Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 15:59:25 -0700 From: Summoner <summoner@uswest.net> To: jgrosch@MooseRiver.com Cc: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: First time for my own PC hardware Message-ID: <379650CD.586244EB@uswest.net> References: <199907211544.IAA55522@pau-amma.whistle.com> <19990721093602.A26255@ontario.mooseriver.com>
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Josef Grosch wrote: > On Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 08:44:34AM -0700, David Wolfskill wrote: >> So I guess I get to take the chassis back, go to the place where I got >> the motherboard, get a chassis that fits, and get an extra jumper & >> some screws.... > > Sounds like you got a bad chassis. It seems like most of the low end cases > are coming out of China these days. The quality control on these units > seem to really variable. I recently got one that had all the holes that > hold the motherboard mounting post were offset by a good inch and a half. I > guess there are name brands among cases, I just haven't looked into it. I'm partial to Inwin cases, smoothed edges, no drive rails, solid construction, and almost any non-rackmount form factor you can think of. They have this great feature: the mainboard tray and I/O back panel are a single piece that slides out of the case entirely. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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