Suitcase Nuke PC mod no average camera case

WHILE LOOKING INTO SEGWAY mods, I ran into Paul Richardson who lives across town from me. We were emailing back and forth about stupid Segway mods, and he sent me pictures of some of his creations. The one that caught my eye is called the Suitcase Nuke.

As you can see from the outside, it looks like a simple camera case with a few nuts on top. Never mind the three fans on the side, nothing to see here, move along. Ordinary and dull unless you look closely, or open it up.

Once open, it becomes immediately obvious that this is not your average camera case. The first thing you see is the Samsung Syncmaster 570V 17" TFT mounted under the cover. The back of the case is removed, and the VESA mounts are the nuts poking through to the other side.

The computer itself is mounted with custom fabricated aluminum rails and a hand made plexiglass cover. The CPU is a Duron 1.6GHz on a Soyo FlexATX mobo with 512MB of DDR, an Asus wireless nic, Logitech wireless mouse, and a generic keyboard. There is also a 40GB Maxtor drive, a Compaq laptop DVD drive, and a set of Sony travel speakers. The power supply is a standard ATX PS with the case removed.

All of this is fanless internally, even the PS fan was sacrificed in the name of nothing in particular. The grilles on top of the CPU and PS allow the side fans to suck air across them passively, and it all works out nicely.

The computer itself dual boots Linux and Win98, and was well behaved for the hour or two it was on. While the Suitcase Nuke is well built and solid, it is of course a work in progress. Future planned upgrades include a Samsung 19" TFT, which will barely fit, and possibly a Via DP310 if finances allow.

If you have questions or comments on the Suitcase Nuke, you can reach Paul at Racerx1313 (at) hotmail.com. Someone send him some glowy things, preferably blue, so I can take pictures that looks like Chernekov radiation. µ