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cliche · 06-04-2004, 04:36 AM

I've done this before and it's no great hassle. Takes an hour or two and I did it with only a screwdriver and an antistatic wrist-strap (you can improvise by using anything conductive to attach yourself to ground - eg the bare metal of a radiator pipe).
Easiest way to do it is probably to take the whole thing apart - start by removing drives etc, then PCI/AGP cards. You can leave the CPU/memory attached to the motherboard. If you're not transferring the PSU, then all you have to do is move the motherboard over and start building up again from there. If you're moving PSU as well, I'd take the motherboard out and lay it on/in something antistatic whilst you transfer the PSU over. Then stick the motherboard in and go!

06-04-2004, 04:36 AM	#6 (permalink)
cliche Rookie Location: Oxford, UK	I've done this before and it's no great hassle. Takes an hour or two and I did it with only a screwdriver and an antistatic wrist-strap (you can improvise by using anything conductive to attach yourself to ground - eg the bare metal of a radiator pipe). Easiest way to do it is probably to take the whole thing apart - start by removing drives etc, then PCI/AGP cards. You can leave the CPU/memory attached to the motherboard. If you're not transferring the PSU, then all you have to do is move the motherboard over and start building up again from there. If you're moving PSU as well, I'd take the motherboard out and lay it on/in something antistatic whilst you transfer the PSU over. Then stick the motherboard in and go! __________________ I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. -- John Cage (1912 - 1992)