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Negativecreep0:
ok so my motherboard is mounted vertical in my cabinet and the video card slides into the vid slot. This is not a problem however when some intense action starts going and the cab starts shaking a lil, you can see the vid on screen kinda jiggle. Im pretty sure this is due to the vid card moving in the slot...... any ideas on how to secure it?
brock.sampson:
I recently added a decased computer to my cab as well.  I run a component dongle off of mine and the card drooped because of the cable weight.  I bought a wood stake at the hardware store cut it to length and made a slot in the middle for the cables to pass through.  I glued and nailed that to the plywood that the mobo is mounted to and then screwed the card to the stake.  It's really solid and doesn't droop any more.  Attached is an awesome paint rendition.  I can take some pics when I get home tonight if you like.
lettuce:
I just got a heavy duty dome head screw and screwed it into the wood. I had to file down the screw shaft near the head as it was too wide to fit the gfx cards mounting hole...

Ummon:
That's a nice idea. I have a backplate laying around as well as some component cages I've thought of using for stuff like this.
severdhed:
that looks like a good one lettuce.  i was just thinking of ways to do this tonight.  my card is just sitting in there now, like it has been for a year or so and i havent had any problems with it yet, but i'd like to secure it..the long screw/bolt idea looks like a good one.
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