Strigae Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 (edited) (finished) So after seeing Inap's wonderful paintings I decided to give it a shot. I'm thinking orange! It will be the first time im going to completely disassemble my system. So thought i would share my progress and hopefully an awesome result. Firstly i bought a new pair of magnesium covers for my lappy in case of something went wrong. The alien head was glued on to the lcd cover and the plastic plate was welded on. I used a heat gun for the head and a small drill for the plate. Rest of the stuff was kinda straight forward off. Just a screw here and there (ie. battery lock) With the bare magnesium set i went to get rid of the old paint at a chemical cleaning called Danclean. Could maybe have done it myself if I had any knowledge of the actual paint. Now I have covered (blue heat resistant tape from the powder coating place) the areas of the magnesium set where I don't want it powder coated. Since it's the first time I do this I wanted to make sure everything would fit inside afterwards. I will have some more pics to share soon... ... which is now! It's not perfect but here it is to enjoy! Edited April 10, 2011 by Strigae 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder StamatisX Posted April 5, 2011 Founder Share Posted April 5, 2011 Definitely interested to see this project! Keep the pics coming!Oh Strigae, welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADM Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Welcome Strigae We like to see mod's here , cosmetic ,software or hardware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Brian Posted April 5, 2011 Founder Share Posted April 5, 2011 Welcome to T|I strigae and to echoe ADM's sentiment, the more mods the merrier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strigae Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 Thanks thanks! (where is all the M15x threads? i feel LONELY!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Brian Posted April 6, 2011 Founder Share Posted April 6, 2011 Unfortunately we don't have many M15x owners on the forum yet. Plus with the system being phased out, eventually there will be even less traffic from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveb00bs Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 finally some action in the M15x thread. YEAH!!!!i recommend plugging the port hole in the bottom casing like the ear phone plugs. also cover up the screw holes where the battery is too.really miss my M15x that thing was a head turner, heheheh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Looking forward to seeing the pics. Inaps work was great, I'm sure he really misses his machine as the 6970m now seems to work in the M15x... sorry (Hope my card arrives soon) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strigae Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 Hmm, so how could I order a 6970m from Dell? I only have a M15x.Currently using a Dell-5870m i got from ebay a while back. But atm the 6970m goes for 800$ on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveb00bs Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 another member just ordered one straight from dell for $575 i think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Welcome to the forum Strigae, keep them pics coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strigae Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 But Dell doesn't offer it as a upgrade to the M15x. *sniff*It's officially only for the M17x R3, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Maybe you can have someone eventually from this friendly community that has an R3 to place the order for you. I would do it for you if I had an R3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveb00bs Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 yeah get in contact with dtran from NBR to see if he can hook you up with the name of his rep. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 But Dell doesn't offer it as a upgrade to the M15x. *sniff*It's officially only for the M17x R3, right?That's why I ordered one from MXM-upgrade... Should arrive sometime next week hopefully, I'll let you know how it works. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strigae Posted April 8, 2011 Author Share Posted April 8, 2011 Heeh yeah, wonder what the differences are between Dell-6970m and mxm-upgrade-6970m compared to the differences between Dell-5870m and Clevo-5870. GL! I certainly hope it got the same features (ie audio @ displayport). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbabt007 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Pretty cool, looking forward to see the project finished. Orange sound Uber-cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strigae Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 And... done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 That really looks proffesional. The the orange is more than exceptional. Great Job Strigae, btw is Strigae a ghost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Brian Posted April 11, 2011 Founder Share Posted April 11, 2011 Well done job strigae! Looks better than I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbabt007 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Well done, It looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I've just seen you updated your pics, awesom work!! Looks fantastic!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder StamatisX Posted April 11, 2011 Founder Share Posted April 11, 2011 Excellent job! Btw, if you add a decal with 01 you can name it General Lee edition 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strigae Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 haha yea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveb00bs Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 wow awesome job bro. looks totally awesome. btw i just found some extra vent pieces i had for the M15x. if you want i can hook you up with them so you can powder coat them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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