Whew! What started out as a minor glitch escalated into a system debilitating problem that, through a series of blunders on my part (stupid .NET framework) took my main system down for a week, everything is back up and running now, I hate drivers in win XP, without SP2 installed none of my systems drivers would install, and once I got that burned onto a disk and installed it my network card would not take it's driver, I spent TWO days trying to get the stupid thing to work, then I call up my buddy Daniel, first thing out of his mouth "did you try swapping out the network card with one you knew worked?" at that point I nearly dropped the phone I had busted out laughing at my own short sightedness, popped in new card, XP installed it in seconds, I was online, got to windows update to finish updating windows, and lo-and-behold I had been trying to install THE WRONG DRIVER for my network card for TWO DAYS!!! That’s what I get for trusting the Mobo manufactures website to list the correct drivers for download... I felt really stupid after that... but I'm okay now.
so, back to the project.
Captain Slug said:
www.mouser.com also has 80% of the connectors you need.I have a full part inventory list for my circuitboard so if you need to find a certain PC type connector I can give you the part number for it.
My circuit board is ready to be made, but i want to finish making the case first. I don't specifically see the point in replacing something variable with something rigid and unadaptable but good luck.
Well, it is more of the challenge and experimental value than it is for the mobility, if you don't mind, could you point me to the thread with the circuit board you mentioned? I would very much like to see any preliminarily designs you have (I have always admired your work).
The part numbers I need I quickly realized that I could not get off of the motherboard; the motherboard doesn't have the right connectors, heh.
What I am searching for is:
40pin female IDE HDD through board mount connectors
34pin female floppy drive through board mount connectors
(Both of these the connectors on the ribbon cables, but made to solder onto a board)
I have the current mouser catalog and have found the power connectors that I need with the exception of the female board mount power connector for an ATX power supply
Any help you could give in this area would be most appreciated.
Adragontattoo said:
Airflow outta be interesting in that case.
Interference wouldnt be much of an issue.
Theoretically you could achieve the maximum possible throughput though.
yes, that is what I am going for, performance gain was one of the biggest perks of this idea for me, of course airflow was a nice gain as well completely unrestricted air flow...