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john_antonio   08-10-2008 at 07:30:56 AM

need help! I'm building my case now... and i'm having trouble installing my 9800gtx+ on my Ultra e-torque case! what should i do to fit it inside?

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 07:53:16 AM
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What trouble are you having? I looked at the case and the hard drive cage on the bottom seems to be mounted too close to the motherboard area so longer cards such as yours will be difficult to fit and if that's the problem your having you'll have to remove or mod the cage.

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john_antonio   08-10-2008 at 07:55:46 AM
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how can i mod the cage?please help me...

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 07:59:15 AM
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So I assume that's the problem your running into?

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john_antonio   08-10-2008 at 07:59:52 AM
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yes...i really need help

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 08:02:11 AM
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I have to ask how opposed you are to cutting your new case. How many hard drives are you planning on using?

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john_antonio   08-10-2008 at 08:03:06 AM
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just 1...i'm ok on cutting the case, but how? can we chat on Yahoo messenger or something?

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 08:03:38 AM
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The best option I can think of looking at the pictures on the Ultra site is to totally remove the cage.

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 08:11:25 AM
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If I'm looking at the correct case there is a small bracket hanging off the bottom of the drive bays and that is what you can install your hard drive on while the large hard drive bay mounted to the bottom and back is just getting in the way. You could use some tin snips or something similar to cut that out or just cut enough of it to clear your video card.

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 08:13:25 AM
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If you have a drill you can drill out the rivets holding the cage to the motherboard tray

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john_antonio   08-10-2008 at 08:14:59 AM
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what's a tin snips or stuff like that?i kinda don't understand how i'm gonna mount the hard drive...

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 08:16:54 AM
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Do you have your motherboard mounted in the case now?

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john_antonio   08-10-2008 at 08:17:01 AM
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i don't understand..sorry..please explain it to me more clearly..thank you..

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john_antonio   08-10-2008 at 08:17:01 AM
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i don't understand..sorry..please explain it to me more clearly..thank you..

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 08:17:25 AM
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Do you have a digital camera?

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john_antonio   08-10-2008 at 08:18:32 AM
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yeah..where can we chat quickly? like windows live messenger? please,,i need help...

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 08:19:33 AM
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http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z311/AUsch30/ULT33180_LR_7.jpg
Is this your case?

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 08:20:16 AM
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I really don't like messenger clients, too much crapware.

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 08:24:09 AM
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Yes you have the motherboard in the case and/or yes you have a digital camera? What motherboard are you using? Could you take a picture of your case with the motherboard mounted so I can see exactly what your dealing with?

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john_antonio   08-10-2008 at 08:25:21 AM
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ok..uhm,,i have the evga 650i ultra..w8..i'm gonna take a picture..

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 08:27:19 AM
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On top of the hard drive cage are two pieces of metal sticking up which are there to mount extra drives in case you run out of room. Depending on the placement of the PCI-E slots on your motherboard you might be able to just bend them down and get your card to fit.

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 08:31:35 AM
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john_antonio wrote :

what's a tin snips or stuff like that?i kinda don't understand how i'm gonna mount the hard drive...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_snips

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john_antonio   08-10-2008 at 08:33:24 AM
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its not the 2 metal sticking upward that blocks my pcie card...its the corner of the cage...how do i send the pictures to you?

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john_antonio   08-10-2008 at 08:33:24 AM
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its not the 2 metal sticking upward that blocks my pcie card...its the corner of the cage...how do i send the pictures to you?

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 08:35:48 AM
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http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z311/AUsch30/ULT33180_LR_71.jpg
The arrow is pointing to where you are going to want to mount your hard drive


Message edited by ausch30 on 08-10-2008 at 08:36:48 AM
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john_antonio   08-10-2008 at 08:37:37 AM
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what should i do then?

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 08:38:12 AM
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You need an account with Photobucket or something similar and you need to upload the image and copy and paste the URL here

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 08:40:42 AM
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Use a hammer and crush the cage a little to clear the card or find something to cut the cage out of there to get it out of your way. Either that or buy a new case.

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john_antonio   08-10-2008 at 08:41:03 AM
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can i just send it to your email? maybe i'm just going with the cutting method..will that be fine?

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john_antonio   08-10-2008 at 08:41:03 AM
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can i just send it to your email? maybe i'm just going with the cutting method..will that be fine?

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 08:42:32 AM
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ausch30@yahoo.com

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 08:51:00 AM
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I saw the picture and the best thing I can suggest is what I said above or you might be able to (depending on how strong you are) just get some pliers and yank the hard drive cage out of there.

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 08:52:11 AM
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Before you do anything though remove your motherboard to prevent damage

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john_antonio   08-10-2008 at 08:54:36 AM
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how can i yank it?it has screws that i don't know what type...

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john_antonio   08-10-2008 at 08:54:36 AM
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how can i yank it?it has screws that i don't know what type...

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ausch30   08-10-2008 at 09:06:04 AM
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Those aren't screws they're rivets and if you have a drill you can drill sraight through the center and remove them. Even without doing that if you yank on the cage you will see that it's not super strong or secured very well and with a little elbow grease you can get it out of there. I'm going to bed, good luck.

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john_antonio   08-10-2008 at 09:08:57 AM
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thank you..i'l try tomorrow..hope i can get some help tomorrow from you again...thank you so much!

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spuddyt   08-10-2008 at 03:17:00 PM
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you just used the forum as a messenger client replacment didn't you :p


Message edited by spuddyt on 08-10-2008 at 03:17:14 PM
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alfrido   08-10-2008 at 05:57:46 PM
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loool hahaha nice one

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