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Broken Home Theater Receiver...gut it & make it a PC?

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Noo

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Hi guys, I got a broken Samsung AVR720 receiver (Only the front right channel is bad, apparently it's common problem for this receiver). Everything else works perfectly on the receiver other than the front right.

I'm just wondering if it's possible to gut it and make it a PC? How hard do you think it's going to be? Is it worth it?
 
I took a broken Sony BDP-s500 and put a Asrock H67M-ITX / Celeron G540 combo inside of it. It wasn't too hard. Some basic tools and a little tinkering.
 
Get yourself a screw-tap kit for the typical brass 1/4" motherboard standoffs, and measure/mark very carefully before you drill the holes. The kit likely costs $5 at Sears, and it's a good thing to have around for other projects. I'd only guess your standoff male (screw) ends are 6-32, which you'd need to specify for the appropriate tap kit.
 
Meh. Waiting for the JB Weld to harden. Lol

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^ Is that thermal paste smeared all over the CPU? :/

Surely you didn't glue the board in place rather than use a couple of risers??

What kind of PSU, and where will it go?
 
Noo said:
Hi guys, I got a broken Samsung AVR720 receiver (Only the front right channel is bad, apparently it's common problem for this receiver). Everything else works perfectly on the receiver other than the front right.

I'm just wondering if it's possible to gut it and make it a PC? How hard do you think it's going to be? Is it worth it?
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Please elaborate on the problem? Did it stop producing sounds altogether? I have a Marantz SR 7002 that i recently replaced after a few years of it not producing any sound for the center channel. But when i would do the test tone it was fine, when i played anything with trying to use the center it would either be silent or very quiet unless i listened to it at a very very loud volume. Very upsetting since i paid $700 (new) for it and its retail price was $1400 at time of purchase.
 
It snap, crackle and pop on the front right channel only. Googled it up and it's a very common issue with this receiver.
 
Zaap said:
^ Is that thermal paste smeared all over the CPU? :/

Surely you didn't glue the board in place rather than use a couple of risers??

What kind of PSU, and where will it go?
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The risers are being jb welded onto the receiver due to me not having the tool to create a thread. thermal paste is from me removing the heatsink, didn't bother cleaning it up until everything is done, which is going to be a while. full time school and job basically.

I'm thinking about putting the PSU near the front of the case because I want some space for the radeon 7850 to breathe.
 
JB weld ?

Um have fun with that, I'd stop right there before powering up myself.

Have at it I guess.

*Ducks*
 
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For a cheap, fun project, this sounds great. JB weld is just epoxy, and as long as it's just risers that are being "welded" I'd think it would be fine. I'm interested to see some pics of the final result.
 
Got the power supply mounted. Next is to get the graphic card securely mounted. Tips or suggestions?
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I'm thinking about mounting the hard drive like this to balance the weight of the receiver out.

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LoveMachine said:
For a cheap, fun project, this sounds great. JB weld is just epoxy, and as long as it's just risers that are being "welded" I'd think it would be fine. I'm interested to see some pics of the final result.
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It's not conductive either so should work fine for risers on the cheap.
 
got the graphic card securely mounted. I guess next is hard drive, WiFi antenna, and fan

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Look good. Graphics card looks secure. There will be plenty of airflow in there.

Where is the SSD going?
 
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