How to install a standard ATX PSU in a proprietary Sony Vaio case

[glc]

And people wonder why I hate proprietary computers............

Sorry about the resolution, it's my phone camera and the room was pretty dark. Before you ask, the thing sitting in front of the PSU is a parallel port Zip drive.

[HAL9000]

looks about right... venting on the top as heat rises.

[bailey]

now thats funny
LOL

[LA22]

Whats the thing ontop, infront of the psu? :D

[Cricket]

Wow...nice mod.

:) Cricket

[Panama Red]

That's such a quality mod, me thinks we should move this thread to Case Mods and Cooling so others can duplicate this fine example of high quality craftsmanship!:D

[bailey]

GLC, now I thought you could do better than that.
LOL

[blue60007]

Hehe...it appears it might bang into the optical drives though.

[Cricket]

I hope that it's at least a good quality power supply...hate to see a DEER ruin that perfectly good VAIO.

:) Cricket

[glc]

LA22, it's a parallel port Zip drive.

Cricket, it's a 250 watt Heroichi out of an old P3-500 box we gutted.

Blue, it is definitely resting on the back of the top optical drive.

The Vaio belongs to my partner - he got it free with a dead PSU and a screaming CPU fan. He doesn't care what it looks like - and refuses to spend money on a proprietary power supply. We replaced the HSF too, and that was part of the problem fitting a PSU, we used a generic Athlon HSF instead of a special low profile unit that it came with. That case may look decent sized, but interior space is very tight.

[David M]

A classic