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    • nadnerBN
      nadnerB
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      New meaning to "Fire it up"...

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      • ?
        A Former User
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        When the grease on the box stars cooking again, you will know the server is too hot.

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        • Mike RalstonM
          Mike Ralston
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          It's even got a "stealth" 5.25" bay, the flaps open up when the disk is ejected. I was bored and I wanted to repair the machine anyways, but a GPU I was going to put into it didn't fit into the case it was currently in (hooray for the ever-annoying half-height PCIe slots...), so I improvised. Order pizza, anyone?

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          • JoyJ
            Joy
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            @Mike-Ralston so I improvised. Order pizza, anyone?
            Would love to have that...
            Pizza delivery to Philippines 😊

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            • TerraT
              Terra
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              Now just make a full-fledged pizza box case and you can sell it for millions!
              haha!

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              • Mike RalstonM
                Mike Ralston @Terra
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                @Terra haha sure! If I used all Mini ITX parts, I could probably contain it in the box...

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                • thanksajdotcomT
                  thanksajdotcom
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                  Well done! There's more than one way to skin a PC...

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender
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                    I'm surprised you don't have a conductivity issue - maybe carboard is more electrically neutral than I though?

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                    • gjacobseG
                      gjacobse @Dashrender
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                      @Dashrender said:

                      I'm surprised you don't have a conductivity issue - maybe carboard is more electrically neutral than I though?

                      It would be unless it had picked up moisture - ambient air humidity will give paper products (cardboard) a varied about of conductivity. Higher the moisture, the higher the conductivity.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                        @Dashrender said:

                        I'm surprised you don't have a conductivity issue - maybe carboard is more electrically neutral than I though?

                        Cardboard is often used as an insulator. It is made or carbon and air - popular insulators.

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                          A Former User @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          @Dashrender said:

                          I'm surprised you don't have a conductivity issue - maybe carboard is more electrically neutral than I though?

                          Cardboard is often used as an insulator. It is made or carbon and air - popular insulators.

                          Not to mention it's Low voltage DC, very little will conduct it unless it's very conductive - IE Metal, none distilled water etc.

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                          • Mike RalstonM
                            Mike Ralston @Dashrender
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                            @Dashrender said:

                            I'm surprised you don't have a conductivity issue - maybe carboard is more electrically neutral than I though?

                            I was worried about this, so I ran some extra wire and I'm now using the speaker as a ground. Its casing is metal, so it works well. The whole thing is safe, and rather comical.

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                            • thanksajdotcomT
                              thanksajdotcom @Mike Ralston
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                              @Mike-Ralston said:

                              @Dashrender said:

                              I'm surprised you don't have a conductivity issue - maybe carboard is more electrically neutral than I though?

                              I was worried about this, so I ran some extra wire and I'm now using the speaker as a ground. Its casing is metal, so it works well. The whole thing is safe, and rather comical.

                              Well done. Lol

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