Summer project – 3261 days old

[ziggo118]

hey guys, I think this is ther right place to post this. I am looking for a cool summer project to do, somethign unique and fun but not real hard. I have the idea of midifying some speakers to hook into my backpack and play out my cd play or make a computer that is as flat as a cd-rom drive.. any ideas? Also I have a couple of spare cases i could do stuff with too

[JohnnyBra]

The speakers thing has been done sooo many times.. I have a folding Cooler w/ built in speakers, AM/FM radio, and port to plug in Mp3 player or CD Player...

The slim PC would be cool, but tough.

What's your definition of "Hard"... ?

Car PC's are always fun W/ onboard GPS Nav, Mp3 player, LCD Screen and wireless Keyboard/Mouse, you can build a machine to live in the trunk

[ziggo118]

well I dont have a car nor the cash to blow on that type of setup but somthign small.. they speakers thing is ok but... I dunno osmthing really simply I was jsut thinking putting a pc in this old tv that I have but i would have to get a flatscreen for the monitor so it would fit and those are a bit pricey

[ImaginAsian]

making the computer as flat as a cd-rom drive is an interesting project - how do you intend to do this?

[ziggo118]

get a mini ATX mobo get a cdrom drive lay it out flat with the cd rom drive infront of it and them put the harddrive above the motherboard and then buy a box and punch alot of vent holes in it and room for a cdrom bay...basicly

[whipat]

if you get it done, be sure and post pics...

[ziggo118]

also there is this wicked old tv that i have and it really sucks, it got hit by lightening and barely works and it it huge the screen is about 15 inches but it is so old and it has all this room in the back so i was thinking about gutting it and makeing a computer inside it and putting a 15 inch flat screen on the front....cool?