nice job ken! i was thinking about going 'the other way'...putting my flex3000 inside my pc case, ha !
73, w5xz, dan --- On Wed, 4/20/11, David McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote: From: David McKenzie <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 C Home Brew Computer Upgrade To: "Ken Buser" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 12:13 PM Looks great, Ken. Good work! -David [email protected] On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Ken Buser <[email protected]> wrote: > First I want to say there was nothing wrong with my Flex 5000 C. It worked > just great, and I have never been more pleased with the Radio or with the > Team at FlexRadio. > > I just wanted to go to Windows 7 64 bit, stay up to date with the current > OS > and get some more head room for future Software. > > The computer in the 5000 C is a 2 Core Processor running Windows XP, and > just adding more memory did not seem to be the answer. > > I started looking at Mother Boards and CPU's and Disk Drives both Hard and > Solid State. This sort of gets Over Whelming with all that is on the > market. > > So I took a short cut and called NEAL CAMPBELL K3NC. > Neal had also been working down the same line and after 20 or so Emails and > a few Phone calls, I bit the bullet and ordered parts. > Neal is a wealth of information and goes over backward to help. I can't > give him enough credit for all he does not just for this project, but for > all who have had contact with him. After the project was complete he then > went in remotely and tuned the OS for even better performance. > > First the problems, > The 6 core processor I selected is a 95 Watt CPU and draws more current > than > the Flex 5000 C inboard PSU could provide. > It is a Mini-Box M2-ATX. When Windows was in the booting process the PSU > would shut down and crash. I then called Mini-Box and purchased a M4-ATX > PSU which was to be able to provide 300 watts and 350 peak. It worked and > all seemed fine until I tried running a ACRONIS Backup. When it seemed to > fire all the cores up, it too exceeded the PSU's current potential and > Crashed. > Heat was also an important consideration. > > The solution was to remove the PSU from an Antec 450 Watt external AC > Supply > and mount it inside. > > Aside from the metal work and adding Stand Offs to the shelf in the 5000 C, > mounting a 92 mm Fan on the front panel where the internal speaker was and > a > separate Power Switch on the front panel for the computer, it all went > fairly smooth. Everything fits in the current computer cage. I added an > opening in the top of the cage so I could keep wires short and connect them > when the front panel was secured. A plate then covers up the opening. > Some > cutting on the back panel for the Fire Wire and AC connections was then > necessary. > > I have posted some Pictures of the project on my qrz.com page under my > call W9YNI. > > Here is a list of the components. > > Mother Board ASUS M488T-I Deluxe ITX > Memory 8 Gigs > CPU Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8 Gig 95 Watt > Disk Drive OCZ Vertex 120 GB Sata 2 (SSD) > Cache L1, L2, and L3 > Fire Wire SYBA PCI-Express 1394 Model SD-PEX-FWB > PSU Antec 450 Watt AC Unit > Misc Power Switch, Led's, Stand off's, Toroids etc > etc. > > Passmark Rating 1405.1, DPC 70 us, CPU Utilization 4 to 7 > % > > I guess I could have just purchased or built another computer and connected > the Fire Wire Cable to it but this was a lot more fun and looks GREAT. > > I hope FlexRadio dosn't mind my changes, but thats Ham Radio. > > 73's and take a look at the Pics on qrz.com > > Ken Buser W9YNI > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flexradio.com/ > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
