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Actually the LPX design was kind of or sort of a good idea
It allowed for a low profile case
The are some shortcomings to any design
Always some type of compromise
The riser card being perpendicular to the board made the first
card in the slot rather close to some components
This presents less of a problem if a full size card is not in that place
The cards being parallel to each other causes some heat concerns
Then again theses same concerns are seen in a tower atx
In the tower atx the cards are not parallel to the mainboard giving a
theoretical
boost to heat dissipation over the PLX maybe
I would think
I can be wrong
Have been many time
The ATX would be a better system if the cards were oriented in an upward
position
Acess would be through the top for cabling
This would no be pretty
It is best to leave the ugly things to the rear
It would have been nice from the beginning for the main bus
to be accessible without opening the unit
Maybe each card should have had a male or female poin conncetor
and than the user could have plugged in from the back with the card
USB has somewhat done about what my thought above was
USB nic is great
Ramble Ramble Ramble
<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:40898655.6871849@news.charter.net...
> NPX is different from LPX.
>
> LPX was the original low-profile desktop quasi-standard developed jointly
by
> Wstern Digital (!!!) and Intel. Yes, WD once dabbled in motherboard
> manufacturing. There are lots and lots of variations of LPX, including
edge
> connectors, power supply connectors, placement of connectors on the back
of the
> motherboard. The true and standard LPX motherboards have a riser card
slot
> connector EXACTLY like the old EISA slot, and a pair of baby-AT power
> connectors.
>
> The NPX motherboard has the edge connector and slides horizontally into
the
> riser card slot, using an ATX power connector. NPX was devised by Intel
and
> anything made by Intel conformed to their NPX standard. So did a few
other NPX
> boards. On the other hand, Digital (DEC) used an NPX-like
motherboard-and-riser
> card layout. Each and every different DEC NPX model used a different
physical
> edge connector. No standardization there! ... Ben Myers
>
> On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:30:30 GMT, Todd <trob@penn.com> wrote:
>
> >"Rock On" <rockkon@OhNoUdont.net> wrote in
> >news:CK0ic.51615$L31.17905@nwrddc01.gnilink.net:
> >
> >>
> >> "BR549" <BR549@callme.net> wrote in message
> >> news:rIWhc.6774$gH6.3001@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> >>>
> >>> "Rock On" <rockkon@OhNoUdont.net> wrote in message
> >>> news:aMQhc.23790$Aq.5762@nwrddc03.gnilink.net...
> >>> >
> >>> > "Elector" <elector@my-deja.com> wrote in message
> >>> > news:NcNhc.72508$M3.41772@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> >>> > >
> >>> > > "Rock On" <rockkon@verizon.net> wrote in message
> >>> > > news:RkGhc.39750$L31.30893@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> >>> > > > Hi,
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > I got my hands on an old Legend 415CD which I'd like to
> >"punk
> >>> > > > up".
> >>> > > The
> >>> > > > thought of a 2GHz processor and a ton of memory in this
> >>> > > > nostalgic
> >>> > > case is a
> >>> > > > kick.
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > I've learned that I need an LPX board and was wondering if
> >>> > > > anyone
> >>> > > has a good
> >>> > > > resource for such a creature -- one that won't cost an arm
> >and
> >>> > > > a
> >>> > > leg.
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > Anyone?
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > TIA,
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > Rock On
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >
> >>> > >
> >>> > > I am glad to see you decided to post that question here. Ben
> >and
> >>> > > Metronid and Anthony etc. will have suggestions as well as my
> >pal
> >>> > > BR549 who already answered your question.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > I have a suggestion in another matter which I will make at the
> >>> > > Yahoo Group.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Elector
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
> >>> > Thanks for the tip! You guys, well.... Rock!
> >>> >
> >>> > Rock On
> >>>
> >>> Check out www.bcmcom.com. Navigate to LPX boards. You're there!
> >Rock
> >>> On!
> >>
> >> Thanks for the link BR, I'll check it out for sure.
> >>
> >> Rock On
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Try http://www.computersurplusoutlet.com/ they have a p3 npx board
> >for
> >19.00
>
>
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