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Mounting MOBO in Obselete Case - How?

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mvsfan:
okay, so i can admit that i overlooked one detail when i wrote this.

my board is in fact mounted to pcb feet.

the other thing is when youve got a cabinet with a few fans on the back of it running at once, its almost always drowned out by the game sound, providing you like sound that is.

jeremymtc:
Here's a picture of an old full-size ATX motherboard tray and backplane assembly I cut down to size for use in my cocktail project. I needed to preserve the backplane in order to easily and securely install the PCIE video card I plan to use. The motherboard is Micro-ATX form factor.

The cut-work is pretty easy to do - I used a bandsaw, but a cutoff wheel mounted on a die grinder or dremel tool will work just as well.

bkenobi:
A few general statements (even if you already have some of this worked out):

1) Dell (as well as all of the other big manufacturers) used non-standard hardware for a lot of their stuff back in the day.  This included PSU's among other things, but it wouldn't surprise me if they did that with their cases and mother boards as well.  I don't know when they stopped doing this (or if they did), but that means that some things couldn't be replaced without getting Dell parts.

2) If the motherboard doesn't line up, you can't necessarily just drill a hole and install your brass screws.  The problem is that the case is steel (I assume) which is much harder than brass.  If you drill the hole (which will dull the hell out of your bit if it's not a metal bit), you better tap it as well or else you will just shave the threads off your brass screw (been there, done that).

Bluedeath:

--- Quote from: bkenobi on July 12, 2009, 11:43:43 pm ---A few general statements (even if you already have some of this worked out):

1) Dell (as well as all of the other big manufacturers) used non-standard hardware for a lot of their stuff back in the day.  This included PSU's among other things, but it wouldn't surprise me if they did that with their cases and mother boards as well.  I don't know when they stopped doing this (or if they did), but that means that some things couldn't be replaced without getting Dell parts.


--- End quote ---

I can confirm that is better to avoid using the dell PSU while the physical layout could be sthe same the pin arrangment on the atx psu and Dell psu are  different (plus the PSU tha you have in that case is 99% not enough for the P4 mobo), al least check the color code of the cables if you dont want to fry the mobo, a standard atx psu should fit in the case with no problem at all. 

bkenobi:
The physical size of the PSU might fit, but it's always possible that Dell didn't use the standard screw locations.

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