassis has been bent back. Probably to try n force the side panel with acrylic on the inside to go on. Coz the panel with acrylic on inside makes the panel a lot thicker n it just wont go on so force the rail back a bit hoping that it'll fit.













Bad idea trying to force the side panel on with acrylic on the inside. Look how it's distorted the chassis now. There's a really weird cut in the middle. I'm not sure if it was cut by accident or it just split from all that bending n forcing. That rear rail is all distorted now. Even worse than the bottom rail.






















This post has been edited by ianho: Sep 1 2006, 07:55 AM

Now to the insides. UV CCFL is hanging in the middle of nowhere n lopsided.







UV CCFL is mounted with a bunch of masking tape!!!










Wire management is using masking tape as well. All the wires r taped to the chassis like this.







Well................................that's how bad it's been mangled up. Haf no fear though. I WILL fix it up real good with sum intensive care in the ICU. BUT the sun has risen n Dracula now needs to go to bed. I shall wake up later n get down to sorting this disaster out.





This post has been edited by ianho: Sep 1 2006, 08:04 AM

oh noes... another thread worthy to park my nick at

OMG! Dr. Ian is in for a serious surgery now... pimp her up~ pimp her up i wonder how r u going to repair her breast implants... changing the entire sidepanels??

Project Funeral more likely than 911. Guess change the whole sidepanel.

waa....modder's disaster!!!! this should be a lesson learnt by newbies attempting to mod

wtf... who is the fellow mod tis casing de???
i think he got "fei kei" hand lah

Please Doctor.....



Be Gentle....

OMG . I might be wrong but I think that's the same case modded by another forumer for a fellow forumer for a FEE...who also posted a worklog not long ago. You guys can go compare...not many worklogs with the acrylic on the outside

OK I posted before I finish looking at the pics...now I just want to voice my mind. People with no skills at all should not have advertise modding services in the garage sales area. The damage that was done to the casing is just criminal. The so called modder should not have charged for what he has done but instead should have replaced the whole casing for the owner.

This post has been edited by nessus: Sep 1 2006, 09:51 AM

omg nnow you got another project how to finish the king kong

yeah i remember its another forumer who modded this case and did exactly the same thing...hes runing a modding business to if my memory serves me right....
anyway once ian is done with it will be one sexy looking case

what happen to this beautifull case, cut here cut there.........
need metal surgery la

that casing totaly F**k up pretty bad. dah jadi macam belacan

this is serious. seriously, i "LOL-ed~" when i saw the masking tape. i didn notice anythin on the 1st pic. haha~

God save this baby!!! we're lucky this baby is sent to u, if not, it'l suffer for the rest of its life.

this needs parking!

HOLY COW!!! that's One helluva job u got now ianho!! And yeah I've seen this case before modded by a forumner here for a fee. And it's true what nessus says, if got no skill dun experiment on other people's casing lah. haiz. oh well now ur casing is in VERY good hands =) hehe

tat is terrible

Cant wait to see how uncle Ianho gonna fix it at tat type of condition

Found the worklog. and guess wat i found out. ahem ahem the case ianho is modding now was modded by superdav007 as u all remembered. U can see it from the same CPU cooler and PSU and even the CCFL are at the same position. Cables everything pun sama. Here is the link

when is tat crocked and evil vampire gonna wake up? we audience valy valy worried about the victim ar~

heey, dun simply say its my fault that the case turn up this place. its been more than a month since i delivered the case. so if theres something not right pls dun put the blame on me. cheers

that fellow screw up his case kao kao!

great 2 c dr ian rescue the case

wait 4 ur update...

the user cut the windows himself after sent the case for xxx to mod??? how come the cutting will become like tht after few months if the cutting done earlier was perfect... i saw the cuttings of blowhole in the pic at 1st post not perfect la... omg, the user just screwed up his own case...

I'd nearly sent my old cavalier [sold already] to the same forumer that mod this casing...

Phew...
That was close...

Ianho, mod it to the perfection...

Cover up all those "rosak-rosak"...

Hmmm...similiar with this thread http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=322381&hl=

the case mod was finished destroyed not even reach 2 months, hardly 1 month i think.

as u can see superdav007, when u modded the casing u used masking tape everywhere. and also the fan was not positioned properly. I could see dents on the casing when u took picture of the casing right after u modded it. Can tell that u did not take out the side panel to cut it man, wat a pity. rest i leave it to ianho to remark

Swt hope the owner don't mind we critic his case kao kao hehe

when i cut it i use a jigsaw. jigsaw doesnt causes dents. the fan was not position properly? wat do u mean? the back case fan? the top fan? If i have did so many major damage to this case why i even bother posting right after i modded it? 1 more thing is that the customer always check the end product b4 paying me. if the end product is not satisfactory put the blame on me straight away, not after a couple of months. peace.

Woah .. cool it down guys.. juz let bygones b bygones.
Lets juz focus on how uncle ianho gonna revive the tortured casing.

Yeah guys! we should focus more on how ianho "fix" the casing!! I expect to see lots of epoxy used

pity to ur casing...even i m a newbie of mod also not that worst..hai..i would suggest to brush the side panel and then apply a new paint...and then the neon light better install at another place ...pity pity..

OK, I admit it was my faulth that I've jumped to conclusion that superdav007 was the one who mangled up the case. He should have the benefit of the doubt. It could also be possible that the owner of the case did the damage himself after taking the case back from superdav007. I'm sorry for pointing the finger at him at the first place.

But it would be best if superdav007 or the owner could provide some answers. First if the mod was really so cool, why the hell did the owner think he could make it even better by mangling up the case? Second, where are the close up pictures of the case? I notice for every mod you did, there is at least 1 close up of the side panel, the screws or the blowhole. If you could provide pictures of the whole modding process...like you said you would in your worklog...then it would clear everything up and your business won't be affected. By saying that you won't take responsibility and that you don't intend to stand up to other people's criticism, you're giving us the impression that you just want to avoid the whole issue.

One more thing, it would be best if we could discuss this in superdav007's worklog as not to disturd ianho's surgery procedures

sure no problem. we can discuss anything at my thead. with all due respects im sorry to mess up ur thread ianho. I thrust u will do the needed repairs to that case. Well be waiting for the renewed cavalier. cheers ianho

Haha ya rite.. dun hijack ianho's thread.. later he gonna kill us all

I doubt the chasis gonna b as strong as it used to b thx to all those 'injuries'

^^

cheers to ianho.
pity to the owner.
blame the maker who spoild the casing

This post has been edited by kelvin_hata: Sep 1 2006, 04:33 PM

guys....forget whoever cut the case.... its screwed up, yes. but this is a worklog on the recovery on the case itself.... lets focus on that and NOT turn this thread into a bonfire by going on a witchhunt for the original modder. so stay focused!!

@ianho
with that kinda extensive damage..... what r ur plans for it and how long u expect it to finish?

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Sep 1 2006, 04:49 PM

How much did the case owner paid to get the case looking like that?? If you asked me, I'll do it for free with a hammer

I guess a new side panel have to be ordered.....or a new side panel from painted acrylic would be nice .
Top blow hole can be covered with a new 120mm blow hole or a top window, so no problem.

ROFLMFAOOL.... W..T..F is that? When Uncle told me he's doing a rescue project while i was suspended for 5 days, I never thought its something that bad O...M...G...

- Acrylic on the outside?
- Masking taped ccfl?
- Full of dents and accidental cuts
- Intake fan on top?

Good luck Uncle, jaga jaga the heart a bit If that's my case, I will pay the modder the money... paper money I mean.

Give u guys a bit info that i know.. pity the casing's owner... He's just a primary school kid guys.. Awwww

Oh man, cheating primary sch kid out of his money... who the f would go so low to do so?

I'm here and what the f*** is with the primary kid
i'm 15 this year
My case got screwed by superdav
if it didnt screwed up must i give it to ianho
No flame please

u still paid him for it?!

15 is still a very young age. Out of curiousity, why did you pay him? And who taped the CCFL there, you or him?

i would actually sue superdav if he did that to my casing...its a casing massacre!

and he is actually denying that he totally destroyed your casing...

This post has been edited by ynneb25: Sep 1 2006, 08:16 PM

Ok i was naive and dumb?
After the modding i didnt touch the comp at all!

Well we didnt say you were naive nor dumb, or if it was ur fault at all. We're just wonderng how a good case can turn out so disastrous and which "artist" actually did that masterpiece.

hahahaha.. oops... wrong info, not primary school d.. hahaha.. nvm, now ur com is in ianho's hand.. it can be saved!

Now the case is with ianho
let him do his job and we'll see the end of it

Ian can definitely save it, its just the amount of time n how much extra have to be forked out in order to do so cos its seriously screwed up. If a case that's been "pimped" is supposed to look like that, I guess we've all been punked.

haha...cross your fingers and hope for the best!!

Man I gotta take another look at the pix. Gonna start modding mine next week n better remind myself of this sad case since I'm well known for extravagant but disastrous mod. namo namo amitofot

plastic surgery went wrong is it ??? nice casing got raped

thats really really awful dood.....

This post has been edited by AllnGap: Sep 1 2006, 09:52 PM

Hope to see an update soon.

hmm..uncle ianho still sleeping... damn pity him

Or he is crying after looking at the state of the case

hahahaha... nola.. maybe he's planning how 2 save it.

This is the most challenging mod i've seen on Uncle ianho's projects. Good luck.

Btw, you should name the worklog as Project 991, there's not 911 in Malaysia, remember?

Oh Gosh...the horror. Should've posted a warning dood... Rated SG.

my god

from far looks nth but close up OMG

omg. i pity yours. ^^ u really need to find some new steel for that a more professional person to help u mod. u should spend the money on modding on buying a better casing. ^^ kasihan you. sorry to see ur pc like that. from far is an angel but when near is a devil. omg !!

haha, nice from far but far from nice

pwn3d. oh well. lesson learnt. and what is that lesson?

that uncle ianho will save your case!

not only that, he will *really* pimp it out this time.

curious though, how much did the previous modder charge?

I'd rather say ".....the previous destroyer charger...."

superdav007 kantoi and pwn3d

Main problem is, how to repair those rails?
It got damage as hell...

Even for the internal case that has been cut...

Sigh...
What are you going to do ianho?

Sry for disappearing guys. My Streamyx disappeared for more than a day. Sum gigantic tree musta fallen on Streamyx line or sumthin. Anyway, updates will b up tonight. I didn't even haf a chance to upload pix with my internet being down for so long.

Anyway, Joshiet, don't despair, it will b like a Phoenix rising from the ashes.

Updates tonight................................

OMG..talking about bad car accidents...he drove his casing around??

no wait, uncle ianho? did you collected the casing at the junkyard

can't wait to see the update .

can hardly wait for another cavvy to be reborn~ wheee~

Uncle must be in a very disturbed state right now lol. Boy, the previous "modder" really suck.

who is the victim ?

i a bit pening

editied: the know who is the mangsa liao..... can delete this post

This post has been edited by edison92133: Sep 2 2006, 01:43 PM

when you pay him, you check your case ?

he do all the cable management for you ?

he hang those lights for you ?

how long ago ?

ahhh..those pix made my eyes feel sore, d^mn it.

ahhhh even my streamyx have problem loading so much pics >.< pls put a warning, it's not 56k friendly >.<

during my case mod, i tot i hve the worst case in the world! when i see this, that case is worst then my 20year old 386 case! and i do notice whoever modded the case, didnt put effort at all! or he doesnt have the right+complete TOOLS. case mod is about PASSION NOT MONEY! >.< my last mod, i only spend less then rm100 for the complete overwhole case mod! (but i cant upload pic here, this log belongs to ianho)

dude, in the 1st place, this is a worklog. wad do u think?? no pic? worklogs especially by the master always hav pics. and LOTS of them.

hahahaa no ma, at least use spoilers, or warn it's not 56ker friendly just my 2 cent, but the pic,.... for a mod lover, that is scary sh*t, summore so big and clear.... a big turn off for modders.hahah
don^don, we're cool rite? i dont mean to get to ur nerve.

no updates???

Uncle just rushed for another project last night... due this morning...

Sigh which means no updates

got one lar dont worry... he's a fast worker... after he save this case he's a miracle worker lol hahahaha... Dr. Ian Ho.. pHd in disastrous mod rescue.

erm... no, i'm still not cool. this thread should've got the "18SG" sign!!!

after finish with teh case should post 18SX... now its so serious even 18SG cant help... 18AB better... Under 18 All Banned.

lol~ high confidencial ar?

seriously, 18SG, the victim had been badly raped during the disaster period.

not only raped.. it looks like the rapist performed SM and use excessive force on the victim... poor victim, kembang here kembang there kena tumbuk the rapist's skill also damn char






edited vulgar language. Pls refrain from using vulgar language.

This post has been edited by ianho: Sep 3 2006, 07:30 PM

A new crime surfacing in Msia... crime against casing

Really kesian the victim...
Still waiting for Ianho to show his updateds.....

Really disaster... Hopefully Uncle can raise the dead... lolz...

It's like every1's praying for the casing , like it's havin a very very bad rare disease and only Dr.Ian can save it. LOL... We shall see the next episode where Dr.Ian can save it a not? ............................................

Wow! This is worse than what I did on my 2nd mod and I did pretty bad then. This is a case of too much power tools. It looks like a grinder was used to cut the side panels. Problem with cutting such a large side panel is that you do not have much strength left in the panel itself, so if the saw or wheel catches during the cutting process, the whole panel will go bendy.

If Ianho can salvage this case, then my hat off you. Some of the stuff look repairable, but the side panels looks really terminal. It might be easier just to build new panels!

Why everyone praying for a material? Pray for our Uncle's health first hahahahahahaha hazardous project

Sry no updates today. Sunday no work. It's lepak day. Hehehehe. 2moro will update.

Wa...din't know it's possible to mod until like this ...pity the guy who paid for his casing to turn out like this. if it's me, i would make the guy pay for a new one and i noticed that there are even cuts on the inner part of the casing...how did he do that??

I think Ianho has to lepak/rest on Sunday to recover from the shock of seeing this gone case (pun intended )

btw...i think i saw this casing somewhere in the Coolermaster league thread