Ahhhhh, Skip the cute case... Just get a chunk of plywood, some skinny machine screws, nuts, and a big squirrel cage fan to blow across the board. Kelly Black >From: "Bill Layer" <b.layer at vikingelectronics.com> >Reply-To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com >To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com >Subject: [TCLUG] ATX case hardware problem (need parts) >Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 12:00:49 -0600 > >Arrgh! I picked up one of the translucent blue ATX cases (looks a little >like >a MacG3) a few months back. It was missing the internal hardware, but I >figured it was no big deal - hardware is hardware. Here is a pic of the >case: > >http://www.transnet-inc.com/CaseAquaBlue.html > >Well, it turns out that this case uses PROPRIETARY hardware, most >annoyingly, >the mounting standoffs for the motherboard. Unless I can find a handful of >these 2-cent parts, this $100.00 case is going to be a doorstop (and I >already own plenty of those). I wrote the people at the above site, and >they >responded with "Sorry, but we cannot sell them (the parts) to you". No >further explanation. > >Does anyone know where I can get enough of these standoffs to mount the >board? maybe from another builder that had extras? > >Or plan B - could someone suggest a good case from Tran / GNS that would be >suitable for a hardware hacker like me to build a Duron 700 system in? Will >I >*need* a 300W supply? (I plan to u/g to a 1.2 or better T-bird in a year or >so...) > >P.S. Plan B sucks. > >-- >Bill Layer >Sales Technician ><b.layer at vikingelectronics.com> > >+----------------------------------+ > Viking Electronics, Inc. > 1531 Industrial St. > Hudson, WI. 54016 - U.S.A > 715.386.8861 ext. 210 > <http://www.vikingelectronics.com> >+----------------------------------+ > >"Telecom Solutions for the 21st Century" > Powered by Slackware Linux 7.1.0 > >_______________________________________________ >tclug-list mailing list >tclug-list at lists.real-time.com >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com