New toy, HP Apollo 4500, and it's broken...

Hmm... I dunno, I think the DN3500 case is a bit larger than a normal PC/AT case... And I DEFINITLEY know that a PC motherboard will NOT fit in there! I tried... Although if you're in the mood for some serious chopping, you can cut out the back panel, replace the connector from the PS, add some new standoffs(and cut off some of the old), and maybe a few other things and it MIGHT work. But I'm certianly not in the mood to start in on my spare 3500 chassis... BTW, computer boards can be very nasty when you try to desolder them... I tried that on my spare 3500(didn't have anything but an extra disk and MB in it, the FPU went to my upgraded Mac SE), and I didn't even get ONE part out, just a face full of PCB fumes(whatever those boards are made out of STINKS!). Oh well... One other thing I somehow forgot. Those things are HEAVY! I'd guess 40-50lbs for the CPU and another 50lbs for the 15" or so monitor(amazing how both weight and size have changed, the 15" in front of me know even fits speakers in and weighs less...). Well, I need to get going, I'm going nuts(as will anyone that tries to build radio transceivers and spectrum analyzers without knowing anything about them)... :-) -------------------------------------------------------------- | http://members.tripod.com/~jrollins/index.html - Computers | | http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/1681/ - Star Trek | | Orham(a)qth.net list admin KD7BCY | --------------------------------------------------------------