DIY Battery Cover for YN468-II

The YN468-II has good features and a dependable enough flash for its price, but  the plastic they used on the battery cover just doesn't cut it. After some time, the hinges broke, then it even split in half. I was able to repair the cover, but after a rough event, we lost it.

Was planning to replace it with plastic as well, but I found that the metal cover for desktop pci slots seemed like a good fit. I cut, bent and filed it into shape. I took contacts/connector from an old/broken flash and placed it using Nail Polish and Masking Tape (since the cover is metal, insulating it from the contacts is critical). I left it under the sun to dry and harden.

I'm happy to report that it works well, and I might keep the metal finish as it looks more badass XD.

Gateway MA3 MX6447

Symptom: Blue Screen of Death(BSOD) after logging in. Fan does not spin once Windows starts.
Googled cause: video card(ATI) driver version seems to prioritize GPU temperature over CPU temperature, causing cpu overheat before gpu signals fan to spin.

Solution attempts:

• Clean fan and heatsink with brush and blower.
  
• Uninstall ATI driver, unsuccessful... BSOD before reaching uninstall.

Solution Steps:

• Backup data, prepare for reformat and reinstall of Windows XP Media Center 2005
• Download Win XP MC2005 (laptop has license key anyway)
• Laptop refuses to boot using the downloaded disk, but it works on another laptop.
• Remove HDD and connect to usb. Make sure there are multiple partitions, one for the OS and another a temporary drive(FAT32). Attempt diskless install via: "Z:\I386\winnt32.exe /syspart:K: /tempdrive:K: /makelocalsource /noreboot" where z is the dvd drive is and K the fat32 partition. (note: DO NOT use sp3 installer, will give 'iaStor.sys' not found errors)
• Place back HDD in laptop. Boot and install winxpmc2005
  
• After XP, install ATI video driver and ATI Catalyst.
• Installation is stable although fan still doesn't spin while in XP. still investigating.