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Kook:
I mounted mine on a piece of wood, and attached the piece of wood to an inside wall in the cabinet. There are vents at the bottom and top of my cabinet. I didn't add any case fans; the only fans are on the CPU heatsink and in the computer power supply. The components are mounted from top to bottom as follows (so the PS fan draws air up across the mobo, through the hard drive cage, through the power supply, and exhausts toward the top):

Power Supply
Hard Drive cage
Mobo

Hope that helps.

Kook
Stingray:
Mine had two brackets inside that were made for the original board to slide into. I just moved them a little closer together and my mobo fit into them perfectly.

-S
brained:

--- Quote from: Wulfster on April 28, 2005, 10:47:37 pm ---I have a Dynamo cab, and the sliding shelf was perfect for the computer. 

I took the mother board out of the case and mounted it to the shelf with a sheet of tin underneeth (for a common ground).  I took out the power supply, attached shelf brackets to it with JB Weld, and attached it to the shelf on top of the tin.  For the drives, I had some old 5 1/4" to 3 1/2" drive adapters, so I screwed these to the shelf.

When I hooked it all up and powered it on, there were some annoying vibrations; these were easily fixed with a few dabs of hotmelt glue.  The only problem is that the video card and network card aren't supported.  It hasn't been a problem so far.

Here's a picture:


This was taken before I finished the cabinet, but it should give you a rough idea.    The main thing is to make sure you have a common ground between the parts.


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I own a Dynamo cab too!!, sliding shelf rocks!! :D

Do I really need to do the common ground thing??, I haven't installed the computer in the cab yet.
nostrebor:

--- Quote from: dskillz1 on April 28, 2005, 11:07:00 pm ---Thanks for the examples guys, I have a good idea of what to do.  By eliminating the case will I still need some fans to blow over the components?  Will there be alot less heat without the case?  Also is the TIN necassary?  What happens if I simple screw the motherboard and compenents to some wood?  Please elaborate, thanks again!

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My mother board and some components are simply screwed to some wood. Drill hole in wood, screw in brass standoffs (typical to Mobo install in case) and mount Mobo as usual.

As far as heat is concerned, I have taken no real precautions to insure that fans blow across the HD. Just cpu fan. My cabinet has 2 case fans in the back, and a vent panel at the top. The case fans are overkill (and LOUD). My pc stays nice and cool without them running, even playing the newer games. I am going to vent the power supply air out the back.

 If you are sensitive about heat, use some fans. Otherwise just make sure that your cabinet is vented well.
dskillz1:
Im using a SlikStik Cab so the back is completly open so I shouldnt have any problems with ventilation.  My last concern is how do you keep the cards (Video, Audio, etc..) secured to the Mobo?  Thanks again for all the replies!
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