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Mondak · 06-12-2005, 07:02 AM

I am going to go with.... This won't work. Just simple things like mounting the motherboard won't line up I bet. I susupect that it is not a Micro ATX Motherboard in the Dell and their own form factor. That is what they do with the rest of their mobos and I would think they did it here as well. I am a big fan of Dell and buy them for many people, but when I built my own, I could not use their Mobo and had to buy a new one. it was Just slightly a differnt size. Close doesn't work well with Mobos since they are tough to Mod if it is even possible.

I would say that you should be prepared to buy a new Mobo and go from there.

06-12-2005, 07:02 AM	#7 (permalink)
Mondak Industrialist Location: Southern California	I am going to go with.... This won't work. Just simple things like mounting the motherboard won't line up I bet. I susupect that it is not a Micro ATX Motherboard in the Dell and their own form factor. That is what they do with the rest of their mobos and I would think they did it here as well. I am a big fan of Dell and buy them for many people, but when I built my own, I could not use their Mobo and had to buy a new one. it was Just slightly a differnt size. Close doesn't work well with Mobos since they are tough to Mod if it is even possible. I would say that you should be prepared to buy a new Mobo and go from there. __________________ All truth passes through three stages: First it is ridiculed Second, it is violently opposed and Third, it is accepted as self-evident. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER (1788-1860)