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I got a cheapo low profile gfx card off ebay. My housemate tested it in his machine, and it works like a charm. However, it didn't come with low -profile brackets so it'll fit my IBM Netvista - where can I get these from?

I've tried ebay, misco, dabs, amazon, microdirect, ebuyer, etc etc. Am I using the wrong search terms or are these things as rare as hens teeth?

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Re: Where the {bleep} can I find low profile brackets?!?
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2005, 06:18:44 PM »

@ Animagic
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I dont know what a bracket is but if you are talking about those metal thing that hold the card in place, I think that the best way to find them is to buy an extra-super-duper cheap no use card an get its brackets.

Yeah I hadn't thought of that. Although the problem is it would have to be a card with the same connectors as the card I have.
In fact, to use all three connectors I would need two brackets



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Must say I have never seen one for sale individually, they are almost always bundled along with these half profile cards.

That is what I was starting to believe...


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most of them are custom anyway, the location of the vga connector and or the TV out differs on most cards)

True, I had thought of that, which is why I was starting to think that its gonna be hard to find one (or two)

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Have one laying around, but it is still attached to a Geforce4MX 64mb agp card.... Interested?

Perhaps actually, what did you have in mind?

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ndeed, they do seem to be fairly rare. A quick google search turned this up, but I'm not sure how much this will help. What sort of Gfx card is it?


Thanks for the link, but its the wrong combo unfortunately. Its a Sapphire Radeon 9600SE - the DVI and TV out sockets are on the board, and there's a ribbon cable attached to VGA, so I need a plate with DVI and TV...


Thanks for your help everyone, I think/hope I will find one, its just that it will be a pain in the arse!!
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Re: Where the {bleep} can I find low profile brackets?!?
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2005, 06:20:18 PM »
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Lol and on a norwegian owned net shop cool
adonay :-D


What's the Norwegian for 'Low Profile Bracket'?
Then I can google for it :-)
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Re: Where the {bleep} can I find low profile brackets?!?
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2005, 12:32:27 PM »
Thanks for all your help everyone. I have emailed Sapphire European support, and I'll see what they say. Then I'll see what the shop in Kiwiland has to say after that...
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Re: Where the {bleep} can I find low profile brackets?!?
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2005, 04:21:08 PM »
I tried google of course! It was one of the first things I did....

But I can find low profile brackets for network cards, pci cards with low profile brackets etc, even low profile brackets for GeForce cards....
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Re: Where the {bleep} can I find low profile brackets?!?
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2005, 09:31:45 PM »
I'm still looking, but I've decided to hack my own, the thing is, I want a blank low-profile plate to do it on.

The blanking plates that came with the machine are as flimsy as {bleep}

Where I can I find a stupid bleedin' blanking plate in the UK?
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Re: Where the {bleep} can I find low profile brackets?!?
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2005, 04:01:50 AM »
:bump:

Hacked the current one okay, but still looking for the correct low-profile blanking plates. Also, VGA connector is loose ATM
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