SSIA; this was one of those things which "seemed like a good idea at the time ;"
The full length GF4 is a bit of a problem in a QuickSilver (in my opinion), because it is designed to work with the MDD layout and in QS it blocks all the airflow to the pci slot area.
So I thought I'd cut a big hole in the unused area of the board with a dremel...
not so much.
I probably did a sloppy job. I didn't really have the right tool and was in a hurry.
Anyway after that, the machine would chime but whenever I plugged in a display it would immediately power off. No smoke. Whoops, I probably shorted the 12 internal board layers in like a dozen places.
So I took a deep breath and resolved to cut it again (not a whole lot left to cut ; ) and cut the whole board off straight just past the capacitors. This time I did it at an angle on both sides (kind of sharp and pointy, like a knife) to keep the multiple internal layers from shorting and covered the butchery with kapton tape.
It works. Not sure I gained anything, but it was fun.
The full length GF4 is a bit of a problem in a QuickSilver (in my opinion), because it is designed to work with the MDD layout and in QS it blocks all the airflow to the pci slot area.
So I thought I'd cut a big hole in the unused area of the board with a dremel...
not so much.
I probably did a sloppy job. I didn't really have the right tool and was in a hurry.
Anyway after that, the machine would chime but whenever I plugged in a display it would immediately power off. No smoke. Whoops, I probably shorted the 12 internal board layers in like a dozen places.
So I took a deep breath and resolved to cut it again (not a whole lot left to cut ; ) and cut the whole board off straight just past the capacitors. This time I did it at an angle on both sides (kind of sharp and pointy, like a knife) to keep the multiple internal layers from shorting and covered the butchery with kapton tape.
It works. Not sure I gained anything, but it was fun.
