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Anonymous   03-09-2003 at 03:47:57 PM

Here is my new case:
http://images2.newegg.com/producti [...] 124-12.JPG

I just can't figure out what the purple thing is for. I am talking about that piece of plastic to the left of the bottem drive cage and next to the bottem intake fan.

What is it for?

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camieabz   03-09-2003 at 04:31:33 PM
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I wondered exactly the same thing when I bought one.

I've checked numerous reviews, and not one mentioned it. I can only assume they too have no idea, and neglect to point this out.

According to Antec's exploded diagram, it's a card guide???

Who knows?

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Teq   03-09-2003 at 05:16:35 PM
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Was a time when expansion cards were very large compared to now. They would stretch the entire distance front to back of the old desktop AT cases. Get your hands on an original IBM-XT hard disk controller or video card, you'll see what I mean. The back (or is it front?) of those cards needed support so card cages were added as standard to all cases and they've been hanging around ever since.

Today, only prototyping cards are that big.



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svol   03-09-2003 at 08:34:37 PM
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Very interesting... now can you also tell me what those white things on the bottom of the inside of the case are? I worked with such a case once and I couldn't figure out what use they had.

My dual-PSU PC is so powerfull that the neighbourhood dims when I turn it on :eek:

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Teq   03-10-2003 at 01:33:04 AM
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Ummmm ... I can't be sure from the picture but they also look like card guides... But why the heck would they put them there?

Are you sure the case in that picture is assembled correctly?

Can you give a link to the manufacturer's website?



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Twitch   03-10-2003 at 06:08:15 AM
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Maybe for stacking some extra hard-drives sideways?


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camieabz   03-10-2003 at 04:13:54 PM
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They're drive rails. They are detachable for the CD rom drives as you need them. Just screw em to the drives and them slide em in.

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Javic   03-10-2003 at 04:25:03 PM
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Cam's correct. They snap (or screw) to the sides of the drives for easy addition/removal of your drives. They are on the bottom of the case for "storage" until you need them. When you need to add a new drive, slide two out, slap them on the sides of your drive and they slide right into the bay and "Click" in place.

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camieabz   03-10-2003 at 05:05:44 PM
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It's an excellent case. It's got a few cons, and they're pretty much down to preference:

Heavy.
No filter on the side intake fan.
Small reset button
Screws on the side panel, in spite of the locking mechanism.
Provides 5 80mm case fan mountings, but only 3 fans.

With the exception of points 2 and 5 those are pretty lame complaints.

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svol   03-10-2003 at 06:23:35 PM
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Ofcourse...! Those can be handy sometimes. Thanks.

My dual-PSU PC is so powerfull that the neighbourhood dims when I turn it on :eek:

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