Old AT case...

Nerdz · 18-November-04, 03:35 PM

I got an old AT case from a friend..its a desktop..and its pretty big and heavy too must be made out of steel
and it u wanna know it was a old 486!! I never seen one of these things before..it was built right into the motherboard!!

also..its rusting a bit..lol

heres the pics..I need suggestions..I dunno what to do with it..I am going to convert it to ATX.

I was gonna cut out the part that held the HDD's cause there 5-1/2 bays.. to make more room and just keep the CD rom drive bays...

DakotaKid · 20-November-04, 09:22 PM

I would look at painting it inside and out, and cutting a few fan vents. Those old AT cases don't have much vetilation. You will need to rig up an ATX power supply, so be prepared to do some mods. One of the biggest problems is with propriatary motherboards, if you don't have regular expansion slots, there will be some creative workarounds in your future.

Look in the galleries, and work towards something you like.

18-November-04, 03:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
Nerdz Sir Knight of Spamalot Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Water-hoe-Bury, CT Posts: 6,587	Old AT case... I got an old AT case from a friend..its a desktop..and its pretty big and heavy too must be made out of steel and it u wanna know it was a old 486!! I never seen one of these things before..it was built right into the motherboard!! also..its rusting a bit..lol heres the pics..I need suggestions..I dunno what to do with it..I am going to convert it to ATX. I was gonna cut out the part that held the HDD's cause there 5-1/2 bays.. to make more room and just keep the CD rom drive bays... Attached Thumbnails __________________ I still fold "No amount of Experimentation can Prove Me right, It only takes one to prove me Wrong"-Albert Einstein Last edited by Nerdz; 18-November-04 at 04:11 PM.

20-November-04, 09:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
DakotaKid Apex Techie Lite Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 48	I would look at painting it inside and out, and cutting a few fan vents. Those old AT cases don't have much vetilation. You will need to rig up an ATX power supply, so be prepared to do some mods. One of the biggest problems is with propriatary motherboards, if you don't have regular expansion slots, there will be some creative workarounds in your future. Look in the galleries, and work towards something you like. __________________ Cartman: Hippies.They're everywhere. They wanna save the earth, but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad.

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