Abit SA6R -- not following ATX-specs?

[Guest]

Hi,

Just recived an Abit SA6R, and some of the holes for attaching the board don't comly to the holes in two different ATX-cases I have.

When looking at the ATX-specs at http://www.teleport.com/~ffsupprt/ it seems like Abit don't follows these specs (there is a PDF with the official specs)

For one attachment I had to use a plastic stand-off from and old AT-system -- in the upper right corner I have used an plastic stand-off upside down so that the board will not bend to much when plugin in momory modules.

I have used many other, also larger boards, in these two PC-cases - e.g. the KT7-RAID, Asus A7V, Asus CUSL2, Aopen AX3S Pro and more -- never had this problem.

I have an image of the board with the holes pointed out: http://falcon.nvg.org/abit_atx.jpg

 

[Guest]

I have a Hightower Case with the SA6R inserted, I didn´t find any unusual issues when installing. But there are different ATX standards. Could it be your case following an old ATX standard?

 

[Kelledin]

Hmmm a little note...a motherboard doesn't actually defy the ATX standard by having <i>extra</i> holes, but rather by not having holes in the required positions. The one pointed out on the upper left of your image looks like one that is optional for ATX 2.03 motherboards but required in ATX 1.x; most all cases have a means to put a standoff there. Some cases affix permanent standoffs there, which actually breaks the 2.03 standard, but not the 1.x standard. That altered standoff requirement has been a bit of a sore point with me for a long time.

Chances are, the other holes are to allow the mobo to take advantage of microATX or miniATX standoff locations. Rather pointless IMHO, but they don't break the standard.

It really looks like the edge of the board farthest from the I/O area should have standoff holes though. I could be wrong; it's difficult to judge without a ruler or an ATX gauge or the like. If I'm wrong, and the board doesn't cover those holes, then that's probably why the other "extra" holes are there.

Kelledin
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