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O.k. folks .. heres how to get 3 things from your APC XBOX SURGE PROTECTOR which most people got from the now VERY Infamous Mystery Box If you don't have the knowledge to get all 3 items .. you should easily get 2 from this. O.k. lets open the box and take a look .. see those 2 cd trays .. REMOVE THEM !! You should get this  O.k. cool ... thats the 1st 2 items you can get from this ... if you ain't gonna use the surge protector - you now have 2 portable cd protector trays - suitable for the car, suv, work e.t.c. WHOO HOOO !!  OK ... the 3rd item from this is NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED ... DISCLAIMER - I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY HARM CAUSED
BE IT FIRE / ELECTRIC SHOCK E.T.C. - I Am an Electronics Engineer and do this for
a living, anyone who wishes to follow these instructions should be 100% safe in
what they are doing, this article is for demostration only and should ONLY be done by professionals !!! O.k. we're making a SURGE PROTECTOR ... Errm ... Yeah .. a SURGE PROTECTOR .. YES YOU HAVE ONE ... BUT IT"S HUGE !!! we're gonna cut that right down - LITERALLY ! O.k. lets start by removing the lid  Next remove all screws from inside the top piece and remove the board  Remove all the screws from the back panel and remove  Examine the empty space on the rear left  Remove the plastic piece on the far left - i used some tin snips and then tidyed up using a Dremel  Just to the right we're gonna make space for some wires - i used a dremel  Place the board in the left hole we created  Now cut hole in the back panel to fit the LED'S and the switch.  Now for the fun bit .. Hack off the entire useless bit with a saw then tidy up with either a dremel or by sanding  Screw the back panel back on you will need a longer screw for the piece near the switch as this doesn't Quite go together 100% then apply electrical tape to all open and exposed areas  And YEE HAA ... a much smaller surge protecter So now we have a reasonably sized surge with 2 cd cases AWESOME !!!! NOTE .. the Surge will work on ANYTHING not just the Xbox.. this was a marketing ploy ! Please notice the green LED saying its working in the last pic (yup i plugged it in !) 2nd DISCLAIMER .... I DO THIS FOR LIVING ... ELECTRICITY IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT BE PLAYED WITH, DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS UNLESS YOU ARE ELECTRICALLY TRAINED - DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS PERIOD .. THIS IS JUST ME SHOWING OFF AND I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYONE TRYING THIS AND CAUSING THEMSELVES OR THIER HOUSE/LOVED ONES HARM .. THINGFLING CANNOT NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE AS THEY DID NOT INSTRUCT ME TO MAKE THIS POSTING !!!ADDENDUM - I forgot to mention - also in the box this came with is a nice carry case for things that can be put to a variety of use - and a little pack of 4 rubber feet - which are always useful to have handy !!
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remixer wrote:O.k. folks .. heres how to get 3 things from your APC XBOX SURGE PROTECTOR which most people got from the now VERY Infamous Mystery Box If you don't have the knowledge to get all 3 items .. you should easily get 2 from this. O.k. lets open the box and take a look .. see those 2 cd trays .. REMOVE THEM !! You should get this O.k. cool ... thats the 1st 2 items you can get from this ... if you ain't gonna use the surge protector - you now have 2 portable cd protector trays - suitable for the car, suv, work e.t.c. WHOO HOOO !! OK ... the 3rd item from this is NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED ... DISCLAIMER - I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY HARM CAUSED
BE IT FIRE / ELECTRIC SHOCK E.T.C. - I Am an Electronics Engineer and do this for
a living, anyone who wishes to follow these instructions should be 100% safe in
what they are doing, this article is for demostration only and should ONLY be done by professionals !!! O.k. we're making a SURGE PROTECTOR ... Errm ... Yeah .. a SURGE PROTECTOR .. YES YOU HAVE ONE ... BUT IT"S HUGE !!! we're gonna cut that right down - LITERALLY ! O.k. lets start by removing the lid Next remove all screws from inside the top piece and remove the board Remove all the screws from the back panel and remove Examine the empty space on the rear left Remove the plastic piece on the far left - i used some tin snips and then tidyed up using a Dremel Just to the right we're gonna make space for some wires - i used a dremel Place the board in the left hole we created Now cut hole in the back panel to fit the LED'S and the switch. Now for the fun bit .. Hack off the entire useless bit with a saw then tidy up with either a dremel or by sanding Screw the back panel back on you will need a longer screw for the piece near the switch as this doesn't Quite go together 100% then apply electrical tape to all open and exposed areas And YEE HAA ... a much smaller surge protecter So now we have a reasonably sized surge with 2 cd cases AWESOME !!!! NOTE .. the Surge will work on ANYTHING not just the Xbox.. this was a marketing ploy ! Please notice the green LED saying its working in the last pic (yup i plugged it in !) 2nd DISCLAIMER .... I DO THIS FOR LIVING ... ELECTRICITY IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT BE PLAYED WITH, DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS UNLESS YOU ARE ELECTRICALLY TRAINED - DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS PERIOD .. THIS IS JUST ME SHOWING OFF AND I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYONE TRYING THIS AND CAUSING THEMSELVES OR THIER HOUSE/LOVED ONES HARM .. THINGFLING CANNOT NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE AS THEY DID NOT INSTRUCT ME TO MAKE THIS POSTING !!! That's pretty funny, Making sure it's an iron clad disclaimer  Someone will try it 
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angelsvintageattic wrote: Hey ava didn't you get one of the last mystery cable box's?If so did they by any chance add any 10' or 12' av cables??
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QUOTING DEATHTACO - "That's pretty funny, Making sure it's an iron clad disclaimer Someone will try it " END QUOTE
Errm yeah .... i figured someone might .. but you'd be stupid to unless you know what i know ... to be honest with you this entire post is about making lemonade from the lemons people give you
I keep seeing people bitch about how badly TF treated them .. if they only think outside the box a little .. the xbox thing has 2 perfect CD holders ... the rest of the project i do not seriously expect people to attempt .. if did take me 2 hours to do all that !
the Cell lights ... theres batteries to go in other things that people have laying about - theres LEDS for kids to make fun projects with
the watches ... remove the straps you have a couple of nice velcro strips there
the coasters ... put your own pictures over the WPT LOGO and varnish them
THERE IS A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE with the Crap from the Mystery box
Peoplel just need some creativity !!
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deathtaco wrote:angelsvintageattic wrote: Hey ava didn't you get one of the last mystery cable box's?If so did they by any chance add any 10' or 12' av cables?? I just ordered the Monster cable box the other day. The only other cable box I ever bought was the other Monster cable box a while ago...never ordered a random one though. Have you? are the AV cables the ones with the red yellow and white ends??
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angelsvintageattic wrote: Errm ... i'm thinking about what i'd like to do with those because i can use them for placing in Geocaches ( www.geocaching.com) - so i don't particularly want to do anything with them .. although i'm sure i could.
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My only problem with the xbox organizer is that it has a crap surge protector in it. 420 joules? That's akin to the junky ones that they periodically give away for free after rebate at Staples. I might plug an XBox into it, since they are cheap to replace. But I sure as hell wouldn't plug anything I care about into it My Dragons need your help to hatch and grow! Please click on them!
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remixer wrote:QUOTING DEATHTACO - "That's pretty funny, Making sure it's an iron clad disclaimer Someone will try it " END QUOTE
Errm yeah .... i figured someone might .. but you'd be stupid to unless you know what i know ... to be honest with you this entire post is about making lemons with lemonade
I keep seeing people bitch about how badly TF treated them .. if they only think outside the box a little .. the xbox thing has 2 perfect CD holders ... the rest of the project i do not seriously expect people to attempt .. if did take me 2 hours to do all that !
the Cell lights ... theres batteries to go in other things that people have laying about - theres LEDS for kids to make fun projects with
the watches ... remove the straps you have a couple of nice velcro strips there
the coasters ... put your own pictures over the WPT LOGO and varnish them
THERE IS A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE with the Crap from the Mystery box
People just need some creativity !! No you misunderstood me( Not trying to knock )your project I thought about something along those lines but screw it giving mine to a freind,as for the disclaimer every body bringing up thing flingsIt's funny how you ad your own is all I'm saying Not trying to open up a lemonaid stand 
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angelsvintageattic wrote:deathtaco wrote:angelsvintageattic wrote: Hey ava didn't you get one of the last mystery cable box's?If so did they by any chance add any 10' or 12' av cables?? I just ordered the Monster cable box the other day. The only other cable box I ever bought was the other Monster cable box a while ago...never ordered a random one though. Have you? are the AV cables the ones with the red yellow and white ends?? Yes they are in the market for 4 of them need to pm TNT..And no I never went for one..
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GodaiNoBaka wrote:My only problem with the xbox organizer is that it has a crap surge protector in it. 420 joules? That's akin to the junky ones that they periodically give away for free after rebate at Staples. I might plug an XBox into it, since they are cheap to replace. But I sure as hell wouldn't plug anything I care about into it Agreed ... Especially after what i did to it
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deathtaco wrote:No you misunderstood me( Not trying to knock )your project I thought about something along those lines but screw it giving mine to a freind,as for the disclaimer every body bringing up thing flingsIt's funny how you ad your own is all I'm saying Not trying to open up a lemonaid stand Actually i think you misunderstood me .. No Problem ... i just think it's funny how peoples lack of creativity gets in the way sometimes and makes them see the junk and not what was given to them
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remixer wrote:angelsvintageattic wrote: Errm ... i'm thinking about what i'd like to do with those because i can use them for placing in Geocaches ( www.geocaching.com) - so i don't particularly want to do anything with them .. although i'm sure i could. what exactly IS geocaching? It looks like you would hide the lights somewhere and then people with GPS systems have to find them?
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remixer wrote:deathtaco wrote:No you misunderstood me( Not trying to knock )your project I thought about something along those lines but screw it giving mine to a freind,as for the disclaimer every body bringing up thing flingsIt's funny how you ad your own is all I'm saying Not trying to open up a lemonaid stand Actually i think you misunderstood me .. No Problem ... i just think it's funny how peoples lack of creativity gets in the way sometimes and makes them see the junk and not what was given to them Could very well be my lcd screen's about to crap out on my laptop  Itook like 20 light's that worked and made them into ten for the kid's as little flashlites they digg it Haven't even messed with anything else...
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angelsvintageattic wrote:what exactly IS geocaching? It looks like you would hide the lights somewhere and then people with GPS systems have to find them? It's basically a high tech version of a scavenger hunt - if you leave the house and travel more than a 2 or 3 miles a day then i'm sure you've passed a geocache - people hide things in plain sight usually in an air-tight container and then leave it for other people to find with a GPS ... the hides usually have some trinkets nothing of much value in it for soemone to take should they desire it ... so thats where my light are going !
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Naw It's still under warranty Just over a year old  It's been back 2 best buy 2 times already once for the usb ports blew out,and after that had to replace the mother board gettin realy pissed at their new lemon policy say's it has to be serviced 4x before they declare it a lemon  I wouldn't buy a stick of gum from them anymore 
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deathtaco wrote:Naw It's still under warranty Just over a year old It's been back 2 best buy 2 times already once for the usb ports blew out,and after that had to replace the mother board gettin realy pissed at their new lemon policy say's it has to be serviced 4x before they declare it a lemon I wouldn't buy a stick of gum from them anymore Funny you say that - a girl at work just lost the HD in her computer - lost the Master boot record on the drive - Best buy say they have to send it off somewhere for a HD recovery - it'll cost $500 for the job !! She asked me . i stuck a CD in the drive and recovered all her data for nothing ! Geek Squad know how to remove viruses and slot in new cards/drives ... not proper techs there ... though i think a couple of them might be cool .. most are not !
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remixer wrote:deathtaco wrote:Naw It's still under warranty Just over a year old It's been back 2 best buy 2 times already once for the usb ports blew out,and after that had to replace the mother board gettin realy pissed at their new lemon policy say's it has to be serviced 4x before they declare it a lemon I wouldn't buy a stick of gum from them anymore Funny you say that - a girl at work just lost the HD in her computer - lost the Master boot record on the drive - Best buy say they have to send it off somewhere for a HD recovery - it'll cost $500 for the job !! She asked me . i stuck a CD in the drive and recovered all her data for nothing ! Geek Squad know how to remove viruses and slot in new cards/drives ... not proper techs there ... though i think a couple of them might be cool .. most are not ! NO DOUBT,Last time my lap top was in their they left one of their recovery disk's in my drive Haven't really looked at it yet to see what's all on it but should be pretty amusing... nite all
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