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Mounting a USB port: how?
AlanS17:
Since nobody is gonna see you PC inside, anyways, I suggest this...
Find one of those USB plates that fills up a slot on the back of your PC and attatches down to the motherboard on the inside. (It's a connection typically reserved for forward-mounted PC case USB ports, but they make plates so that your extra USB ports stick out the back.)
You could cut a small hole in your control panel (or underneath and just mount that one piece to it. You would have to cut off the ends so it wouldn't look like a plate, but i think it would work great and would look professional. (And if not professional, than certainly small enough to hide.)
Even if you were to try and use that piece you found, it would still require some sort of mounting plate. This is a nice all-in-one solution that is also easier to attatch to your pc.
Sasquatch!:
--- Quote from: hevnsnt on April 09, 2003, 12:25:49 am ---But what I suggest getting would be a snap in type face plate (for RJ-45) and then use a dremel to cut out your usb port hole. Go to a computer swap meet and get one of those usb plates for $1 and use that port. Then paint to the color of your cab, and there you go.
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You mean a wall-plate, right? Not bad, but I still dunno. Of course, if you've done it already, post the pics, man!
--- Quote from: AlanS17 on April 09, 2003, 12:29:40 am ---Find one of those USB plates that fills up a slot on the back of your PC and attatches down to the motherboard on the inside. (It's a connection typically reserved for forward-mounted PC case USB ports, but they make plates so that your extra USB ports stick out the back.)
You could cut a small hole in your control panel (or underneath and just mount that one piece to it. You would have to cut off the ends so it wouldn't look like a plate, but i think it would work great and would look professional. (And if not professional, than certainly small enough to hide.)
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Like this?
http://www.mouser.com//index.cfm?handler=fra_pdfset&pdffile=842
SirPoonga:
http://free.hostdepartment.com/S/SirPoonga/images/y_cab10.jpg
AlanS17:
--- Quote from: SirPoonga on April 09, 2003, 12:40:02 am ---http://free.hostdepartment.com/S/SirPoonga/images/y_cab10.jpg
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Can't see it. Don't have access...
Brad Lee:
SOmebody mentioned wall-plates
I work for a phone co so I have unlimited acess to this stuff. I've got a 2-port plate on the back of my cab with a rj-45 and a coax(I'm using a TV so I might as well get cable :) )
It would be easy to dremel/drill/cut a small square for the USB and either get tiny bolt/nuts to go thru the plate on the sides or glue gun it or something
and before finishing..