Alpine Carputer - Part 09

I am originally posting this project on the Overclockers Australia (OCAU) forums) in this thread:
Specific Hardware Topics > Modding > Alpine Caputer. This is post #43.

Just a little bit of bits and pieces taken care of today. Shops weren't open so I couldn't go out and buy any supplies...

I've read around on the internet that the fan grill on the top of the CPU cooler causes a bit of noise when the fan runs so off it goes:

It will give me a few mm more clearance anyway and who knows, maybe I can use this for something later:

Looking at the old inner parts of the amp, I noticed these:

I'd like to use these to get power into the housing later so I powered up the good ol soldering iron and tried to get them off. That didn't work so well... (have a look at the joins for the one on the left... I only really scraped it, nothing helpful!)

I'll have to wait until I get the Dremel and cut the joins on the back:

I'm not sure if it's also glued to the PCB as well but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

Next order of business is some testing. I grabbed a 256Mb DDR400 RAM stick from one of my other computers and put it in. Problem is, it might be a bit too tall!! (Photos may not show this very well but I've tried...)

The top still fits on though. I'm still thinking of getting nuts to raise the base as it's indented anyway so it should still sit flat when mounted. If anyone knows where to buy lower profile RAM sticks, let me know! Not that I have the money to buy that just yet but for when the time comes.

I connected it up using just the 20pin ATX connector of one of my spare machines:

I used a screw driver to power it up (just between the 2 power switch pins):

There doesn't seem to be a power LED connector though! That could be a problem...

First boot:

IT WORKS!!! But that logo... No thanks:

So there we go. Not much but all needed to be done. It's also good to know that it's not shorting out after the application of the electrical tape. I should be able to get some more done tomorrow once I can go and get some supplies.