I was just thinking stereo meters would look really cool. IMHO -- It would look especially cool if you could put them on the front of you case. Not in a drive bay but cut out a section of plastic/metal and form it to fit you case perfectly as if it was supposed to be there. Not easy but it woul look pretty damn good especially on a black case. : ) I got an old laptop that I could f* up all I want. Can anyone think of some way to put a meter in a IBM 755CE laptop? I am going to replace the internal speaker with some kind of LED light so I don't have to hear that damn beeping when the battery starts to run out. It would rock to install some sort of meter for battery power. I like the black color also but the logos have to go. I could do some good stuff to my tower. I am not planning on selling it ...... ever. My experience with linux has taught me that it will be a long time before this thing becomes useless. Man I am getting some good ideas from you guys. I want to skip work and go buy some paint and a welding torch now. :-) sim "Austad, Jay" wrote: > > rings up another question: where do you find really cool gauges... > > Buy yourself some old stereo equipment off ebay. The round VU meters like > Harmon Kardon uses would be perfect, they have blue backlighting too. Of > course, used Harmon Kardon is probably going to be expensive, but you could > probably find some old Marantz gear for cheap.