Build a Nintendo NES PC

Step 4 Placing the hard drive

The hard drive will sit under the motherboard to maximize space efficiency. First I covered the hole I'd cut (see step 2) with some plastic so the hard drive bottom wouldn't be seen from the outside.

Next, I placed the hard drive (marked red in the picture) and covered the top with duct tape so as not to short-circuit the mother board, which will sit directly on top.

NOTE: I later found out the 2.5" laptop HD I had was broken, so I ended up using a regular 3.5" 160gb one. It fit just as well, but was a bit higher so the motherboard had less space vertically.

Comments

[tom12385]

I thought that Duct Tape conducts a small amount of electricity, since it has metal in it or something

[SuperInventor863]

how did you cut off the little things sticking up that was in the way

[mightymax83]

use a dremel to cut those things off... (its one of the tools that he mentions earlier) you can probably find on of these at home depot.