[plug] OT: 2/3 height PCI slots [spellchecked]

[Leon Brooks]

On Sunday 17 February 2002 13:44, Leon Brooks wrote:
> On Friday 15 February 2002 22:52, Daniel wrote:
>> The Aopen H340 case (small) and the Asus Terminator (small) are both
>> designed to fit these cards.

>> What about these PCI slots and cards do you have to get special ones -
>> that'll be hard if I can't find any.

>> Many of the new ones aren't very big - do you just replace the metal
>> backing somehow ?

> I've run into this with Compaq desktops, solution used was to hacksaw a
> short (LAN, in this case) card with full-height backplate, then fold and
> drill the truncated backplate to fit. Take excessive care to file off swarf
> and smooth it down, then wipe again to avoid filings, before reattaching
> the card and installing it.

> Yes, it not only voids your warranty, it probably at least void *'s it.

Cheers; Leon