Re: Desktop case: PHASE 2

[tsetse@helix.net (tsetse)]

In article <4rfhu6$bdi@asia.lm.com>, mportune@telerama.lm.com (Matt
Portune) wrote:

} Boy, this has turned out to be almost as crazy as the black racked GS. :)
} I have some questions I desperately need answers to...
[snip]
} 2 -     Are there any 3.5 drives built for a drive bay that work as a 
}         normal 800k drive when plugged into the smart port?

looking in mine, it appears that a standard apple3.5 might fit if the
case is removed. but you'd have to create a suitable faceplate with
support for the led and the eject button.
 
} 3 -     The motherboard is resting directly on a thin piece of packing 
}         foam (the kind that ships with motherboards) to prevent shorts.  
}         Should I be worried about heat buildup?  I have a fan that will 
}         soon be blowing directly on the motherboard... good enough?

as rubywand suggested, nylon spacers can be used. i marked every hole
in the gs motherboard thru to the metal sheet the motherboard was to
mounted to. then i drilled a suitable hole size and pushed in quick
snap style nylon mounts and carefully pressed the motherboard on them.
a pc assembly shop should be able to give you a handful of these very
convenient little plastic bits.

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