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D5A1AC:
Hi all, I'm a long time viewer of this site, first time poster. I have made myself a cocktail cabinet and I am waiting for my buttons, joysticks and ipac to arrive. While I wait, I would like to mount all the components of my arcade pc inside the cabinet. It would be easy to glue some blocks on the side of the cabinet and screw the motherboard in, but what I am worried about is the pci cards (namely a geforce 2 and ethernet card). How would I go about securing those because I cant just leave them hanging in the air. If anyone has any tips on mounting them or any other hardware (psu, hdds, opticals etc) please share your wisdom :) If this Issue has been addressed before I'm sorry, please just provide the link to it.
Thanks for your help
From Mike.
SOAPboy:
honestly, those cards are really light.. shouldnt have to worry to much unless your going to constantly be tripping over the ethernet cord..
or just glue another BIG block of wood on that side of the motherboard and screw them down.. no biggy
paigeoliver:
You can also start with a complete PC case and chop it up until it is just the mobo plate and the back plate.
SteveJ34:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on April 15, 2005, 08:34:56 am ---You can also start with a complete PC case and chop it up until it is just the mobo plate and the back plate.
--- End quote ---
Yep....this is where an old case, handy dandy dremel and a couple of cutting wheels comes in handy.
Let the sparks fly...
D5A1AC:
Wow what a fast reply! Thanks - I was considering making some sort of block to drill the cards onto. I was worried that the thick monitor cable would snap the graphics card or a card would evetually come loose. I had also considered the "hack the cr*p out of a case until youve got the bare minimum"option but I dont like to ruin things hehe. I suppose If the blocks dont work, ill try to find a banged up case on the side of the road and keep the original one intact.
By the way, I've just made a quick site about my cabinet if you'd like to see it?
you can go to www.mikesarcade.tk but tk seems to be acting odd, so if that doesnt work you can try http://www.freewebs.com/minifileserver/mamesite/index.htm
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