Question about Powmax Bio II?

bamhm182

bamhm182

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It said that you could have 2 80mm fans in the front, I pulled the 80mm from the side of my case and tried to figure out 2 or more ways I could install it on the front of the case, but I could only find 1 way, I found a second way, but the faceplate wouldn't shut all the way if it was that way. So I was wondering how the other fan would go on, I think I might just get a 120mm for the front since it'll fit and it'd be a little cheaper. Also I was wondering if there was somewhere that I could get replacement parts for it, when I was putting it together the first time the side with the window and the faceplate for pretty scraped up, plus it'd look cool to have more than one color, like blue on the top, black on the front and red on the sides.
 
the 80mm should go side by side
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as for the colouring, just use spray paint. It will work fine
 
Yeah, I know the 80mm goes on the side, but on the original website that I saw the case at, I thought that it said that it was able to have 2 fans in the front, maybee they just made a mistake. I'll try to find it and post it here. and that's a good idea about the spray painting, I've never spray painted anything before, so do you have any advice?
 
I've never spray painted anything before, so do you have any advice?
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funny enough i just spay painted my lcds at home the other day. My advice
a) Be sure to get enough paint, you may need 2 can and the last thing you want is to run out and then not be able to get the same colour
b) Go in long quick sweeping motions, building up the layers, it wont start to look one uniform colour until your 3rd of 4th paint/dry pass
c) Do it outside, and lay donw LOTs of newspaper, over an area twice the size of your target object
d) leave to dry for several hours, and do not touch it as it will easily leave marks
e) You may need a primer since the case is metal
f) Look for tutorials on google
 
alright, thanks for all your help,I will try to post a picture of it when I'm done. If I do, it will come out bad though, because my camera's only a .31 MP, but from far away it's okay. And only the right side and the top are metal, the rest is plastic and plexiglass.
 
Is there somewhere that I could get a reset switch for it?? I was trying to take it out so that I wouldn't get paint on it and it broke. I REALLY hope that there is, or else I'm just fu**ed.....
 
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Is there somewhere that I could get a reset switch for it?? I was trying to take it out so that I wouldn't get paint on it and it broke. I REALLY hope that there is, or else I'm just fu**ed.....
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dont worry you can just replace it with any old push switch ( I think they are push to break switches, can anyone else confrim this). Since your madding you case anyway why not put a cooler switch ;)
 
it's a wierd kind of switch holder, I'm not really sure how to describe it.. I'm not even sure if it is wierd of differant, it might just be me. It has 1 stick on each side, like the thing that lines up the pins for the case fans, than on the other sides than there's clips to hold it in. I'll look for some buttons than post saying if it's wierd or if I am. I figured out how I'm going to paint it, I'm going to have most of it black, than the chrome and the Bio hazard sign on the door red, but the chrome fan cover on the door is going to be red, I'm not exactly sure how it will look, but I'm guessing it will look great, what do you think?
 
Also, this might sound kind of retarded, but what's a push to break switch? If you mean like this
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than no, it's a little black box a little less than 1 cm each way, I looked at the switch closer and I might be able to rig something if I can find a small enough switch like the one above.
 
i jut looked into it and they are push to make switchs, not push to break, it makes more sence that way.
So yeah that switch would work fine, any switch would work fine
 
okay, but some of them won't fit... man, I wish I had a good digicam so I could show you what I mean by it's weird, but I don't. I'm going to try to take a good picture, than I'll put it on here. Can you put a picture from your computer onto the forum without uploading it to the internet?
 
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here's a picture of the switch holder up close. The two on the side are the clips to hold it in, than the ones on the top and bottom are the ones that look like the pieces of plastic that align the pins for the case fans. Than down in the left corner is what it looks like when it's together. I would add the other three pictures I took into this, but it exeeds the size limit or whatever, so this is the best one. I wish my camera was better, but like I said earlier, it's only a .31 MP and I can't afford to get a good camera right now.
 
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