From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jul 21 11:17: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (pau-amma.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4552D15551 for ; Wed, 21 Jul 1999 11:17:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) id LAA56487; Wed, 21 Jul 1999 11:16:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 11:16:59 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199907211816.LAA56487@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: paul@geeky1.ebtech.net Subject: Re: First time for my own PC hardware Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 14:02:11 -0400 (EDT) >From: Paul Anderson >Tell me, are the edges of the sheet-metal sharp? If so, you got an >el-cheapo case. You're better off to buy a new case, and search for one >with the least sharp edges. Understood, and no; the "fit & finish" seemed reasonably good, and the bays were fairly accessible. >Now, for the standoffs with which to mount >the motherboard, they should be inside the case you bought in a small >plastic bag that's stuffed full of screws, standoffs, jumpers, etc. If >the ATX motherboard won't fit the ATX case, there's something seriously >screwy going on. TTYL! (Was that a pun? :-) It's the cut-outs for the (serial, parallel, keyboard, & mouse) connectors that didn't match up. Thanks, david -- David Wolfskill dhw@whistle.com UNIX System Administrator voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (888) 347-0197 FAX: (650) 372-5915 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message