Advise on motherboard purchase

[Doug]

On 10/2/2010 9:10 PM, r wrote:
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> how about replacing the plastic panel with strong cardboard and using a
> scissors?
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Have you seen Jay Leno's segments on "White Trash"?     --doug
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> On 02-Oct-10 04:08:23 Ric Moore wrote:
>> On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 22:41 -0400, Doug wrote:
>>> On 10/1/2010 8:30 PM, Roy Smith wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:48:52 -0400, Doug wrote:
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>>> /snip/
>>>>> BTW:  It's not so easy to make neat rectangular holes in a plastic
>>>>> panel.  If I were doing it again, I think I'd find a thin piece of sheet
>>>>> metal to mount the connectors, then make a big ugly rectangular hole in
>>>>> the plastic false front, and rivet or bolt the neat sheet metal piece to
>>>>> the cut-out plastic.  Quicker and less hassle.  Of course, if your front
>>>>> panel has some unoccupied flat metal space, you could mount the
>>>>> connectors there.
>>>>>
>>>>> To make neat rectangular holes in sheet metal, use an Adel⢠nibbling
>>>>> tool.  Drill a starting hole in the middle of the workspace to fit the
>>>>> nibbler in, and then make the nice rectangular hole.
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried using a Dremel tool to make the rectangular hole in
>>>> plastic?  They have a variety of cutting wheels that one could use on
>>>> plastic.
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>>> AAMOF, I did try a tool very similar to a Dremel, with lackluster
>>> results. The plastic tends to sort of melt, and clogs the tools.
>>> No matter what you do, you wind up cutting by hand and filing a lot.
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>> Slow speed, as slow as it will go for plastic. Light touch. Just lightly
>> kiss the surface with the cutting wheel, so it cuts rather than melts.
>> My Dremel be my fRiEnD. :) Ric
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