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Securing the video card on a de-cased motherboard?

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TheShaner:
Neph,

You are 100% right on this one.  I realized this a while back.  If I were to do the decasing all over again, I would definitely keep select pieces of the case if possible to provide the support and mounting brackets.

drventure:
In my buffet, the box I built provided a place to screw down plug in cards.

But in my Jukebox, the mobo stands vertically and the vid card is as well, it's not tied down, but, since it's inside, once I buttoned everything up, I don't imagine it'll move much.

Still, it'd be a more solid install to have it tied down, but I'm not sure it's strictly necessary.

rooter:
I am looking for a better solution to this myself.  I have my video card zip tied inside my pinball cabinet.  It didn't feel like a problem until I got my shaker motor working this weekend.

404:
Nephasth's solution is easily the quickest and best way to go about this. Just be careful to have a closer look at your motherboard tray as some of them are quite flimsy and could be riveted to the rest of the case in order to stay sturdier.

for those that have theirs without a mobo case, all is not lost. The best way to fix this is to make yourself a small bar the height of the pci slot. Have a look at some pics of standard ATX bench test stands for some inspiration. There are numerous ways to approach and solve this.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HighspeedPC/Top_Deck_Tech_Station_Large/
http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww153/Spotswood_/2T-ATX-Station/Gallery/2T-ATX-StationwExtraPartsC-640.jpg
http://www.black-talon.org/pics/2/Tech_Stn_01_0800.jpg

IG-88:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on June 18, 2012, 12:05:33 pm ---Slap a little hotglue on it where it meets the motherboard connector after you've plugged it in.


--- End quote ---

This is exactly what I do with my bartops and never have had a problem with them. My original is almost 6yrs old   :o  and has been moved LOTS of times without it ever becoming loose. You can remove the card too if need be. The hot glue has just enough strength to hold it still but not to much to never let go if you get my meaning.

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