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| BobA:
You could try a back mounting plate and trim the ends off of it to give you a very small plate that you could mount with a couple of screws. |
| quarterback:
I think these are slick!: They're from Markertek but I first saw them in this thread: |
| stratjakt:
Go to home depot, get a solid switchplate (no holes).. Get one of the back mounting plates, take the jacks out, use it as a template to trace the opening you need, then carefully drill and file it out to look all slick.. Then spraypaint it whatever color you want.. Then hack your extension cable onto the short little mobo jumper the back mounting plate has (black to black, yellow to yellow, green to green, red to red) - it'll be fine for keyboard/mouse, the hack wont impair the little bandwidth they need. The do sell steel and metal plates, but plastic would be easier to work with. It's how I've put front/side/wherever usb ports on plenty of PCs over the years, with a little careful work with a small file, it'll look like it was machined that way. |
| Tahnok:
--- Quote from: stratjakt on November 11, 2005, 01:29:02 am ---Go to home depot, get a solid switchplate (no holes).. Get one of the back mounting plates, take the jacks out, use it as a template to trace the opening you need, then carefully drill and file it out to look all slick.. Then spraypaint it whatever color you want.. Then hack your extension cable onto the short little mobo jumper the back mounting plate has (black to black, yellow to yellow, green to green, red to red) - it'll be fine for keyboard/mouse, the hack wont impair the little bandwidth they need. The do sell steel and metal plates, but plastic would be easier to work with. It's how I've put front/side/wherever usb ports on plenty of PCs over the years, with a little careful work with a small file, it'll look like it was machined that way. --- End quote --- They do make those, you know? They look just like a normal wall socket but with USB. Take a look around, you should be able to find plenty of solutions. |
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