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Stayouttadabunker:
I had an old S+ cabinet sitting around gathering dust. :guilty: I wasn't doing anything with it but I had a bunch of S2000 parts laying around gathering dust too... :duh: :guilty: :guilty: One rainy day :gloomy: with not much to do, a sleepy :zzzz: Sunday really :sleep: an idea popped into my head! :idea_2: I really couldn't find :sherlock: any instructional manual on how to convert an S+ into an S2000 :arrowthruhead: so I asked around for some S2000 metal guts, more parts and began to convert my S+ cabinet into an S2000. :arrowthruhead: Can it be done? :Scratch-Head: Hell ya! :rotfl: Here's how I'm doing it...>>> First, I completely gut out the S+ cabinet... right down to bare bones...leaving only the door on but that too is stripped of all parts too. Click on any photo to enlarge....>>. |
Stayouttadabunker:
Then I carefully remove the left and backside side laminate because I'm going to have self tapping screws going thru the cabinet walls. I can glue back on the original laminate later on or go buy some new sheets to put on later? :scratch-head_2: I don't know yet. Now, I locate the inner panel of the MPU "cage" against the left wall to see what I need to remove to allow it to lay flush against the cabinet wall. I marked out a couple of screws and metal tie-offs that need to be cut out with a hand grinder with a good new metal cutting disk. This part is dangerous so it was important to wear the proper safety equipment such as goggles, leather gloves and a face shield. Ears plugs are optional because of the noise but I'm half deaf anyways so the noise didn't bother me. |
Stayouttadabunker:
Then I placed the inner cage panel back against the back wall and into the floor groove I cut out with the grinding wheel. (The outer panel has a tab that is inserted into this "groove."} At this point, I drilled a single small self-tapping screw to secure the inner panel into the cabinet. Remember, the back laminate is peeled off for now - to allow me to grind of the excess length of the screws sticking out the back of the cabinet. I will actually take that single screw back out after grinding it flush with the back of the cabinet, apply some RED threadlock to the threads and reinstall. |
Stayouttadabunker:
Now, place the rear protective heat plastic onto the backplane studs and secure the backplane board with 7 screws. I like to start with the top center screw loosely, put in the other 6 screws, then hand tighten with a Philips screwdriver. |
Stayouttadabunker:
Next move is to attach the outer panel of the "cage" and secure that with a single screw on the bottom hole. |
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