[tech] Re: [ucc] Minutes 10/08, graphics cards

[James Cox]

Is that with the metal bezel on or off? I noticed the bottom of the case
was blocking against the bezel, preventing the card from going all the way
in.

[RME]~Coxy

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, James Andrewartha wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, James Cox wrote:
>
> > I've just tested out a "full height" FX5200 (the normal card isn't as tall
> > as the spec allows) in a thinterm and they fit just fine, so we won't need
> > to do pay more for a low profile card or retrofit the mobos into normal
> > ATX cases after all.
>
> Yeah, it fits with about 1mm to spare, but unfortunately the VGA connector
> is partly blocked by the case. This could be fixed by a dremel, or we
> could get cards that have the VGA connector at the bottom.
>
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