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Offline textoryTopic starter

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A500 in a tower?
« on: October 12, 2005, 09:03:03 AM »
I got an A500 board and I would like to put it into a tower...

Would it fit into the Elbox D-Box 1200? Or is the mobo too big? Any suggestions? Experiences?

Don't ask me what happened to the original A500 case!

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Re: A500 in a tower?
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2005, 11:36:30 AM »
What happened to the original case?  ;-)
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Re: A500 in a tower?
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2005, 08:37:32 PM »
I dont think its worth it to install an A500 motherboard inside a huge tower case if you dont intend to expand it.

Finding a keyboard adapter for a PC keyboard can be tricky, or mount an A2000 keyboard or make an expansion cable for the original A500 keyboard.
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Re: A500 in a tower?
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2005, 11:07:09 PM »
Actually, it's pretty easy to put an A500 m/b in an old AT server or similar large tower case.  You need either flying leads for the ports out to the back of the case or use a nibbling tool to make a cut-out large enough in the back of the case for the ports to stick out.  The keyboard is really not a problem, just make yourself a keyboard cable out of some old monitor cable and attach it to the DIN on the m/b.  You then can mount the original keyboard in a homemade case and connect the cable to the original flying lead.  You can power the m/b either from the original p/s or cut the square power lead and wire it from the AT p/s in the tower.  It's been done.  

You're probably going to want to add a faster cpu, hd and ram though, so look for a gvp or other board and leave enough room in the bottom of the case to install it.
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