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RayB:

Well, your board shoudlnt just be left to the whims of gravity. If it were in a case, you'd have it screwed to the case frame, right? So build a frame to keep it from moving! That's what I did.

Look at this page, about 2/3rds the way down there are 2 pics of the frame I built to secure cards to: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=21381.40


bluevolume:


--- Quote from: RayB on August 28, 2007, 12:51:20 am ---Well, your board shoudlnt just be left to the whims of gravity. If it were in a case, you'd have it screwed to the case frame, right? So build a frame to keep it from moving! That's what I did.

Look at this page, about 2/3rds the way down there are 2 pics of the frame I built to secure cards to: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=21381.40


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Check out the beginning of the thread -- it was the Antec case that I had it mounted in that was pushing it out of alignment.



northerngames:

my mother board lays flat on a shelf with the AVGA just plugged in no case no screw to hold it in and I never had a problem at all.

sounds to me your motherboard slot pins are bent in to much I would try the card in another pc.

unless you can grab the card and wiggle the contacts then it's your motherboard that is the problem and not the vga as stated above there ran off as a standard size that fits all but not your motherboard for some reason???

RayB:


--- Quote from: bluevolume on August 28, 2007, 09:06:01 am ---Check out the beginning of the thread -- it was the Antec case that I had it mounted in that was pushing it out of alignment.

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AH yes, I've had cases where I had to BEND the card's metal tab in order to secure it properly. I understand now.


esaelectrionics:

I have had the same kind of problems with AGP slots,
sometimes you have to move your card about a bit ,usually if your
mother board is oldish, ive not used the newer e-pci cards,its normally
the socket that gets a bit loose over time.

I mount my motherboard upright, where the jamma board should be ,with a base from an old pc case and slots to sit the bottom of the card in, then use screw in metal hooks to go through the screw hole's to hold the base in place, it works really well and is solid.

Take  the board out of its case if you suspect your card wont fit properly and then try it, its most likely the socket,try it in a different motherboard if you still have problems.




















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