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[24hoursupport] Re: 486 case

From: "Jim Harris" <hhlake@xxxxxxxx>
To: <24hoursupport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 09:10:56 -0500


I diagree, one can purchase an adapter plug at www.cyberguys.com and I think
that the power supply is hot enough.  hhlake
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bram" <bramk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <24hoursupport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 8:42 AM
Subject: [24hoursupport] Re: 486 case


>
> Hi
> You can't use an AT box for an ATX motherboard. The power pack is not only
> underpowered but the method of connection to the mobo is different. Sorry
> but you'll need a new box!
> Bram
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: our kitty <sweetiepie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <24hoursupport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 8:11 PM
> Subject: [24hoursupport] 486 case
>
>
> >
> > I've got a beautiful 486 tall case that I've long since stripped out
> > everything worth using.  It has lots of front slots and internal HD
> > mounts, and is a really great case.  Could I get a Pentium 4 compatible
> > back plate with all the card slots and mount it in the back (or can I
> > use the 486 back plate), and mount a few cards, like a sound card,
> > modem, video, and so on, in a Pentium 4 mobo, can I line it up with the
> > slots so the x/y/z orientation is already lined up, and mark and drill
> > the case backing plate, so I could use the 486 case for a Pentium 4
> > mobo?  Or is it that things just don't fit somehow?  I don't have
> > Pentium 4 mobo yet, so I wouldn't have any way to check it out myself
> > yet.
> >
> > Is a 486 power supply totally incompatible (might not be powerful enough
> > anyways) with a P4 mobo?  If a 486 power supply would work, could I use
> > two of them in tamdem somehow to double the power?
> >
> > Raphael
>
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