found out what the problem was with the adapter cable (came with sunbeam controller kit) going from molex to fan connector. it had bad factory crimps on molex side, rarely making contact, they both came off eventually without any effort, that is the reason there was no continuity on wire ends, eventually happened to both wires in this adapter cable.
 
for now I reconnected some recycled molex pins pre-crimped on a piece of wire, and re-connected using automotive butt connectors for small gauge wire. then sleeved it to hide it
 
in future I may invest into a molex ratcheting crimp tool ($25) and some new molex and fan connector pins from frozencpu and make thing nice and smooth with correct wiring, but for now I don't care, just want to make it work. my quick-fix ugliness is hidden under sleeving anyways and those wires go into hidden places in my system, so who cares
 
will test my cold cathode on fan controller soon, hopefully it works this time, would be cool to have the ability to turn it on & off with a knob on the controller in front of computer.
 
EDIT:
it works!

a couple minor (final) mods coming in, namely the sleeved red extensions for PCI-e & cpu/atx (one for now)!
 
thanks BigH3017! left you an eval on heatware bro, thanks! it was a good deal
 
will post some piccies after it gets installed, hopefully I have enough free space at the back of case to accommodate them LOL!
 
in future plans, another CPU/ATX sleeved extension and the one for MB 24-pin too (will take some time).

Nice looks sweet! Only problem is the tubing is in the way haha, I burnt the crud out of my fingers to make those haha

ok, i'm reinstalling my OS and am very bored, a little pissed and such ... anyways here are some tunes I'd like to share with readers/viewers ... perhaps this time something fits - those tunes bite me real deep
 
the best Arabian singer I know, her voice simply thrills me  

the most interesting  ... something deep   - unfortunately bad quality on youtube

thanks adjago!
 
I changed it a bit over again in meantime (not recently though), no longer running EVGA board, but still loving EVGA vid cards (rocking 670 SLI), more pics in that thread if you like:
http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=1583266

sweet build! and I love your logo :D
I like your clear tube links, very fancy connections :)
 
I need to clean up my rig in 3-4 weeks (busy like hell now) and take some better pics ;)

So what did you do to the holes after they were cut, any rubber to protect the wires or anything

Luckyirish
So what did you do to the holes after they were cut, any rubber to protect the wires or anything

Polished them with dremel's stone tip thingy. In the end all edges were so smooth that I could run my finger all around every hole without cutting myself or even feeling anything sharp at all.
 

Luckyirish
How did you get the very top clear mount latch off, it's way up in there

can't remember, maybe I used some pliers or a screw driver to pry stuff gently. not sure, it was long ago.

I had the aluminum version back in the q6600 days. Loved the case. Love the work your doing!