snds: super nintendo drive storage

[lovablechevy]

well, i was hopin to have this little mod done by today. but alas, my hdd is messed up! anyway, here are some progression pics.















and that brings us up to today.



if the hdd was working properly, all i'd have left to do is make the label, desolder a few things off the ide to usb adapter, hook in some leds and close her up. so, maybe 2 hours work. maybe.

gonna go back to messing with my hdd...

[lovablechevy]

ok, so after a freaking long time of doing nothing with this...

so, the original hdd was too messed up. so, i'm going a slightly different route now. this time i got a 160gig hdd. i'm not gonna open it up, so i no longer have use for a window. since i don't really have a spare snes cart laying around, that means i need to repair the one i was already using for the snds.

so, i superglued some plexi in the hole


and then i epoxied from the back to fill in the gaps on the front



most of the front doesn't need to be perfect. i'm putting a label on it just like a normal snes game has. so, most of that will be covered up. but, i still need to get it for the most part smooth in that area.

i'm really hoping to get this done by the weekend. i am so so so close. i just need to fix the hole, repaint, decide if i'm doing leds or not, slap the label on, and basically close it up.

oh yeah, and i now have a different ide to usb adapter. i traded with a friend. they needed one with sata and i didn't. so that is one less step i have to do now since the sata connector was in the way.

[lovablechevy]

was able to work on it a bit today. trying to fill that huge hole in again is annoying.


as i said before, i'm not too concerned with what will be under the label. in fact, unfortunately, the plexi is still slightly higher then the rest of the game cart. but i really don't feel like taking the time to get it perfectly smooth. the edges are smoothed so that they meld together. good enough for this.


i had to rebuild that little lip that the label sits in. i couldn't get a very good pic of it, but it is rebuilt.


ready for paint


for the most part, the paint looks great. there are a few spots on the bottom edges that didn't get painted. so it'll take 1 more "coat" (more like a quick run of the spray paint on the underside).

so, i should hopefully be able to get this done by the weekend. i had forgotten earlier that i have all my family coming this weekend to celebrate christmas. so... if i don't get it done tomorrow night or saturday morning, it'll have to wait maybe another week.